INTERNATIONAL POLICE CONTINUE TO DEPLOY IN BOSNIA - U.N.

ZAGREB, Jan 16 (Hina) - An international police force continued to deploy in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday to monitor and train local police forces, a UN spokesman said. UN spokesman Philip Arnold told a press conference in Zagreb that 155 police monitors arrived in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday, of whom 76 in Sarajevo. The role and tasks of international police were specified by Annex 11 of the Dayton peace agreement for Bosnia-Herzegovina. They would be unarmed and would not do usual police work. These forces would supervise, monitor, train and advise local police and help them do their job, Arnold said. Local authorities and communities were responsible for local police forces which would do the real police work. A total of 1721 international police officers would be deployed in Bosnia-Herzegovina under direct command of a UN coordinator in Sarajevo. The southern town of Mostar was excluded from the jurisdiction of the international police force because it was under the European Union mandate. International police had already played a certain role in defusing tensions and bringing about a release of civilians recently abducted by Serbs in the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza, Arnold said. (hina) vm jn 161701 MET jan 96