GENERAL COT'S STATEMENT

ZAGREB, Dec 2 (Hina) - First days of the implementation of the agreement on security of the UN humanitarian and other operations signed in Geneva on 29 November by all the three sides in Bosnia- Herzegovina show that the document has been mainly respected, said UN Force Commander Gen. Jean Cot at today's press conference in Zagreb. Gen. Cot said that 11 attacks at UN vehicles and members in Bosnia were registered on Wednesday only. The attacks were launched by the elements which are out of the control of military commands of the three sides. He said that the UN forces, in conformity with the agreement, will withstand the elements out of the control and their attacks, which he called banditism. The situation in UNPAs in Croatia is relatively stable, except Sector South. Small arms fire was registered in the areas of Smilcici, Novigrad and Maslenica (Sector South), said Gen. Cot. Gen. Cot expressed his belief that local ceasefire agreements could be a good preparation for a global ceasefire agreement between the Croatian and Serb sides in Croatia. 021556 MET dec 93