CROATIA: UN COMMANDER GENERAL BERTRAND JANVIER HOLDS TALKS WITH KRAJINA SERB ARMY(RSK) COMMANDER MILAN CELEKETIC.

Record ID: 911907

  • Title: CROATIA: UN COMMANDER GENERAL BERTRAND JANVIER HOLDS TALKS WITH KRAJINA SERB ARMY(RSK) COMMANDER MILAN CELEKETIC.
  • Date: 4th April 1995
  • Summary: KNIN, SERB KRAJINA IN CROATIA (APRIL 4, 1995) (AGENCY) GV/VARIOUS FRENCH GENERAL BERTRAND JANVIER IN MEETING WITH KRAJINA SERB GENERAL MILAN CELEKETIC (3 SHOTS) 0.24 SV TWO MEN COME OUT OF MEETING 0.33 SV JANVIER SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT TO MEET GENERAL CELEKEPIC AND TO KEEP IN TOUCH AFTER ONE MONTH (FRENCH) 0.48 MCU CELEKETIC SPEAKING 0.55 SV/CU OF U.N. PERSONNEL REMOVING "PF" FROM NUMBER PLATES (2 SHOTS) 1.07 SV UNIDENTIFIED U.N. OFFICER EXPLAINING WHY PF HAS TO BE REMOVED FROM PLATES (ENGLISH) TRANSCRIPT; UNIDENTIFIED U.N. OFFICER: "IN LINE WITH THE NEW MANDATE AGREED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL - WE ARE RECEIVING DIRECTIVES TO BEGIN CHANGING OUR NUMBER PLATES , WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN A UN "PF" UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE FOR THE WHOLE MISSION AREA - AND NOW WE HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR THE MOMENT AS INTERIM JUST TO HAVE TO LOGO AS "UN" NOT "UN PF" AND THIS IS WHY SOME OF THE NUMBER PLATES HERE , THE "PF" IS BEING TAPED OVER OR PAINTED OUT." CU U.N. VEHICLE NUMBER PLATE/VEHICLE DRIVES AWAY (2 SHOTS) 1.50 Initials
  • Embargoed: 6th July 2005 16:39
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  • Location: KNIN, KRAJINA IN CROATIA
  • Country: Croatia
  • Topics: Conflict,International Relations,Politics
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  • Story Text: United Nations (U.N.) commander general Bertrand Janvier had talks on Tuesday (April 4) in Knin with Krajina Serb (RSK) army commander general Milan Celeketic.

    It was Janvier's first visit to Knin, the capital of Serb held Krajinan region of Croatia, since taking over duties as U.N.

    commander.

    Besides protocol, talks there were presumed to have covered the new U.N. forces' mandate in Croatia and rebel Serb Krajina.

    The name of the United Nations mission was changed from U.N.

    Protection Force (UNPROFOR) to U.N. Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia (UNCRO) to placate Zagreb's nationalist government which had threatened to eject peacekeepers.

    Under the mandate that took effect on April 1, U.N. soldiers are also supposed to "control" Croatian external borders now held by rebel Serbs, who have rejected such controls and denounced the name change.

    Since Saturday, some U.N. peacekeepers on patrol have been blocked at Croatian police checkpoints because their vehicle number plates still bore "UNPROFOR" insignia, spokesmen said.

    Rebel Krajina Serbs hold a third of Croatia behind U.N.-policed ceasefire lines in place since 1992.
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