Srpska Republika News Agency (SRNA), 97-05-31

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From: The Serbian Unity Congress Server at http://www.suc.org

MAY 31 1997 DAY

NEWS REVIEW, REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

MADRID - The newly elected High Representative for civil affairs for RS and Federation B&H /FB&H/ Carlos Westendorp in the statement for the Spanish daily news "El Pais" said that the renewing the conflicts in B&H would be dramatic for the security of all Europeans. "The new conflict would represent, also, the degradation of EU and NATO. In B&H we must be very decisive with those who do not want the continuation of the peace process from Dayton" - highlights Westendorp.

ATHENS - While reporting about the work of the Council of NATO in Sintra, the Greek media the particular attention dedicated to the sharp pressures of U.S.A. on all three sides in B&H, which were required strictly to comply to the Dayton Agreement, i.e. the determining the common laws, the improvement of the work of common organs. According to the assessment of the Greece analysts, the U.S. once again succeeded to prove the inability of the Europe in solving the problems in the region. They have brought it off because the non-unique stance of Europe about particular issues, by which the U.S. justifies its involvement, not only into Balkan and Europe but also into the total world's political events.

HAGUE - The judge of the Hague Tribunal Gabriela Kirk Mc Donnald called the members of the defence and prosecution to forward until the June 9 the written prepositions which would contain every "relevant information" which would help the Court Council to determine the suitable punishment for Dusan Tadic, indicted for, alleged, war crimes. According to the constitution and the Rules of Procedure of the Hague's Tribunal, "relevant information" relates to the difficulty of the violation, individual circumstances of the indicted and on the presence of any tough or extenuating circumstances.

HAGUE - The deputy Prosecutor of the Hague Tribunal Graham

Blewitt stated that he requested from UN to duplicate the number of employees in the Prosecutor's office of this court. This request was explained by the assertion that 161 official of the Prosecution office can't be able to collect the evidence for new indictments, nor to prepare the trial for 75 indicted for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia.

PARIS - The Europeans and the members of SFOR do not agree with the US programme of arming the Federal Army "Equip and train", because, according to their opinion, "it is unwise to give to Croatian and Moslems 116 howitzers calibre 155 mm, 45 tanks, 46,000 machine guns and 800 armoured vehicles" - writes the Parisian "Liberation". The news asserts that Egypt and United Arabic Emirates will in next days deliver to FB&H 44 armoured vehicles and 42 tanks AMX 30 made in France. Only 15 U.S. combat helicopters were returned to Texas, because, for the moment, Americans do not want to give it to Moslems.

AMSTERDAM - In the whirlpool of events directed against the Serbian interests, found itself recently also the Serbian Orthodox Church in Holland, which have existed in Amsterdam already for 20 years, as few months ago, without previous notification it had got the cancellation of permission for using the premises from the previous owner of the local Catholic church. Finding themselves expelled on the street the priests and believers of the church "St. Nicholas" were obliged to try to find another premises. They have decided to by the church, which in last few years are being frequently sold in Holland, but the owners, contrary to the laws of the market economy had decided to cancel the purchasing contract.

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