JUDICIARY REFORM IN BOSNIA TO COMMENCE IN THREE MONTHS

( Editorial: --> 8278 ) SARAJEVO, July 17 (Hina) - The United Nations mission in Bosnia will engage renowned legal experts from abroad to commence in the next three months with the implementation of measures towards restructuring Bosnia's judiciary, mission spokesman Aleksandar Ivanko said in Sarajevo on Friday. Measures aimed at reforming extant courts will be based on assessments made by international legal experts, said Ivanko. The exerts will arrive in Bosnia on the basis of a resolution adopted by the UN Security Council on Thursday. The resolution calls for full cooperation with and support to a programme which will be realised on the basis of an initiative by the international high representative for Bosnia Carlos Westendorp and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. According to Westendorp's office spokesman Simon Haselock, the office has a clear stand on the matter. It is dissatisfied with the Bosnian judiciary and believes it requires immediate reforms. (hina) ha jn 171413 MET jul 98