JOINT POLICE OF SARAJEVO CANTON PRESENTED

SARAJEVO, Feb 26 (Hina) - The joint police forces of the Sarajevo Canton were presented on Wednesday at a ceremony held at the Sarajevan "Skenderija" sports centre. In attendance were the highest officials of the Federation of Bosnia- Herzegovina (BH), of the U.S. Embassy and the representatives of the International Police Task Force in BH. The Sarajevo Canton police was established on the basis of a special agreement between Croat and Bosniak (Muslim) officials in the Federation, and as of today, Bosniaks made 70 percent of its members, Croats 15 percent and other nationalities the remaining 15 percent. The members of the Sarajevo Canton police are as of today also the first in the Federation to wear uniforms bearing both federal and cantonal insignia. Activities to establish joint police forces in the Central-Bosnian and Neretva cantons would begin tomorrow, the Federation's Premier Edhem Bicakcic said at the presentation. The Sarajevo Canton policemen were congratulated by the U.S. Embassy's political advisor, Michael Parmley, who promised additional support for the establishment of new police forces in the Federation's ten cantons. (hina) ha mm 261857 MET feb 97