REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN BOSNIA BEGINS

( Editorial: --> 8127 ) SARAJEVO, June 1 (Hina) - The registration of voters for the upcoming general elections began over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday. The elections are to take place on September 12 and 13. The registration will last until June 27 and is applicable only to citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina who had not requested to be placed on voters' lists for last year's local elections, and for those who have changed their place of residence or have decided to vote in a municipality other than the one they had voted in in 1996. Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission chief in Bosnia-Herzegovina Robert Barry and his deputy in charge of the electoral process, Linda Edgeworth, stressed on Monday that the 1991 census still remained the basis for the list of voters. All those whose names are not on the census will have to provide evidence that they are indeed citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the evidence will be examined by OSCE supervisors, Edgeworth said. Besides 235 registration offices in the country, 35 have been opened in FR Yugoslavia, and 30 in Croatia. The registration of voters is conducted by local personnel, but their work is under close scrutiny of OSCE representatives who had arrived in Bosnia-Herzegovina specifically for this task. (hina) lml 011740 MET jun 98