Puljic anger at UN

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BOSNIA'S NEW CARDINAL has urged the United Nations to take sides to protect the victims of aggression in the Bosnia-Herzegovina war.
Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo, speaking to 300 wellwishers at a press conference in Rome, before his investiture into the College of Cardinals, said the world's policy of neutrality only aids Serbian aggression and drives Bosnia's muslims to embrace Islamic fundamentalism.
"I cannot understand the attitude of the United Nations, which declares itself neutral, but with this neutral ity accepts the the law of the strongest to the detriment of the weakest", said Cardinal Puljic.
As the new cardinal reiterated his condemnation of Serbian aggression, Bosnian Serb forces stepped up their military attacks on Sarajevo and the mainly Muslim city of Bihac, which is in a UNprotected "safety zone".
The UN, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the European Union "tolerate the biggest concentration camp in the world" said Cardinal Puljic.
The Cardinal went on to say that he planned to meet Serbian Orthodox and
Muslim religious leaders in Bosnia to seek ways of ending the war, but he said he doubted that religious leaders have much influence with Bosnian politicians and military commanders.
Pope John Paul said the Cardinal, has pledged to visit Sarajevo "as soon as possible" next year.
He said that the Pontiff hoped to include the Bosnian capital "as the seventh and last trip" of his 1995 travel itinerary.
However, Vatican diplomats were not optimistic that conditions would be right in this city under siege for a papal visit in the short term.