CURRENT BH REGISTRATION PLATES NOT VALID ABROAD FROM 1 JUNE

( Editorial: --> 4980 ) SARAJEVO, May 19 (Hina) - UN spokesman in Sarajevo Aleksander Ivanko on Tuesday announced that the replacement of registration plates in Bosnia-Herzegovina is progressing well. In the majority of the country there are long queues all day long in front of police stations, which says much about the interest of Bosnia-Herzegovina citizens to make the replacement as soon as possible, said Ivanko at a Sarajevo press conference. Ivanko also said that police stations in parts of BH under majority Croat control still have not started giving out the plates. Ivanko reminded Bosnian Croat authorities in the Federation that the Council of Ministers and the governments of both entities in Bosnia-Herzegovina signed an agreement on this back in January and that vehicles without new plates and traffic permits would not be able to cross the BH border following 1 June. He confirmed that an agreement with the governments of Austria, Germany and Italy has already been reached on banning vehicles which do not have uniform registration plates as of the start of next month to enter these countries. He said that the sole aim of introducing uniform automobile insignia was to secure full freedom of movement for all BH citizens, and every attempt by authorities in that country, on any level, to deny that freedom will be considered as violation of the Dayton agreement. (hina) jn mrb/lm 191529 MET may 98