CONSIDERABLE HELP NECESSARY FOR RETURN OF SARAJEVO CROATS - STUP R

R $ ECTOR SARAJEVO, Sept 9 (Hina) - 1,300 refugee families returned to the Sarajevan district of Stup, before the war mainly inhabited by Croats, since the signing of the Dayton Agreement, but until today, not even the basic conditions to speed up the return of the remaining citizens had been achieved. According to Stup rector Luka Kesedzic, almost 90 per cent of the district was in part or completely destroyed during the conflict, and even today, most of Stup was without electricity. Out of the 12,000 Catholics in Stup before the war, only 5,000 remained. "I don't want to involve myself with politics, but I have to say it's logical to expect that, when people are incited to return, help and houses should be provided for them. We haven't felt any considerable help so far. People need jobs, they must send their children to school somewhere and receive medical help", Kesedzic said. The Stup elementary school was completely destroyed so that pupils must travel kilometres to schools in Ilidza or the Catholic School Centre in the heart of Sarajevo, Kesedzic said, adding that theirs was the only school in the Bosnian Federation which had not started with the new school year. Only the Swedish-Swiss Caritas and the Catholic Relief Service have so far showed big interest for the situation in Stup and ensured means which should be sufficient for the mending of 60 houses. The realization of that programme has still not begun, but it is already clear that the process will hardly be completed before the winter. (hina) ha jn 091355 MET sep 96