European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Serbs threaten Sarajevo reports say Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr a serbian commander threatened to destroy Sarajevo on saturday unless City officials allow the departure of thousands of refugees news reports and bosnian officials said. Serbs denied the claims. Government radio said the ultimatum was delivered by col. Komnen Zarkovic who reportedly threatened to begin destroying Sarajevo systematically beginning at 2 , if the busloads of refugees some of them serbs had not left for Belgrade by then. But the deadline passed without incident and the streets of Sarajevo were filled with shoppers despite the Distant occasional sounds of mortar and Small arms fire. Negotiators for the presidency had told Zarkovic the convoys could depart within a couple of Days but not saturday the radio said. In another sign of growing desperation in the besieged City More than 200 ethnic croats tried to flee Sarajevo but were turned Back by armed bosnian police. Some refugees screamed at the police but the group turned Back after about 10 minutes. Kemal Muftic a spokesman for the Muslim led bosnian government said the reports of Zarkovich a threat to destroy the City were True. But bosnian serbian sources reached by Telephone at their Headquarters in Pale East of Sarajevo denied the report. Momcilo Krajisnik the president of the bosnian serbian parliament said an official denial would be issued later in the Day. Hundreds of bosnian had been stranded at the last minute Friday when military leaders cancelled red Cross evacuation convoys because of worries about losing fighters for Sarajevo a defense. About 10 percent of the 6,300 evacuees who were from All ethnic groups were men. Some of the men were Between 18 Ana 60 years old an age group required to stay in Sarajevo to be available for military service if needed. Late Friday the army said it would allow convoys Carivine women boys up to 18 and men Over 60 to leave. Men Between 18 and 60 would have to obtain medical certificates from military doctors to be allowed out. . Forces refused to offer Protection to the convoys the radio said because they did not want to participate in the a ethnic cleansing of Sarajevo. Bosnia s ethnic landscape has been radically altered in the 7-month-old War by the process known As a ethnic cleansing a in which the ethnic group with the most Power in an area forces out All other groups sometimes brutally. Jane s closes Book on nato publication by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau the Post cold War nato May not be changing fast enough for some critics but Book publishers say writing about the transforming Alliance and political scene these Days is like trying to chronicle baseball statistics in mid season. This Treadmill task combined with a declining interest in nato among professional readers caused Jane a information group in Surrey England to discontinue its annual nato handbook a 400-plus-Page Tome with the 1991-92 edition. A keeping up with the changes was almost impossible the last year and its continued this year As Well of course a said Keith Faulkner a managing editor with Jane a. A we found at the end of last year the Book had been ready to publish and already we were being overtaken by  Jane a publishing director Bob Hutchinson said editors were a almost taking the pages off the press to provide an up to Date account of Alliance structures organization policies and related political events. A we serve 170 countries and after the end of the soviet Union and the confusion that arose Over natos role the degree of interest shown by our customers was going Down a Hutchinson said. The 4-year-old publication never boasted a High number of users compared with other Jane a reference books. Military hardware books such As Jane Sall the worlds aircraft or Jane a fighting ships sell More than one Quarter million copies compared with about 30,000 nato handbooks sold each year for 125 pounds about $195 apiece. A it was tended to be used by the analyst and the academic rather than the military who Are our biggest set of customers a Hutchinson said. Loss of the handbook has not had a particular Impact among users at natos Headquarters in Brussels Belgium said Nicholas Sherwen head of publications there. A there arc Many publishers apart from Jane a that publish Short or longer pieces on the Alliance a Sherwen said. A a Jane a itself is a very prestigious and Well known publisher and when it cuts out any of its Standard works there a always a slight  Sherwen said he has not noticed a significant drop in demand for the official nato handbook which is published by the Alliance Headquarters about every 18 months. He attributes this in part to natos addressing a new audience in Central and Eastern Europe. A a there san increase in demand there a Sherwen said. A we Are certainly not printing smaller numbers of  the free 110-Page, pocket size handbook is published in languages of All nato countries. Fifty thousand copies of the English edition Are printed along