This is the first time, in any major negotiation in diplomatic history, that an Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights has been part of a diplomatic effort. Normally, people in that job are kept away from the negotiations. But we felt that the issues here involved human rights so essentially that John made four trips to the area in the last six weeks; has been in   Dayton three times during 21 days, and has been a central member of our core team. I'd like him to comment on that and make another brief comment.

John.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHATTUCK: Let me outline briefly the obligations of the   part les to comply with the orders of the international War Crimes Tribunal.

The agreement obligates all parties, including

Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia - Herzegovina --  

( Multiple questions )

QUESTION Minister Ivanov, a brief comment on why the Russians are reserving approval on the military annexes?

DEPUTY MINISTER IVANOV: As you know, this plan of implementation is a plan of  NATO. We're awaiting the resolution of the United Nations Security Council about the mandate of the military (inaudible); and, when we review this resolution and other information from our military people who are now studying this problem in Brussels, there will be the critical decision about our possible participation. But we have some doubts about that plan of the United Nations -- of the NATO on the military implementation. In the  agreement, Annex I, you have the Article about the possibility of the participation of non- NATO states in that operation. The modalities of those states who will participate will be the subject of an agreement between such participating states and NATO.

MR. BILDT: I am sorry, sir, but we have flights leaving for Europe; and, we are the most unpopular people there are on transatlantic flights, because we've been booked on every single flight for the past five days. (Laughter) We might be thrown off.

Let me say that when we are heading back to the European Union countries and to Russia, we   have a rather heavy work schedule with all of the implementation work that is ahead of us: preparing for the Paris peace conference, the London implementation conference, the Bonn disarmament thing, and there's going to be a pledging conference on the economic side in Brussels.

Those of you who think that work has been completed in Dayton are, sorry to say, mistaken.
This is for us the start of another agenda.

QUESTION :Will there be any kind of a conference in Moscow? Do you see Russia as part of this --

MR. BILDT: Russia is most let me say that before Igor -- AUDIENCE: (Inaudible)

MR. BILDT: No, no. Let me say that -- and on

behalf of all the colleagues in the Contact Group -- that Russia has been playing an important

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