1.   Hardline Bosnian Croats centered in Mostar are reluctant to join the federation.

2.   The draft convention stipulates a minimum age and wage for home workers and their right to join trade union federations.

3.   Unions must also be given freedom to run their own affairs, including joining federations or confederations locally or internationally, free of state interference.

4.   Bosnian Serbs have repeatedly been pressurised to join the federation and have always refused.

5.   Serbs could be allowed to join this federation at a later stage if they wished.

6.   The agreement reached in Washington called for first creating a Moslem-Croat federation Bosnia and then setting up a confederation joining this federation with Croatia.

7.   The agreement reached in Washington in March called for first creating a Moslem-Croat federation in Bosnia and then setting up a confederation joining this federation with Croatia.