1.   So it was not surprising to hear Secretary of State Warren Christopher declare on Sunday that the voting will proceed on schedule.

2.   The voting will proceed as scheduled at the Hotel Sofitel.

3.   Sadulah Tuzovic, an election monitor with the Bosnian Embassy in Croatia, said the voting proceeded smoothly.

4.   The voting proceeded peacefully amid tight security, with increased police and troops at checkpoints around the republic, especially those close to the border with breakaway Chechnya.

5.   The voting proceeded harmoniously across a nation still scarred by apartheid.