The Chief Prosecutor of The Hague War Crimes Tribunal, Carla Del Ponte, is in the Bosnian Serb capital of Banja Luka Friday.

Carla Del Ponte

According to her office, the purpose of Ms. Del Ponte's visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina is to meet with senior Bosnian Serb officials on delivering to the tribunal all Bosnian Serb war criminals still at large.

Two of the tribunal's most-wanted suspects are the Bosnian Serb war-time leader Radovan Karadzic and his military commander Ratko Mladic.

The tribunal has indicted the two for the three-year Bosnian Serb shelling of civilians in Sarajevo. The court also indicted the former leaders for their roles in the disappearance of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men after Serb forces captured the enclave of Srebrenica in July, 1995.

Wednesday Bosnian Serb authorities announced they will give more than 20 Serb war crimes suspects 30 days to surrender or lose the chance for bail if arrested.

Some information for this report provided by AFP and DPA.

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