UN BLAMES SERBS FOR JEOPARDISING TRUCE IN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, March 2 (Hina) - UN and UNHCR representatives in Sarajevo today blamed the Bosnian Serbs for violating the four-month truce, particularly clauses that stipulate freedom of movement for UN peace-keepers and relief workers. According to UN spooksman Gary Coward, the Bosnian Serb authorities in Pale today denied passage to eight convoys carrying supplies for UN peace-keepers. UNHCR spokesman Chris Janowski said Serbs also served notice they would allow no land convoys into the Bosnian capital during the week beginning Sunday. Rebel Serbs in Croatia were also helping their ethnic kin in Bosnia stymie UN efforts. According to Janowski, Knin authorities this morning revoked an earlier permission for two Bihac-bound convoys to cross the territory under their control. The situation was deteriorating both in Bihac and in the eastern-Bosnian enclaves, which has not received any medical supplies for months. The UN Commander in Sarajevo could not travel to Zepa yesterday because the Serbs would not let him. The UN spokesman described such behaviour as "unacceptable". Janowski confirmed that the self-appointed Serb authorities were getting more ruthless in their treatment of the remaining non- Serb population, particularly in the Banja Luka area. Serb police yesterday arrested the local head and nine officials of a Moslem charity, Merhamet. They ransacked the premises and seized all the records and computer equipment in the place. Col. Coward said the Serbs had offered no explanations for their behaviour. Janowski warned that the increased harrassment and blockades may be linked to successful Bosnian army operations on Mt Vlasic. "Nobody has made any official connection between the two events, but Pale has made it quite clear to us that they were angry because of what happened on Mt Vlasic," Janowski explained. (hina) jn as 021528 MET mar 95