SARAJEVO, Oct 23 (Hina) - International supervisor for the Serb-+controlled northern Bosnian town of Brcko, Robert Farrand, said on +Friday that only 1,209 non-Serb families have returned to the town, +out of the 4,258 that have
applied for return.+ Thirty-five per cent of these families who have returned are +Croats, while the rest are Bosniak (Moslem).+ According to the ONASA news agency, Farrand told reporters in +Sarajevo that the current situation in Brcko was very complicated. + Most of the territory of the Brcko municipality before the war was +de facto a part of the present-day Republika Srpska, although its +final status is not defined by the Dayton Agreement. The issue has +become a case of international arbitration which should be +completed by the end of this year.+ +(hina) lml+
SARAJEVO, Oct 23 (Hina) - International supervisor for the Serb-
controlled northern Bosnian town of Brcko, Robert Farrand, said on
Friday that only 1,209 non-Serb families have returned to the town,
out of the 4,258 that have applied for return.
Thirty-five per cent of these families who have returned are
Croats, while the rest are Bosniak (Moslem).
According to the ONASA news agency, Farrand told reporters in
Sarajevo that the current situation in Brcko was very complicated.
Most of the territory of the Brcko municipality before the war was
de facto a part of the present-day Republika Srpska, although its
final status is not defined by the Dayton Agreement. The issue has
become a case of international arbitration which should be
completed by the end of this year.
(hina) lml