BOSNIAN FRANCISCAN AWARDED US PEACE AWARD

( Editorial: --> 9146 ) ZAGREB/WASHINGTON, June 5 (Hina) - Following a proposal by the creator of the Dayton peace agreement, Richard Holbrooke, a Bosnian Franciscan, Friar Ivo Markovic, was given an international peace worker award. The award is being presented for the first time this year by the US centre for inter-religious understanding "Tanenbaum", Voice of America reported on Friday. During the award-presentation ceremony in New York, Friar Markovic handed a letter of thanks by Friar Petar Andjelovic, head of the Bosnian Franciscan order. Throughout the war and especially after his return to Sarajevo at the beginning of 1996, Friar Markovic has been working on lessening animosities and reconciling antagonised nations as well as on the return of displaced people and refugees, Voice of America reported. (hina) rml/bag 051504 MET jun 98