BOSNIA SIDES TO SIGN AGREEMENT ON RETURN OF REFUGEES - UNHCR

SARAJEVO, Apr 26 (Hina) - The UN relief agency (UNHCR) officials have requested the Bosnian Government and Serb authorities to sign a special agreement providing for the organised return of displaced people. The agreement, based on the principles outlined in the Dayton Agreements, resolves certain technical aspects of the return of the displaced, UNHCR spokesman Mans Nyberg said in Sarajevo on Friday. "For three months, we have been trying to make it possible for groups of refugees to visit their homes or cemeteries as a first step toward an organised return. In nine out of ten cases, such attempts failed due to obstruction from the local authorities," Nyberg said. Four such incidents occurred yesterday, according to Nyberg. The most serious one took place in the village of Mahala (northern Bosnia), where a group of 250 Moslems engaged with a group of 150 Serbs. Serb police yesterday stopped a group of 100 Croats from visiting the Modrica cemetery. (hina) jn as 261436 MET apr 96