NOBILO ON A CO-CHAIRMAN REPORT ON FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

NEW YORK, Jan 10 (hina) - "My Government would like to reiterate once again that the occupied territories of Croatia (consisting of parts of UNPAs, so-called 'pink zones' and 'blue zones') are exactly that: occupied parts of the independent and sovereign territory of the Republic of Croatia. No part of the Republic of Croatia is subjected to, or has ever been subjected to internationally imposed economic sanctions," the Croatian Ambassador to the UN, Mario Nobilo, said in a letter Tuesday to United Secretary General Boutros-Boutros Ghali. The letter is related to a report from a co-chairman on the International Conference for the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) on January 5. The report is on the implementation of blockades on Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina territory under Serb control, in the past 30 days. Ghali forwarded the report to the Security Council. That report, is, to date, the most unfortunate, particularly regarding the Co-Chairman interpretation of the Security Council resolution in its paragraph 12, Nobilo says in his letter. The paragraph forbids the import and transit of goods across Serb-held areas in Croatia, except for shipments cleared by the Croatian Government. However, according the interpretation in the chairman's report, under the provision in question, the role of the Croatian Government was limited to making sure that no shipments were delivered to the Bosnian Serbs across the UNPAs in Croatia without clearance from the Bosnian Government. "We wish to emphasise that it solely within the sovereign rights of the Croatian Government...to decide which goods are to be imported to, exported from or trans-shipped through these parts of Croatia, if it is assured that by no means the said goods could be diverted to the territory of the 'Federal Republic of Yugoslavia' (Serbia and Montenegro) or the parts of the Republic of Bosnia- Herzegovina under control of the Bosnian Serbs," Nobilo said. "Moreover I should like to recall that the Security Council adopted the language of the paragraph 12 of the resolution 820 (1993) with the sole purpose to reiterate the sovereignty of the Republic of Croatia over its entire territory and within its internationally recognized borders," Nobel reminded Ghali. "My Government finds it outrageous the statement in para 7 of the Co-Chairman's report, that they facilitated the supply of fuel to the Croatian Serbs in order to prevent them to be "thrown into the arms of the Bosnian Serbs" while the same oil provided by the ICFY Monitor Mission enabled them to engage and remain engaged in most serious attacks on the UN safe area of Bihac," Nobilo said. "We would like to emphasise that the policy of buying the positive attitude of the Serbs by providing them with fuel has proven short-sighted and harmful to the peace process. The Co-Chairman "believed that the fact that the Security Council could put an end to his illegal arrangements would give my Government a dangerous stronghold on all supplies that would be allowed to enter UNPAs, expressing his suspicion towards Croatia wielding such power." "My Government feels that this attitude and actions of Co- Chairman are most seriously undermining the present delicate stage of negotiations. The solution is in imminent reintegration of the occupied territories, where the next step in this regard has to be a joint oil company as provided by the Agreement of December 2, 1994," Nobilo's letter says. (hina) jn sd 102151 MET jan 95