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SRNA REVIEW OF EVENING NEWS, Aug. 10, 1996
From: Mirjana Petrovic <almirja@cotton.vislab.olemiss.edu>
BANJALUKA - The vicepresident of Republika Srpska (RS) and
acting president of the Republic, Biljana Plavsic, met in Banja
luka with the UN special rapporteur on human rights in former
Yugoslavia. Elizabeth Rehn, to discuss the problems of the
missing and imprisoned persons and the upcoming elections.
Following her meeting, Ms. Plavsic stated that the issue of
imprisoned and missing persons blocks the implementation of the
Dayton agreement, "for a large number of residents has no inter
est in anything, but in the searching for their missing rela
tives".
BANJALUKA - The RS prime minister Gojko Klickovic talked in
Banjaluka with the RS Army (VRS) First Krajina Corps commander
general Momir Talic on the current problems concerning the mili
tary in RS. According to Klickovic, the RS Government is commit
ted to improve the status of soldiers and to continue reorganisa
tion of the VRS.
SARAJEVO - The RS foreign minister and the acting president
of the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) Aleksa Buha, denied claims
on an unequal treatment by the Serb media of the political par
ties to participate at September elections. "The length of time
and timetable for the presentation of candidates in the Serb
media are equal for all and in that respect there is no place for
any objection", stated minister Buha for Radio BBC.
BANJALUKA - The RS arbitrator for the area of Brcko, Dr.
Vitomir Popovic, stated that the RS is exposed to strong pres
sures aimed at declaring the city itself to be the subject of
dispute, but not the boundary line. "The pressures are coming
from the most influential circles in the international community
and Yugoslavia, although the dispute and the arbitrage itself are
concerning only the interentity boundary line separating RS from
the CroatMuslim Federation", stated Dr. Popovic.
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