AKASHI ON SARAJEVO ESCALATION

ZAGREB, May 24 (Hina) - "Today, heavy fighting again broke out in Sarajevo in violation of the Safe Area and the Exclusion Zone regimes, endangering the lives of innocent civilians, UN soldiers and civilian personnel," said the UN Secretary General's special envoy Yasushi Akashi, in a statement released today. "Weapons have been removed from the Weapons Collection Points or, in some instances, fired from them. This makes a series of extremely dangerous and volatile UN escalations that cannot be tolerated," Akashi said. "In conjunction with the Force Commander, Lieutenant-General Bertrand Janvier, the Commander UNPROFOR, Lieutenant-General Rupert Smith, I demand a prompt cease fire and full compliance with the February 1994 agreement on heavy weapons. I remind the Bosnian Serb party as well as the Government of Bosnia-Herzegovina of the potentially serious consequences of non-compliance; the gravity of the current situation should not be underestimated," Akashi said. (Hina) mm bk 242136 MET may 95