IFOR INTENSIFIES EFFORTS IN PREPARING BH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

SARAJEVO, Oct 5 (Hina) - After yesterday's decision of the Provisional Election Commission that municipal elections in Bosnia- Herzegovina be held by the end of November, the NATO-led Peace Implementation Force (IFOR) in BH intensified efforts to provide all conditions for the holding of elections, IFOR spokesman Simon Haselock said in Sarajevo on Saturday. He added that a lot had been done in preparations for undisturbed elections. "All our plans are being re-examined in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)", Haselock said, adding that "a meeting on plans for the transport of voters will take place on Monday in coordination with the international police." The IFOR headquarters is analyzing a possible arrangement of polling places, while OSCE representatives earlier on announced that the November voting would take place in less locations than the 14 September elections. The voting is expected to last two or three days. (hina) ha 051322 MET oct 96