11.   Evers-Williams said that NAACP officials have now appointed an acting chief financial officer who has imposed tough financial controls.

12.   Inmates had also demanded dismissals of corrections officials appointed under former Milosevic, accusing them of corruption.

13.   Separatist sentiment, fuelled by neglect or abuses by government officials appointed from Bangkok, has sometimes erupted into violence.

14.   The officials also appointed Saudi oil expert Abdel-Aziz al-Turki as secretary-general for another three years.

15.   Meanwhile EU officials appointed a new administrator, Sir Martin Garrod, for the southern city of Mostar.

16.   The international official appointed to supervise the administration of the disputed northern Bosnian town of Brcko will begin his duties on Sunday, an official spokesman announced here Wednesday.