UN: KLEIN TO BECOME NEW DEPUTY HIGH REPRESENTATIVE IN BOSNIA

WASHINGTON, 2 July (Hina) - The United Nations on Wednesday stated that Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein will leave the post of U.N. Transitional Administrator for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium. The U.N. statement further said that the U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan had relieved Klein of his duty since the U.S. administration had nominated Klein for the post of new Deputy High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Klein should take up his new office at the end of this month. The U.N. Secretary General is currently considering candidates for the post of new Transitional Administrator and his choice would soon be announced, the statement said. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns called on the Croatian authorities and Serbs in the Croatian Danube river region to cooperate so that the UNTAES mandate could be successfully completed. The United States is committed to the successful completion of the U.N. mandate in eastern Slavonia. The U.S. calls on the Republic of Croatia and local Serb community in eastern Slavonia to cooperate closely with UNTAES in securing the successful completion of the mandate, Burns said. (hina) rm 022113 MET jul 97