SERB REACTION IS NOT SURPRISING - U.N. SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, May 30 (Hina) - The statement Bosnian Serb military and political leaders issued last night had no particular value neither could be regarded as something new. "They have violated the international law and civilized manners before," UN spokesman in Sarajevo Alexander Ivanko said today, commenting on the Pale- communique stating that "all Security Council resolutions, all NATO ultimatums and all accords with the U.N. are declared void." Ivanko was nevertheless convinced that the pull-out scenario has not been likely. All the UN troops providing governments had already favoured the beefing up the ground forces. Ivanko said he hoped that they would put action behind their words soon, since the blue helmets would not be able to survive in their present position. Ivanko, who has loosed his tongue regarding Serbs in the last few days, today revealed that some UN officials had received individual threats from Pale as well. He said that a Karadzic's close accessory, Miroslav Toholj, told him in private that he (Ivanko) "could regret his recent statements on Serbs." The UN officials were however not particularly worried over the threats, which "above all confirm the judgment of Karadzic's army as a terrorist organization," Ivanko said. UNPROFOR was a lot more concerned by the possibility of new attacks at the peacekeepers throughout Bosnia. The military spokesman Lt. Col. Gary Coward today said he expected Serbs would attempt to take over the Sarajevo airport, as one of the most vulnerable points. He added that all precautions had been taken in order to ward off such an attack. The Dutch peacekeepers in eastern enclave of Srebrenica were put on the alert, in case of an attack like one of Gorazde. UNHCR spokesman Kris Janowski said that a part of UNHCR's personnel had left Sarajevo today. The organization was virtually out of function due to latest escalation, so it had to dismiss the redundant personnel, he said, ruling off the supposition that the pull-out of UNHCR's foreign employees had started. He emphasized that the food stocks in Sarajevo and eastern enclaves were not sufficient. The overall situation was still not critical, he said, but could be if the roads were to be blocked any longer. The exception is Bihac, where the things were much worse than elsewhere even before the latest escalation. The International Red Cross spokeswoman said the ICRC would try to carry out the emergency assistance to the residents of Sarajevo who were cut off the water supply again. New pumps were to be mounted, while ICRC officials would control the quality of water, ICRC spokeswoman said. (Hina) bk 301604 MET may 95