SARAJEVO ARCHBISHOP MEETS INTERNATIONAL HIGH REPRESENTATIVE

( Editorial: --> 4005 ) SARAJEVO, Nov 26 (Hina) - Sarajevo Archbishop Cardinal Vinko Puljic on Wednesday appealed to international organisations to take more resolute steps to resolve some burning issues in Bosnia- Herzegovina. The appeal was made at a meeting with international High Representative Carlos Westendorp and his deputy Jacques Klein in Sarajevo, which focused on problems faced by the Roman Catholic Church in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Bosnian Catholic news agency KTA reported. Puljic drew attention to the fact that Catholic priests still could not perform their duties in the Bosnian Serb Republic. He also cited numerous problems, including murders, housing, employment and restitution of church property, in Moslem-controlled parts of the Moslem-Croat Federation. Puljic said that representatives of the international community were trying to preserve multi-ethnicity in some areas of Bosnia- Herzegovina while at the same time the issue of Sarajevo as the capital remained unsolved. Noting that police security of religious buildings created a very unpleasant impression among Catholics, Puljic called for the creation of safety. Westendorp informed the archbishop of efforts being undertaken to change property laws and to ensure implementation of a protocol on the administrative setup of Sarajevo. Puljic stressed the importance of creating conditions so that all religious communities could be represented on Bosnian television because media played a great role in the process of reconciliation, restoration of trust and return of refugees. (hina) vm 271001 MET nov 97