HAGUE TRIBUNAL TO INSIST ON BRINGING KARADZIC TO TRIAL

( Editorial: --> 8619 ) SARAJEVO, April 22 (Hina) - Chief prosecutor Louise Arbour announced in Sarajevo on Wednesday that she firmly believed former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic would be delivered to the international war crimes tribunal sooner or later. There are three ways Karadzic will be brought to The Hague. One that he voluntarily surrenders, two that SFOR arrest him and three that Bosnian Serb authorities extradite him, the Canadian judge said. The last scenario, however, is the least possible, because Banja Luka claims there are constitutional obstacles although in my opinion that's not a correct interpretation. Any of the two other scenarios are very real, Arbour told a press conference at the end of her three-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina. She declined to comment on whether her office and Karadzic's lawyers had been negotiating on the possibility of his surrender and whether NATO had set a deadline until when it will wait for Karadzic to hand himself over. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) chief prosecutor said additional evidence proving Karadzic's guilt had been collected. If the evidence is confirmed during a trial, a life-time sentence would be sought for the former Bosnian Serb leader. We have every reason to insist that Karadzic be brought to justice, Arbour said. (hina) jn mb /rm 221529 MET apr 98