31.   However Mladic returned to Bosnia on the day the NATO airstrikes were suspended and when the borders seemed to have been stabilised.

32.   In Naples, a NATO spokeswoman said the alliance had no plans to suspend its airstrikes against the Bosnian Serbs.

33.   The NATO airstrikes meanwhile were suspended to allow the Serbs to withdraw their heavier weapons from around Sarajevo.

34.   NATO airstrikes were suspended for three days in response to the Serb pledge.

35.   NATO suspended its airstrikes on Thursday after the Serbs agreed to withdraw some of their guns from around Sarajevo, setting a Sunday night deadline for compliance.

36.   North Atlantic Treaty Organization airstrikes were suspended until then, and the Serbs have been threatened with a resumption of strikes if their withdrawal is not considered sufficient.

37.   The airstrikes were suspended on Friday to give the Bosnian Serbs time to respond to UN and NATO demands.

38.   The airstrikes were suspended temporarily late Thursday to give the Bosnian Serbs time to withdraw their heaviest guns from around Sarajevo.

39.   The airstrikes were suspended to allow time for discussions between Janvier and Mladic, who issued his own demands.