DISPLACED PERSONS VISIT CEMETERIES IN UN-ADMINISTERED AREA ( Editorial: --> 7439 )

( Editorial: --> 7439 ) VUKOVAR, Nov 1 (Hina) - Over 2,000 displaced persons visited cemeteries at 11 locations of the Vukovar-Srijem County under control of the UNTAES on Saturday, on occasion of All Saints' Day. There had been no incidents during the visits, UNTAES and the Croatian government Office for Displaced Persons and Refugees said. Displaced persons arrived in over 30 busses, under the organisation of UNTAES and the government Office for Displaced Persons, to visit cemeteries in Vukovar, Svinjarevci, Petrovci, Ilok, Sarengrad, Mohovo, Stari Jankovci, Slakovci, Marinci, Cakovci and Bogdanovci. The remaining cemeteries in the Danubian area were labeled by UNTAES as areas of high risk, so trips were not organised to these locations. However, regular bus service functioned as usual. This year's All Saints' Day happened to collide with a Serb Orthodox religious holiday. Although displaced Croats and local Serbs had met at the cemeteries, the visits were peaceful and dignified. UNTAES's public relations office said in a statement on Saturday that about 7,000 displaced persons had visited 42 cemeteries in the whole area under the UN Transitional Administration on Saturday. (hina) lm 011658 MET nov 97