CROATIAN SERBS WRITE TO INTERNATIONAL FACTORS

VUKOVAR, Sept 15 (Hina) - The joint council of (Serb) municipalities of eastern Slavonia, Baranja and western Sirmium, or ZVO and the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) requested the presence of the United Nations and the international community in the Croatian Danube river area after the completion of the UNTAES mandate. The ZVO and SDSS sent a letter on Monday to the UN Secretary- General, the UN Transitional Administrator in the Croatian Danube river area, William Walker, Contact-Group member-states' ambassadors, the Council of Europe and the OSCE. The ZVO information office said that the satisfaction with the current results of the peaceful reintegration was expressed in the letter but Serb representatives pointed out to "failure to fulfil commitments under the UNSC Resolution 1120 and the Croatian Government's Letter of Intent." They wrote that the Erdut agreement was not also implemented completely and consistently, and added that "the presence of the international community and of the UN is necessary in the Croatian Danube river area in the post-UNTAES period." (hina) jn mš 152044 MET sep 97