U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS BH RESOLUTION

WASHINGTON D.C., Dec 1 (Hina) - The United Nations General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution on the situation in Bosnia- Herzegovina (BH), suggested by 22 countries, including Croatia. The resolution confirmed the territorial integrity, independence, sovereignty, and legal continuity of BH within its internationally recognised borders, as well as equal rights for all three of its constituent nations (Croats, Serbs, and Bosniak Muslims). The General Assembly stressed that the implementation of the peace agreement for BH was stalling, particularly in three areas - return of refugees, economic revival, and cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. The Assembly also expressed deep concern with the fact that the Federal Republic Yugoslavia kept refusing to arrest and hand over persons indicted by the ICTY. Commenting on the resolution, the Croatian Ambassador to the UN, Ivan Simonovic, on Monday told Croatian Television that the parts of the resolution favourable for Croatia referred to the care for Bosnian Croats, and the succession to the former Yugoslav federation. With the resolution, the UN is pressuring the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which is blocking an agreement on succession. This suits all other successor states which want to bring the succession process to an end. (hina) it jn/ha