ELISABETH REHN VISITS JAJCE

JAJCE, Aug 30 (Hina) - UN special rapporteur for human rights Elisabeth Rehn on Saturday visited the central Bosnian town of Jajce where she held talks with representatives of municipal authorities and the police focusing on the return of 450 Bosniak (Muslim) families to villages in the Jajce municipality. Rehn told reporters she requested of Jajce municipal authorities and police to start an investigation into incidents which took place a few weeks ago when Muslims returned to villages in the municipality. Rehn stressed it was necessary to aid returnees before winter by ensuring potable water, electricity, and other human rights necessary for normal existence. According to the president of the Jajce municipal council, Jozo Lucic, the UN special rapporteur did not show interest for the threatened basic human rights of about 400 Croat returnee-families, who have spent the last two years living in poor conditions, without water or electricity. Hard living conditions existed for all returnees to Jajce - Croats, Muslims and Serbs - regardless of their nationality, Lucic pointed out, adding this was due to lack of understanding on the part of the international community which did not ensure money and construction material for the reconstruction of housing and economy buildings demolished in the war. (hina) ha 301946 MET aug 97