with 5,000 to 15,000 copies in each other language Sherwen said. Nato also publishes a More detailed Book on its inner Workings a called facts and figures a every four or five years. The last edition came out in 1989. Sherwen said that when the next handbook comes out some detail will be missing from structural charts because the new Alliance is still under construction a keeping up with political events is of course difficult but that a part of a publishers life a he  in the new Europe s Security once upon a time two main characters filled the european defense stage the North Atlantic treaty organization and its Long time adversary the Warsaw pact. Since the communist Alliance collapsed and the soviet Union dissolved however institutions that held bit parts during the cold War Are moving to Center stage. In addition new forums Are being established. Here Are a few of the actors and an explanation of their still developing roles conference on Security and cooperation in Europe Csc founded 1975 As a human rights organization 1990 As a european Security organization. Members its 52 members include every european nation plus the United states and Canada. Purpose As the Only european political institution that binds together former enemies in Eastern and Western Europe the Csc is viewed As essential to Europe s Post cold War Security architecture. In a Summit meeting in Helsinki Finland this summer the institution was selected As the forum for future disarmament talks. Leaders of member nations also agreed to undertake  peacekeeping operations. All Csc actions require a vote of consensus or consensus minus  Atlantic cooperation Council founded 1991 members nato s 16 members and 21 Eastern and Central european countries. Purpose the North Atlantic treaty organization established the North Atlantic cooperation Council As a Means to cooperate with the fledgling democracies of the former East bloc without offering them nato membership. Many meetings of the member countries have involved military and civilian government officials As Well As defense  european Union founded 1955-1973, reactivated 1984. Members France Germany Netherlands Britain Italy Belgium. Luxembourg Spain and Portugal All members of nato. Purpose the we was designated by european Community leaders at the maastricht Netherlands Summit last year As the vehicle through which Europe would increase its autonomy on defense matters. The Summit s resulting treaty also states that we actions must be compatible with european countries obligations to nato. The we currently consists of a planning cell with no troop units specifically assigned to it. Unlike nato the we is free to operate outside of Borders of Alliance nations. Sas panel asks Congress to ban women combat pilots Washington up1 a a commission appointed by president Bush has called on Congress to restore Laws against women combat pilots that it repealed last year. The presidential commission on the assignment of women in the armed forces said it endorsed restoration of provisions a prohibiting women from assignment to duty on aircraft engaged in combat missions. A the commission also called for retention of the current ban on women in ground combat units. It said women should be allowed to serve on combat surface ships such As aircraft carriers cruisers destroyers and frigates but not on submarines or amphibious Landing Craft. A the sense of the commission a it said a is that women should be excluded from direct land combat units and  the group expressed a extreme disapproval of the military deployment of single parents and recommended that at least one Parent in families where both Are in the service should not be deployed. If that could not be done it said one Parent should be discharged from the service with the Opportunity to rejoin later. The commissions recommendations which Are nonbinding Are to go to Bush on nov. 15. Bush then will have a month to consider what he will recommend to Congress. President elect Clinton has not stated his views on women in combat saying that he wants to study the commissions report. The Pentagon has said it will not authorize women to Fly combat missions until it hears from the president. The commission was established As part of a Compromise to ensure passage of last years repeal of Laws prohibiting women from flying combat missions in the air Force Navy and Marine corps. The army has a similar of prohibition but it is in a service regulation and not a a. The House of representatives voted last year to repeal the Legal ban on combat flights by women but Senate opponents of the measure agreed to go along Only if the 15-member commission were established to study the role of women in the military. When Bush appointed the commission last March advocates of a greater role for military women noted that Many of its members were already on record As being opposed to such opportunities. Five commission members walked out of the recent voting saying they would not return unless they were allowed to write their own report presenting their Case against allowing women in combat