U.N. URGES COMPLETION OF POLICE REORGANISATION IN BOSNIA FEDERATION ( Editorial: --> 1808 )

( Editorial: --> 1808 ) SARAJEVO, Nov 18 (Hina) - UN special envoy to Bosnia-Herzegovina Kai Eide and International Police Task Force (IPTF) commissioner Manfred Seitner on Tuesday urged top Bosnian Federation officials to speed up the reorganisation of police forces in the Herzegovina- Neretva canton. The two officials met Federation president Vladimir Soljic and his deputy Ejup Ganic to discuss proposals for the completion of the establishment of reformed police forces, UN spokesman Alexander Ivanko said in Sarajevo. The proposals were presented by IPTF officials on October 25 but were rejected by Croats over "technical problems", such as markings on official vehicles and the removal of the Herzeg-Bosnian flag from police stations, Ivanko said. Ivanko said that Eide and Seitner believed that the problem was in a lack of political will on the Croat side to overcome the difficulties. A statement from Soljic and Ganic's office said that they discussed the organisation of the Federation's Interior Ministry and other commitments that should be fulfilled in line with decisions from Sintra, Portugal, before a meeting of the Council for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement in Bonn on December 9. (hina) vm 181817 MET nov 97