UNPROFOR GEN. REITH ON NEW COMMAND CENTRE IN GORNJI VAKUF

SPLIT, March 5 (Hina) - UNPROFOR has set up a new command centre in Gornji Vakuf for Sector South-West in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which is to cover central and southern Bosnia. Commander of the British UNPROFOR battalion Brigadier Gen. John Reith has been appointed Commander of Sector South-West. "We had decided some time ago to set up a new command centre answerable to the UNPROFOR Command in Bosnia-Herzegovina. We started implementing that decision as soon as Generals Roso and Delic signed a cease-fire agreement," Gen. Reith told Hina on Saturday. The command is currently staffed by 28 officers. The full staff will consist of 150 officers, clerks and technical staff members, nationals of one of the four countries whose battalions are stationed in Sector South-West - Britain, Canada, Spain and Malesia, Gen. Reith specified. Military observers deployed in Sector South-West also include Irishmen, Russians and Swedes, Gen. Reith added. General John Reith said he was a "moderate optimist" with regard to the observance of the cease-fire agreement. Gen. Reith is also the chairman of the joint Commitee on the implementation of the Roso-Delic agreement, which has met three times since Feb 27. 051228 MET mar 94