PALE, June 25 (Hina) - Nine Bosniac (Bosnian Moslem) families who have so far returned to Stolac (southern Bosnia-Herzegovina, under Croat control), they have full freedom of movement and the conditions for their lives to return to
normal are gradually being created, spokesman for the UN High Commission for refugees (UNHCR), Mans Nyberg, said in Sarajevo on Wednesday. According to him, the electricity grid and other utilities are being set in operation.
PALE, June 25 (Hina) - Nine Bosniac (Bosnian Moslem) families who have
so far returned to Stolac (southern Bosnia-Herzegovina, under Croat
control), they have full freedom of movement and the conditions for
their lives to return to normal are gradually being created, spokesman
for the UN High Commission for refugees (UNHCR), Mans Nyberg, said in
Sarajevo on Wednesday. According to him, the electricity grid and other
utilities are being set in operation. #L#
At a press conference in Pale, Nyberg said that the return of 100
Bosniac families to Stolac would continue in line with agreements among
interested parties, and expressed disappointment about the fact that
only one family had decided to return, out of the four that were planned
to return to Stolac on Wednesday.
According to Nyberg, this was connected with Tuesday's decision of
the Stolac police denied the return of one family which was not able to
return to their home, but had a written permission from the owner of a
building that they could move into it.
Nyberg said the police had acted upon orders of the Stolac mayor,
describing the act as a violation of the agreement on the return of
refugees, and violation of the right of movement.
UNHCR representatives held talks on Wednesday with officials of the
Bosnian Federation Refugees Ministry aimed at solving the problem and
removing obstacles in the return of Bosniacs to Stolac.
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