$ - MURPHY SARAJEVO, Oct 26 (Hina) - Agreements on the functioning of the Bosnian Federation which had been signed on Friday by Bosnian President Izetbegovic and Federation President Zubak represented an important step which would
open doors to the establishment of the most important bodies of power in the Federation, spokesman of Carl Bildt's Office, Colum Murphy said on Saturday. These agreements showed that it was possible to ensure the functioning of joint institutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, if the leaders of the three peoples considered the needs of the common people for a job and a higher standard of living conditions, Murphy said at a news conference in Sarajevo.
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SARAJEVO, Oct 26 (Hina) - Agreements on the functioning of the
Bosnian Federation which had been signed on Friday by Bosnian
President Izetbegovic and Federation President Zubak represented an
important step which would open doors to the establishment of the
most important bodies of power in the Federation, spokesman of Carl
Bildt's Office, Colum Murphy said on Saturday.
These agreements showed that it was possible to ensure the
functioning of joint institutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, if the
leaders of the three peoples considered the needs of the common
people for a job and a higher standard of living conditions, Murphy
said at a news conference in Sarajevo. #L#
International police spokesman Patrick Swenson said that two
hand grenades had been thrown on the house of a Moslem who had
returned to Teslic on Saturday. There were no casualties, but the
house and an adjacent building were damaged.
International police representatives had offered cooperation
to the Bugojno Mayor, Dzevad Mlaco, in order to stimulate a
speedier return of exiled Croats to the town, Swenson said, adding
the Mlaco had refused the offer, saying that the authorities in
Bugojno were able to organize the return of Croats by themselves.
Swenson recalled that it was Mlaco and his associates who
prevented the return of Croats to their homes.
The United Nations had no executive authorities in Bosnia-
Herzegovina, so they cannot force the local authorities to respect
committments from the peace agreement.
According to UNHCR information, 122 Croat families had
returned to Bugojno through the pilot-project of return, but 21
families had again left the area for safety reasons, UNHCR
spokesman Joaquin Gonzalez-Aleman said.
The Bosniac (Moslem) side formally informed the UNHCR that
they would no longer participate in the programme of return to
Stolac. Their main reason was the conduct of the local mayor who
refused to allow the refugees to visit their homes, and allowed
access only to cemeteries.
Gonzalez-Aleman said the UNHCR was powerless in such
situations and the only thing it could do was to attempt to mediate
in negotiations between the two sides.
A repeated attempt of UNHCR to resurrect the plan of return
for some 140 Croat and Moslem families also failed on Friday.
Gonzalez-Aleman said the Croat side had not submitted a list
of names of people who wanted to return to their homes through the
plan. He added the UNHCR would consider the possibility of return
of some of the 225 faimlies who had registered to return outside
the programme.
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