SESSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CEASE-FIRE IN CENTRAL BOSNIA

VITEZ, Nov 5 (Hina) - A Joint Commission for the cease fire implementation in central Bosnia subcommittee session was held today in the UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) base near Vitez. The session, chaired by the commander of the British UN battalion, Brigadier Mc Coll, was attended by the commander of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) in the Vitez district, Brigadier Filipovic, and by the vice commander of Bosnian Army Seventh Corps, Brigadier Dedic. Brig. Mc Coll said the cooperation between Bosniac and Croat forces in this part of Bosnia should be followed by others in establishing the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The main problem, however, in Central Bosnia remained to be labelling and clearing of minefields. Only 20 p.c. of the minefields had been marked so far in zones of separation. Other minefields were to be appropriately labelled before the forthcoming winter and snows. As regards an agreement on disengaging the forces British Brigadier said Bosnian Army Seventh Corps 325th unit had not yet removed the observation posts. The return of the displaced persons to homes in the zones of separation had been carried out slower than it was planned, because local commands did not offer necessary support in repatriating the refugees. The British commander also said that the Bosniac (Moslem) side in the Gornji Vakuf joint commission rejected to sign agreements on expanding freedom of movements in the central Bosnian municipalities of Gornji Vakuf, Prozor and Bugojno. (hina) mms 051847 MET nov 94