BONN CONFERENCE SETTLES CONTROVERSY OVER MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES - G

G $ RANIC BONN, Apr 26 (Hina) - The Bonn conference on the Bosnian Federation has resolved the pending issues relative to the structure and functioning of municipal authorities in four Bosnian municipalities - Bugojno, Vares, Capljina and Stolac, Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic said on Friday before leaving Bonn. "We have finally resolved this issue at a meeting yesterday evening, which was followed by a working dinner," he said. "The solution we came up yesterday is based on the principles previously agreed upon with President Izetbegovic," he said. "The new element is that there will be no manoeuvres about the verification of mandates - the final decision will lie with the arbiter," he specified. "Another thing we've agreed upon is that the office of mayor and chairman of the city council will be divided among the communities - if the mayor is a Croat, the chairman of the city council is a Moslem, and vice-versa," he elaborated. "This is a great success of this meeting - we have managed to reach an agreement on everything that was on the agenda, including the organisation of the police force, police uniforms, these municipalities and the voting procedure for the three controversial financial laws," Granic said. The next conference on the Federation would be held in Washington on May 14, at an ever higher level, Granic announced. (hina) as 261137 MET apr 96