BOSNIAN HDZ PRESIDENCY APPOINTS SUB-COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEE RETURN

( Editorial: --> 5997 ) MOSTAR, July 6 (Hina) - The Presidency of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) of Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday held a session in Mostar at which it established a sub-committee for the implementation of Annex 7 of the Dayton peace agreement. Annex 7 refers to the return of refugees and displaced people. Stjepan Mikic (from Bosnia's Sava River valley region) was elected president of the sub-committee, HDZ secretary's office said in a statement Monday. The sub-committee was established within the party's committee for implementation of the Dayton agreement. The party presidency also appointed a sub-committee for relations with the Hague Tribunal. Pero Skopljak was elected vice president of this body. At one time, Skopljak and a group of Croats from central Bosnia, suspected of war crimes, surrendered voluntarily to the Hague Tribunal. Skopljak spent three months in pre-trial detention and was released after it was established that charges against him were not founded. (hina) jn rml 062248 MET jul 98