EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ISSUES RESOLUTION ON COOPERATION WITH HAGUE TR

TR $ IBUNAL STRASBOURG, Nov 14 (Hina) - The European Parliament on Thursday asked the authorities of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Croatia to urgently take all necessary measures to actively cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, to extradite persons indicted for war crimes and to implement the provisions of the Tribunal's Statute. #L# In a resolution voted on in Strasbourg, the European Parliament called on the European Commission to "link the future development of relations with Croatia to that country's willingness to cooperate fully with the Tribunal and urges the Croatian government to bring the necessary pressure to bear on the Bosnian Croat authorities to execute the arrest warrants issued by the Tribunal for indicted persons living in that part of Bosnia- Herzegovina and to hand over significant evidence, which is known to exist, to the prosecutor of the Tribunal". The European Parliament urgently called the European Commission to "link any reconstruction aid to the Republika Srpska to the issue of the handing over to the Tribunal of persons accused of genocide and crimes against humanity". As regards the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, European officials called on all member countries to oppose FRY's membership of international organizations until it adopted all its commitments in line with decisions of the Security Council and Dayton Agreement. The European Parliament resolution reiterated the stance according to which IFOR should use its mandate to arrest indicted war criminals, and asked the "Council and UN Security Council to find ways to strengthen the mandate of the International Police Task Force (IPTF)". European Parliament members called the European Union and member countries to fully and effectively cooperate with the International Crimes Tribunal and to give the necessary loans. (hina) lm jn 142158 MET nov 96