MORE REFUGEES TO RETURN TO BH THIS YEAR - OGATA

ZAGREB, Mar 21 (Hina) - More refugees would return to Bosnia- Herzegovina (BH) this year than in the last, when assumptions for this process were just being made, UN high commissioner for refugees Sadako Ogata told reporters in Zagreb on Friday. According to Ogata, UNHCR divided the returnees to those who were coming back to parts in BH where they constituted the ethnic majority and those returning to parts where they were in the minority. Reconstruction was a very significant issue in those parts where the returnees represented the ethnic majority, Ogata said, adding that the return to areas where they were in the minority represented a "big challenge" to UNHCR. In those parts UNHCR was attempting to ensure freedom of movement and the freedom to choose whether to return or not, she said. According to Ogata, UNHCR was trying to make projects which would ensure the complying with obligations related to the return, especially in Republika Srpska. (hina) ha jn 211824 MET mar 97