21.   Serbs, who have squeezed the capital and other enclaves of aid, have promised to allow convoys into Sarajevo and other areas.

22.   Serbs have refused to allow U.N. convoys into the Bihac pocket.

23.   The chief U.N. envoy in former Yugoslavia, Yasushi Akashi, said he was given new assurances from Croatian Serb leaders that U.N. convoys would be allowed free passage.

24.   The humanitarian situation in the Bihac pocket eased somewhat Wednesday, when a U.N. food convoy was finally allowed into the area.

25.   The Serbs have agreed to allow two convoys a week into Bihac, and the UNHCR said it would send the first one on Tuesday.

26.   The Serbs have agreed in principle to allow two convoys a week into Bihac, the statement said.

27.   They will also allow humanitarian convoys to Bihac, the agreement said.

28.   U.N. spokeswoman Claire Grimes said the convoy had been allowed into Croatia Serb-held territory.

29.   For three years, Bihac has been surrounded by secessionist Serbs from Croatia and Bosnia, who lately agreed in principle to allow food convoys through.

30.   However Western observers say Dotsam is showing covert support by allowing convoys of indigenous Hezb-i-Islami reinforcements to pass from his territory to Kabul.