LARGE NUMBER OF REFUGEES VISIT THEIR HOMES IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

( Editorial: --> 3433 ) SARAJEVO, March 30 (Hina) - A large number of displaced people and refugees managed to visit their pre-war homes in different parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina last weekend, UNHCR spokeswoman in Sarajevo Ariane Quentier said on Monday. There were no incidents whatsoever during those visits, Quentier told a press conference, adding that this represented an encouraging sign in the implementation of Annex VII of the Dayton peace agreement, which guarantees full right to return for all refugees. A group of 45 Croats visited their homes on Friday in Sanski Most (in the Croat-Muslim Federation), and on the following day 58 Bosniak (Muslim) refugees visited their homes in Prijedor (Serb entity). Travelling in a long line of vehicles, 510 Serb refugees visited their homes in Sanski Most on Sunday. Fifty of them decided to start reconstructing their houses by the end of this month. A group of 300 Bosniaks visited their homes on the same day in the area of Prijedor. At the beginning of the war, Serb forces committed numerous killings and expelled almost all Bosniaks, who at the time made up majority population. Last weekend, UNHCR assisted the visit of a group of 140 Bosniak refugees, currently living in Sweden, to their homes in Banja Luka. (hina) rm/mrb 301544 MET mar 98