European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thes Lifis 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 55 350 thursday june 11,1992 d 8693 Alife s a Holiday for soldiers Over july 4 weekend by the stars and stripes sometimes it pays to be a Soldier. One of those times will be the upcoming fourth of july Holiday when soldiers will be Given an extra Day off. Department of defense employees will observe july fourth on a Friday this year because the Federal Legal Holiday Falls on a saturday. It will be Back to work monday july 6, for service members assigned to the air Force coast guard and Navy commands in Europe. No announcement has been made if service members assigned to the european come will have july 6, off said air Force maj. Mack Mclaurin a Neucom spokesman. But soldiers assigned to . Army Europe will have that monday off because it has been declared a Usa eur training Holiday said Usa eur spokeswoman Millie Waters. Usa eur civilians Are encouraged to take annual leave on the july 6 training Holiday Waters . Team heading for Sarajevo Airport Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr a . Observer team left for this War torn capital wednesday in Hopes of securing the Airport to allow Relief flights to bring in desperately needed food and Medicine. Sarajevo quailed under another Day of intense shelling. Officials said at least seven people were killed. The team of about 50 technical observers led by Canadian Gen. Louis Mackenzie left in a Convoy of vehicles from Belgrade the serbian capital. The journey would take a few hours in peacetime. A their Job will be to inspect the Airport and general Mackenzie will first Sec related Story on Page 2 meet the representatives of All sides to try to restore the cease fire agreed to Friday . Spokeswoman Barbara Shannon Boyd told the associated press in Belgrade. She said the . Hopes the Airport can be secured within 10 Days. Serbian militias controlling the Airport end Friday to allow Relief flights to bring in food and Medicine for the  but fighting in and around the City has intensified since then. Sarajevo was shaken wednesday by rounds from multiple barrelled rocket launchers and heavy artillery As serbs and Muslim defenders traded fire. Flames consumed numerous buildings including some in the old turkish Quarter of Bas Casija. A general Alert was in effect for the third consecutive Day and senior government officials took shelter in the basement of the bosnian presidency building. Sarajevo radio said the Northern bos see Sarajevo on Page 2 a Long Convoy leaves Belgrade Early wednesday carrying food gasoline and other supplies for the . Headquarters in Sarajevo.. Tries to improve image at Summit Rio de Janeiro Brazil a heavily criticized for refusing to sign an Earth Summit treaty on protecting endangered plants and animals the United states is proposing an initiative to Catalon the Worlat a Flora and Fauna. But while the White House sought to improve its image ahead of president Bush a arrival in Rio de Janeiro tonight Europe renewed Calls for limits on gases that cause global warming. The limits were written out of a treaty under . Pressure. There was no immediate reaction to the . Species inventory proposal made tuesday in Washington by a senior Bush administration official. The official also criticized the Summit As a chaotic circus where industrialized Earth Summit countries supporting initiatives opposed by the United states were succumbing to a guilty developed world  the biodiversity treaty which would protect the worlds threatened Plant and animal species is a Centrepiece of the Earth Summit. The United states is the Only major economic Power refusing to sign it. The Bush administration says it is concerned the treaty will not adequately protect the patents of . Biotechnology companies. A at the Rio Summit the United states is going to offer an initiative to take the first step on biodiversity which we think is critical a the administration official in Washington told a news briefing. The initiative a is kind of an inventory initiative a research and inventory initiative a under which countries will map and assess their biological resources said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity. He did not provide details. The official also chastised Germany and Japan As acting a in a politically Correct fashion in supporting versions of environmental treaties that the . Opposes. He spoke As the 12 countries of the european Community declared in Rio that they would seek speedy action to strengthen the global warming treaty. The declaration says the european among gases scientists believe contribute to global warming. Countries a Welcome the commitment to work toward reducing Carbon dioxide emissions to 1w0 Levels by the year 2000. Carbon dioxide largely produced through the burning of Fossil fuels is Long gases global War the dec countries called for a meeting this fall to consider amendments that would strengthen the global warming treaty. In pre Summit negotiations europeans had pushed hard to include the limit on Carbon dioxide emissions in the treaty. But the United states insisted the provision be removed threatening not to sign and to stay away from the Rio gathering. When the europeans arrived in Rio see Summit on Page 2