CROAT MEMBER OF BH PRESIDENCY MEETS US CONGRESS DELEGATION

( Editorial: --> 6771 ) SARAJEVO, May 26 (Hina) - A delegation of the US Congress House of Representatives, led by John Porter, on Tuesday visited Sarajevo where they met with the Croat member of the Bosnian Presidency, Kresimir Zubak, a statement from Zubak's office said. The meeting focused on the implementation of the Dayton agreement, the return of refugees and war crimes suspects. The US delegation, which arrived in Bosnia-Herzegovina in its capacity as the US Congress Helsinki Commission, were especially interested in the forthcoming September elections and the functioning of joint Bosnian institutions, in particular the state Presidency. The president of the Helsinki Human Rights Commission in Bosnia- Herzegovina, Srdjan Dizdarevic, on Tuesday handed to the US congressman Porter an appeal of non-government organisations from Bosnia-Herzegovina asking Congress to engage in the establishment of an independent, permanent international tribunal. A decision on the establishment of the tribunal should be adopted at a diplomatic conference which is expected to take place in Rome in mid June. (hina) rml 262212 MET may 98