INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR BOSNIA MEETS IN SARAJEVO ( Editorial: --> 8809 )

( Editorial: --> 8809 ) SARAJEVO, Nov 6 (Hina) - International High Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina Carlos Westendorp on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction with the slow implementation of economic reforms, warning that such a situation may lead to a new crisis in the country. Westendorp was speaking to reporters after a meeting with the Presidency and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina, which also involved representatives of the member states of the Steering Committee for the implementation of the peace agreement. The Steering Committee meets every month to analyse the situation in the country. After today's meeting it released a special statement warning that the central government bodies had failed to meet the commitments set before them. The problems cited in the statement included laws on citizenship and travel documents, uniform number plates, property laws, freedom of the media, the reorganisation of the Usora municipality and the establishment of multi-ethnic government in Brcko. Those in the joint bodies of government who systematically block the progress should be removed, the statement said. (hina) vm mm 062139 MET nov 97