BRCKO ARBITRATION COMMISSION MEETING NOT SUCCESSFUL - BILDT'S OFFI

OFFI $ CE SARAJEVO, Aug 8 (Hina) - The meeting of the Brcko Arbitration Commission on Wednesday was not successful because of the absence of the Serb entity representative, Vitomir Popovic, spokesman for the international peace coordinator, Colum Murphy, said on Thursday. The reason why Popovic didn't show up is not yet known, but a "deliberate obstruction would constitute a blatant violation of the Dayton Agreement," Murphy warned. The arbitration proceses was the task of the interested parties, but Bildt's office had the responsibility to name the side which was obstructing the implementation of the peace agreement. Murphy confirmed that the Serb entity prime minister, Gojko Klickovic, had banned further excavations of mass graves in the territory controlled by Pale. This ban did not apply to investigations conducted by International War Crimes Tribunal experts but nevertheless could be qualified as obstruction of the Dayton Agreement. (hina) as 081509 MET aug 96