WESTENDORP BELIEVES BOSNIA SHOULD HAVE UNIFORM PASSPORT

( Editorial: --> 9983 ) SARAJEVO, Feb 6 (Hina) - Bosnia-Herzegovina should have one uniform passport, a spokeswoman for the international High Representative for the implementation of the Dayton peace agreement, Aisling Burne, said Friday. The solution on the appearance of the passport adopted by the Bosnian Parliament, different for Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks, further deepens ethnic divides, Burne said on behalf of Carlos Westendorp. According to that solution, Bosnian passports would be printed in different languages and have the insignia of either Bosnian entity. Burne said the High Representative hoped parliament members would realise that it is logical for Bosnia-Herzegovina to have a uniform passport. The spokeswoman was unable to officially confirm what the new passport would look like. Consultations are still underway, she said. According to Sarajevo daily Oslobodjenje of Thursday, the cover of the new passport will have 'Bosnia-Herzegovina' written in Latin, or Cyrillic script and in English, the new flag in the middle, and 'putovnica' (in Latin script), 'pasos' (in Cyrillic) and 'passport' printed near the bottom. After the decision on the appearance of Bosnia's new flag was made public, the flag was hoisted on the building of the Bosnian Presidency in Sarajevo Friday morning. However, the old flag of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina is still beside the new one, although without legal foundation. For the time being, only officials of the Party of Democratic Action, including Bosnian Presidency chairman Alija Izetbegovic, have suggested that the old flag be proclaimed the official flag of the Bosniak people. (hina) ha jn 061839 MET feb 98