GARROD CALLS ON HERZEGOVINA CANTON LEADERS TO PREVENT SHOOTINGS

( Editorial: --> 4587 ) MOSTAR, Aug 19 (Hina) - Head of the Mostar regional office of the international high representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Martin Garrod, called on all political leaders in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton and Mostar to call for the prevention of unauthorised shooting. In such a shoot-out, an 18-year-old boy was injured last weekend. This case is still being investigated, Garrod said. Spokesman for SFOR's multinational division for Sector Southeast, Francois Grandeau, said the Stabilisation Force had confiscated electronic and military equipment from the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) in June and July. Under the Dayton Agreement, the HVO was to disarm. He refuted reports that it was only radio equipment that had been confiscated. According to Grandeau, SFOR will decide whether this equipment will be returned. He confirmed that the NATO and Partnership for Peace member countries will hold military training programmes in Macedonia in September. This, however, has nothing to do with the situation in Kosovo. The main goal is for relations among these countries to develop and promote their cooperation, he said. A spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ariane Quentier, said that, according to information available to this organisation, since the signing of the Dayton Agreement to June 30 of this year, 11,583 Bosniaks (Moslems) had returned to areas of the Croat-Moslem Bosnian Federation where Croats were in majority, while 26,210 Croats returned to areas of Bosniak majority. (hina) lml 191511 MET aug 98