U.N. MEDIATOR VANCE RESIGNS

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DATE: FRIDAY, April 2, 1993                   TAG: 9304020031
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: UNITED NATIONS                                LENGTH: Short
U.N. MEDIATOR VANCE RESIGNS
Cyrus Vance said Thursday that he is resigning as the U.N. mediator in the Yugoslav conflict, calling it the most difficult job he has ever undertaken.
Vance, a former U.S. secretary of state, is expected to be replaced by Norwegian Foreign Minister Thorvald Stoltenberg.
Vance, 76, has been U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's special envoy to the former Yugoslav states since October 1991. He and Lord David Owen of the European Community have forged peace plans for Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Bosnia's Muslim and Croat leaders have signed the Vance-Owen plan, but the Bosnian Serbs have so far resisted.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB