UN CIVILIAN POLICE STARTS DEPLOYING IN DISENGAGEMENT ZONE

ZAGREB, June 14 (Hina) - UNPROFOR civilian police started establishing control in the disengagement zone at 08:00 hours this morning, UNPROFOR spokesman in Zagreb Matthew Nerzig told reporters on Tuesday. "We are implementing the first part of Article 9 of the March 29 Agreement," he said, adding that the next stage would be the deployment of "two hundred policemen from each side." Under the Agreement, the Croatian and the Serbian sides are entitled to deploy up to 200 policemen each in the 2-km wide stretch of land between the two disengagement lines. The policemen will carry small arms only and will work under UNPROFOR supervision. Nerzig said there were reasons for suspicion that "one or the other side was not going to allow the implementation of this part of the Agreement." "That is why we have adopted a step-by-step approach," he explained. "If all goes well with the deployment of UNCIVPOL, then we will soon be able to pass onto the deployment of 200 policemen from each side in the zone," he concluded. 141515 MET jun 94