IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACE AGREEMENT PROCEEDING WELL - ZUBAK

SARAJEVO, May 29 (Hina) - Both federal partners wanted the implementation of the Dayton Agreement, Bosnian Federation president Kresimir Zubak said in Sarajevo on Wednesday. All organs of authority in the Federation were ready to speed up and facilitate the implementation of the peace agreement and establishment of trust, Zubak said at a meeting of the Joint Civilian Commission for Sarajevo. He said that, despite all difficulties, the implementation of the peace agreement was proceeding well, but he warned that at the time of its signing, no one could have presumed what difficulties were impending, especially in the implementation of the civilian part of the agreement. Deputy high commissioner for the implementation of the peace agreement, Michael Steiner, who presided the meeting, said during a discussion on the situation in the region of Sarajevo, that so far significant progress had been achieved in the normalization of life in parts of Sarajevo which had recently been integrated into the Federation. Steiner warned of the necessity to take more determined measures aimed at preventing attempts of robbing and intimidating the Serb populace which had decided to remain in the Sarajevan suburbs after the integration. International police commissioner in Bosnia Peter Fitzgerald said that the worst safety situation was in Ilidza where numerous cases of looting and settling in abandoned houses. (hina) lm jn 291751 MET may 96