NEW DRIVERS' DOCUMENTS BEING ISSUED IN HERZEGOVINA-NERETVA CANTON

( Editorial: --> 0004 ) MOSTAR, June 9 (Hina) - Drivers in the Bosnian Herzegovina-Neretva Canton are to begin picking up new registration plates and drivers' documents necessary in the country and abroad as of Tuesday. The documents have been made into unified drivers' licences with Cyrillic and Latin writing, in line with a decision by the international community. Croat officials in areas of the Bosnian Federation with a Croat majority opposed such documents, arguing that the use of the Cyrillic alphabet was contrary to the Constitution of the Bosnian Federation. Officials of the international community have repeatedly warned that all vehicles from Bosnia-Herzegovina without the new unified documents would be prohibited from crossing the state border as of June 1. (hina) lml 091729 MET jun 98