POLITICAL STABILITY IN BH IS CONDITION TO CONTINUE RECONSTRUCTION

SARAJEVO, Sept 19 (Hina) - The political stability in Bosnia- Herzegovina was the precondition for the continuation of the reconstruction financed by the international community, head of the World Bank Office in BH Rory O'Sullivan told reporters in Sarajevo on Thursday. Political stability referred to the establishment of new joint authorities and an efficient central government, which was the only way to implement reconstruction programmes and ensure foreign investments, O'Sullivan said. He confirmed that by August, USD 558 million had been invested in BH reconstruction programmes, and that the remaining 1.8 billion, promised at the first donors' conference of western countries in Brussels, would soon be granted too. USD 500 million would certainly be granted by the end of the year, while a new donors' conference, to discuss the financing of new projects, could be expected in January 1997, O'Sullivan said. (hina) ha 191436 MET sep 96