UN: USD 98.8 TO TRAIN POLICE IN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, Sept 26 (Hina) - A conference on the training and reorganization of police forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina would take place in Dublin on 28 September, UN spokesman Aleksandar Ivanko said in Sarajevo on Thursday. Representatives from 42 countries and international organizations would take part in the conference, as well as Bosnian Federation Interior Minister Avdo Hebib, his deputy Jozo Leutar and Serb entity Interior Minister Dragan Kijac, Ivanko said. The meeting will be presided by UN vice-secretary for peace operations Kofi Annan and international community high representative for the implementation of the peace agreement Carl Bildt. According to Ivanko, the international community would provide USD 98.8 million to equip and train police in BH during the next two years. The international police operating in BH as part of the UN mission would be authorized to either acknowledge or refuse the admission of any policeman into the new reorganized police forces, Ivanko said, stressing that special attention would be paid to the fact that not one person suspected of war crimes or human rights violation be admitted. (hina) ha jn 261426 MET sep 96