"BLUE HELMETS" FAIL IN AN ATTEMPT TO CROSS KUPA RIVER BY BOAT

SISAK, July 7 (Hina) - Croatian refugees in the villages of Novo Pracno and Nebojan in Sisak County on Thursday continued blocking the roads for UNPROFOR vehicles and personnel, allowing only members of the EU Monitor Mission to pass through. In Moscenica, they allowed a seriously ill member of the UN French Battalion to be rushed to hospital in Zagreb. Head of the local association of refugees Bozo Judas said that UN peace-keepers were using byroads to avoid the roadblocks. He said that "blue helmets" attempted to cross the Kupa river in a rubber dinghy but were prevented by protesters. Refugees are protesting at UNPROFOR's inefficiency to return them to their homes in the UN-protected areas, de facto under Serb occupation. 071655 MET jul 94