CROAT AND BOSNIAK REPS PARTICIPATE AGAIN IN BRCKO AUTHORITY

( Editorial: --> 1820 ) BRCKO, March 23 (Hina) - Bosniak (Muslim) and Croat representatives in the multi-ethnic authority in Brcko on Monday returned to their working places, the international Supervisor's Office in the northern Bosnian town said. Dissatisfied with a recent decision to again defer a final solution to the Brcko issue, the representatives withdrew from their positions in the multi-ethnic authority in the Serb-controlled town. An arbitration commission headed by Roberts Owen released its latest decision on the status of Brcko on March 15. Acting Supervisor for Brcko, Ian McLeod, said the Bosniak and Croat representatives would not be penalised for not arriving to their work places. Brcko had a pre-war population comprising a large majority of Bosniaks and Croats. (Hina) rm mb 232215 MET mar 98