UNHCR STILL AWAITING CLEARANCE FROM WARRING PARTIES IN BOSNIA

ZAGREB, Nov 22 (Hina) - The UN High Commission for Refugees is still awaiting written permissions from Bosnian Croat, Moslem and Serb authorities for free passage of relief convoys in Bosnia- Herzegovina, said a UNHCR spokeswoman in Zagreb on Monday. She said that the reason for this was probably the regular technical procedure which took time, adding that UNPROFOR had sent a request for passage to the three parties to the conflict last Friday. As soon as we get the permissions, convoys will set out for central Bosnia from Zagreb via Banja Luka to Zenica. UNHCR convoys to central Bosnia were suspended a month ago after a Danish convoy driver had been killed. The warring parties in Bosnia-Herzegovina agreed in Geneva last Thursday, at a meeting with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata, to provide unimpeded passage for aid convoys throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina. 222051 MET nov 93