HIGH REPRESENTATIVES REJECTS ANY POSSIBILITY OF DAYTON REVISION

( Editorial: --> 9236 ) SARAJEVO, April 24 (Hina) - The international community's High Representative Carlos Westendorp has rejected any possibility of revising the peace agreement for Bosnia-Herzegovina and demanded consistent implementation of the accord already signed in Dayton. On Friday Westendorp's spokesman Simon Haselock said in Sarajevo that the High Representative had carefully considered proposals made public by Bosnian Presidency member Kresimir Zubak's chief of staff Martin Raguz and other Bosnian Croat officials. But Westendorp had assessed them as inconsistent with Dayton. The High Representative reminds those involved in these discussions that he will continue to insist that the Dayton agreement remain the only base for talks on borders, entities and cantonal divisions, Haselock said. Westendorp's spokesman said the Muslim-Croat Federation as an entity formally established in Dayton was a responsibility for all sides. The High Representative will not support any discussion which would undermine the peace process, Haselock warned. On behalf of Westendorp, Haselock sent a message to the initiators of the debate on revising Dayton that they aim their attention at parts of the peace agreement which talked about multi-ethnicity, freedom of movement and the rights of all refugees to return to their homes in Bosnia-Herzegovina which will be ethnically and culturally mixed. Raguz, referring to press articles mentioning the possibility of new divisions inside Bosnia, advocates for three entities in BH. The Zagreb daily "Jutarnji list" carried his view that Bosnia's three constitutive peoples should have three entities tied in a shaky union. He held that this idea was being discussed "at all levels". A similar stance on a union of three republics was carried in an interview the Zagreb weekly "Globus" had with Bozo Rajic, whose mandate as the president of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ BiH) ends in mid-May. Meanwhile, "Jutarnji list" on Friday carried the views of a local HDZ official in the central Bosnian town of Jajce who rejected such a set-up for BH. Ivo Simunovic - the HDZ branch president of a town which according to "Jutarnji list" could be given to Bosniaks (Muslims) in exchange for Bugojno under any new division inside BH - believes greater attention should be given to resolving individual situations in the country. (Hina) jn mb /jfk 241641 MET apr 98