CROATIAN BUFFER ZONES REMAIN STABLE - U.N. SPOKESMAN

ZAGREB, May 25 (Hina) - The overall situation in Croatia was stable today but both the Croatian army and rebel Serb forces maintained some presence in UN-patrolled buffer zones, UN spokesman Christopher Gunness told a press conference in Zagreb. He reported a new Serb troop buildup on the Croatian-Bosnian border, near the Bihac pocket, describing the situation there as increasingly tense. In the former Sector South, rebel Serbs continued amassing heavy weapons seized from UN-guarded depots, Gunnes said. Reporters were informed of new appointments recently decided by the UN Secretary General. Spanish ambassador Antonio Pedaue was appointed chief of the UN mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the capacity of an aide to the Secretary General. Henryk Sokolski of Poland was appointed chief of civilian affairs in the UN mission in Macedonia Gunness said that a UNCRO chief of mission would be appointed later on. (Hina) bk 251910 MET may 95