PROTEST LETTERS OF BOSNIAN CROATS TO UN SC AND AKASHI

MOSTAR, May 8 (Hina) - President of the Federation of Bosnia- Herzegovina, Kresimir Zubak, today sent a letter of protest to UN Secretary-General's special envoy, Yasushi Akashi, because of the UNPROFOR's passivity toward the pogrom of the Croatian population in the Serb-held Banja Luka area, northwestern Bosnia. "I am sending a strong protest because of the passivity and inefficiency of your organization," Zubak wrote. He asked Mr. Akashi to "take effective measures so that the fascist terror over Croatian and other non-Serb nations in Banja Luka be stopped, and perpetrators punished." A deputy to the Bosnian Federation's Foreign Minister, Vladislav Pogarcic, sent a letter to the chairman of the UN Security Council, France's Ambassador Bernard Merimee, in which he requested an urgent session of the UN SC because of the "dramatic deterioration and terror over Croatian and non-Serb residents in Banja Luka and a wider northwestern area of Bosnia-Herzegovina." "During celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the victory over Fascism, UN SC five permanent members in fact support the flare-up of the fascist fire in the heart of Europe," Pogarcic wrote. We demanded that all necessary measures be taken in line with UN Charter Chapter VII, as well as in line with all other relevant UN SC and General Assembly resolutions, according to Pogarcic's letter. (hina) jn mm mms 081931 MET may 95