OSCE MISSION TO B-H SATISFIED WITH COOPERATION WITH CRO GOVT

( Editorial: --> 2203 ) SARAJEVO, Sept 22 (Hina) - The Organisation for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Bosnia-Herzgovina expressed its gratitude to the Croatian Office for Displaced Persons and Refugees for the great efforts exuded during the Bosnian general elections. A statement issued on Tuesday by the Sarajevo OSCE office notes that without the help of the Croatian refugee office the OSCE would not have been as successful in the organisation of voting for B-H citizens currently living in Croatia. The OSCE especially noted the refugee office's timely and effective informing of voters who were sometimes misguided by those organisations which deliberately wished to negatively influence the elections for their own political objectives. The OSCE statement said that ballots which were accepted from people who were not registered in electoral rolls, would be checked and considered valid if citizens who filled them in indeed had the right to vote in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Cooperation between the OSCE and the Croatian government's office for refugees was conducted with the mediation of the International Organisation for Migration and its section responsible for out-of- country voting. (Hina) sp /jn/rml 221435 MET sep 98