OSCE REPRESENTATIVE FROWICK VISITS TUZLA

TUZLA, May 4 (Hina) - Robert Frowick, representative of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) today visited Tuzla. Frowick's visit was part of preparations for the elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Frowick met with representatives of political parties in the Tuzla area and exchanged views on the tasks of OSCE in the forthcoming elections. #L# The forthcoming elections would be very complicated 'since they were the result of the Dayton agreements, which are based on many compromises', Frowick said. Despite many difficulties which are expected, OSCE would try to create as democratic an atmosphere as possible, and it would advocate the return of refugees, freedom of movement and media. It would also 'fight to remove ultranationalism from the political scene', Frowick said, adding he meant here primarily Pale authorities. OSCE, together with the U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), would organise expert teams next week. Those teams would visit all countries which had accepted Bosnian refugees and inform them about their rights. Until the elections, which are to beheld in September this year, OSCE would form a commission which would supervise the elections and count votes. The commission would include representatives of OSCE, IFOR, international police forces and other non-government organisations in Bosnia-Herzegovina. It would have 120 members who would monitor the elections, Frowick said. (hina) rm 042020 MET may 96