Ukraine postpones ratification of NPT

KIEV. Ukraine. Feb 1: Ukrainian leadership decided on Tuesday to postpone ratification of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty until the new parliament is elected, apparently fearing that nationalist lawmakers would turn it down However officials promised to proceed with implementing the agreement on nuclear disarmament. signed last month in Moscow by Ukraine, the United States and Russia The agreement does not need a formal legislative approval, report* AP

Dutch troops in Srebrenica

PARIS Feb 1 Dutch troops have entered the Bosnian town of Srebrenica to relieve a small Canadian force in the Serb-besieged enclave a French General said today. Deputy Chief of Staff General Philippe Merrier told reporters Dutch reconnaissance parties entered Srebrenica with the agreement of Serb forces surrounding (he Muslim pocket, reports Reuter.