BILDT SAYS SARAJEVO CRUCIAL FOR BOSNIA SUCCESS

SARAJEVO, Jan 6 (Hina) - International community's High Representative for Bosnia, Carl Bildt, said on Saturday the return of the Serb suburbs around Sarajevo to the Bosnian government was crucial to the success of the entire peace mission in Bosnia. "It is very obvious that implementation here in Sarajevo is difficult, critical and crucial to the entire peace process," Bildt told a news conference in the Bosnian capital where his office started functioning three days ago. #L# Bildt announced the creation of a Joint Civilian Commission for Sarajevo with a representation comprising three Serb officials, two of the current city authority and two of the Federation, as well as independent members, and NATO's peace Implementation Force (IFOR) to discuss all issues relating to the transfer of authority in the Sarajevo area. Bildt ruled out ideas of creating a "Mostar model" in Sarajevo, as floated by senior Bosnian Serb officials few days ago. He said that his office would be in charge to oversee the implementation of the overall peace accords, and also to initiate political measures if the peace process becomes hampered. The office's third task, he added, is coordination on the economic reconstruction. The Office's currently gravest problem was money. Bildt said he had only 10 million European Currency Units so far which was "substantially less than half required," but hoped the problem would be solved. He said he had no deadline to accomplish the tasks but expressed optimism saying he was convinced that the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina will be completely different in a year time. "It will take generations to put all the consequences of a war like this behind," Bildt said recalling that only local people can create a real peace: "We have come here only to help," he added. (Hina) bk 061841 MET jan 96