SOME PEACE AGREEMENT TASKS WILL REQUIRE DEADLINES - UN REP

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Hina) - The international community cannot stay in Bosnia forever, so some tasks from the Dayton peace agreement will require execution deadlines, the United Nations Secretary- General's special envoy for Bosnia Elizabeth Rehn said in Washington on Friday. The deadlines in particular refer to the establishment and functioning of local police, and the arrest and trial of war criminals, Rehn said. Without a professional police in the service of all citizens there is no condition for the return of displaced persons, and without just punishment of war criminals there is no reconciliation among the peoples, Rehn emphasised. She pointed out chasing war criminals must not be given up, not for revenge, but for justice and the future. Rehn was especially dissatisfied with the functioning of courts and police in Bosnia. She believed that judging by the statements of new Bosnian Serb leaders, the upcoming period should result in more successful cooperation and implementation of what has been agreed on. In the Croat-Muslim Federation, Bosnia's other entity, Rehn pointed out the fact that Croats do not want to cooperate in the establishment and appropriate functioning of a nationally mixed local police. On the other hand, she said Bosnian Croats were right in complaining about the situation in central Bosnia. In answer to a Voice of America reporter, who asked how she estimated Zagreb's role and influence over Bosnian Croats, Rehn said the influence was very strong, but that the connection between Croats from both sides of the Croatian-Bosnian border was understandable. It is another thing altogether to have direct political influence, she said, adding that Bosnian Croat local policemen receive a special bonus on salaries, with money coming from Croatia. The international community wants Bosnian Croat issues to be resolved by their political representatives, without backing, said Rehn. (hina) ha