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SEKS TO PROPOSE PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE DEBATE HAGUE
TRIBUNAL INDICTMENTS
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - Parliament President Vladimir Seks said on
Monday he would propose that the political assessments made in the
latest indictments from the war crimes tribunal in The Hague be
discussed by parliament's foreign affairs committee but did not rule
out the possibility of the issue being included in the agenda of
parliament's forthcoming session.#L#
Seks spoke to reporters after a session of the parliamentary
presidency which considered the possibility of a parliamentary debate
which would discuss the indictments against generals Mladen Markac and
Ivan Cermak. The session was attended by Seks, Prime Minister Ivo
Sanader, Justice Minister Vesna Skare-Ozbolt, the presidents of
parliamentary parties and the leaders of the parties' clubs of
deputies.
A parliamentary debate on the indictments was requested by the
Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) and the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP).
Seks told reporters there were various opinions and that serious
consideration was being given to arguments for and against a debate on
what was appropriate for Croatia and its credibility and for the
defence of Markac and Cermak before the Hague tribunal.
Asked when he would decide about the debate, Seks said he had a
30-day deadline from receipt of the request, March 9.
PM Sanader told reporters he explained at today's meeting what the
government intended to do in order to defend the truth about the
Homeland War from the unacceptable parts of the indictments.
He added that in his capacity as leader of the ruling Croatian
Democratic Union party, he said the issue should first be addressed by
the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs and that only then
should the final decision on the holding of a parliamentary debate be
made.
Ivica Racan, the leader of the strongest opposition party, the Social
Democrats, said the issue should be debated and that everyone must
bear the responsibility for their statements about "an issue as
delicate as Croatia's cooperation with the Hague tribunal".
HSS leader Zlatko Tomcic said he had suggested holding a debate on
what he said were political incriminations contained in the latest
indictments, notably the part speaking of "criminal enterprises".
Anto Djapic said his HSP felt a parliamentary debate was necessary
because the indictments questioned parliament's Declaration on the
Homeland War. Parliament cannot stand aside when the defence of the
Homeland War is at stake, he added.
Djapic said he did not question the government's moves but expressed
surprise that the ruling majority was trying to avoid a parliamentary
debate on the indictments.
CROATIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES UN ASSISTANT HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
REFUGEES
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Monday
received UN Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees Kamel Morjane,
who arrived in Croatia on Sunday for a two-day visit, the President's
Office said in a statement.#L#
Mesic informed Morjane of the process of the return of refugees, as
well as of the need for creating employment conditions in the areas to
which refugees are returning. Mesic said he expected the international
community to become more involved in the process.
The president also expressed his opinion about the situation in the
region and relations with neighbouring countries, particularly within
the European association process. He informed the UNHCR delegation of
the new Asylum Act which will become effective on July 1 and which is
in accordance with European standards.
During the talks, Morjane said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
would help Croatia in the return process, particularly regarding
finding accommodation for returnees.
The UNHCR delegation also included the deputy director of the
regional office for Europe, Robert Robinson, and the new UNHCR
representative in Croatia, Catherine Bertrand.
This is Morjane's first visit to Croatia since his appointment in
August 2001. He arrived in Croatia to confirm the UNHCR's commitment
to helping the Croatian government in the implementation of the return
process and to reiterate the UNHCR's support to Croatia in the
application of national legislation regarding the issue of asylum and
the organisation of the asylum system in accordance with international
standards.
CROATIAN, ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN JERUSALEM
JERUSALEM, March 15 (Hina) - Croatia and Israel have good relations
in all fields but there is also great untapped potential, Israeli
Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom said in Jerusalem on Monday after talks
with his Croatian counterpart Miomir Zuzul.#L#
Zuzul began his visit of several days to Israel by meeting his host,
Shalom.
Shalom said he believed relations between the two countries were
moving in the right direction. "I stressed the importance Israel
attaches to its relations with Europe and I hope Croatia will soon
become an integral part of the European Union," he said, voicing
confidence that once it joined the EU Croatia would work together with
Israel towards having the EU develop a more balanced approach to
Israel.
Zuzul said Croatia wanted to intensify cooperation with Israel and
expected Israel to invest further in Croatia. Last year's trade
between the two countries was a mere US15 million. Croatia could be
the Israeli economy's gateway to Europe, he added.
Zuzul said political and economic talks between the two countries
would continue. He announced Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader was
likely to visit Israel this spring and Parliament President Vladimir
Seks in the autumn. Zuzul added Shalom accepted his invitation to
visit Croatia.
Shalom said Israel might open its embassy in Zagreb by the end of the
year.
The two ministers talked also about the Israeli-Palestinian issue and
the rampant danger of global terrorism.
Shalom said among other things that last week's terror attack in
Madrid once again showed the horrors of terrorism. "Terrorism is the
enemy of all countries that love peace and value human life," he
said.
Zuzul said the Croatian government had a firm stand on the matter.
"There is no alternative to combating terrorism. The only way is
forming a big global anti-terror coalition".
"Croatia fully supports Israel's willingness to continue implementing
peace guidelines, but also understands the Israeli government's
obligation to protect its citizens and stop further terrorist
attacks," Zuzul said.
Responding to a journalist's question about his opinion of the
president of the Palestinian self-government, Yasser Arafat, Zuzul
said Croatia hoped the Palestinians would succeed in finding a
leadership that was capable of negotiating and achieving peace.
Shalom reiterated the Israeli government's position that negotiations
were not possible until the Palestinian leadership dealt with the
issue of terrorism.
CROATIA AND ISRAEL WANT TO STRENGTHEN BILATERAL RELATIONS
JERUSALEM, March 15 (Hina) - Croatia and Israel expressed wish to
strengthen the overall bilateral relations, Croatian Foreign Minister
Miomir Zuzul said on Monday evening after talks with Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon.#L#
Zuzul who is on a visit to Israel, meet Sharon in Isreal's Kneset for
talks which lasted several hours.
"We talked about all issues and confirmed our wish to strengthen
bilateral relations," Zuzul told reporters after the talks. Zuzul and
Sharon also talked about the two countries economic cooperation which,
according to Zuzul, is surprisingly low. The Croatia-Israel trade last
year amounted to only US15 million.
Zuzul said Sharon had officially invited his Croatian counterpart Ivo
Sanader to visit Israel. The invitation was accepted in agreement with
Sanader. Sanader could visit Israel later in the summer or in early
spring.
Zuzul said Sharon also confirmed his country would open its embassy
in Zagreb by the end of the year.
KOSOR MEETS U.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES IN GENEVA
GENEVA, March 15 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka
Kosor met UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers in Geneva on
Monday where she was attending the 60th session of the Human Rights
Commission, the Croatian Permanent Mission to the United Nations said
in a statement.#L#
Kosor informed Lubbers of the process of return of refugees and
displaced persons to Croatia and the firm intention of the Croatian
government to complete this process by the end of 2006.
She also spoke of the return of refugees from Croatia to
Bosnia-Herzegovina and the other way round, the establishing of a
separate government commission to monitor this process, the existing
legislation regarding minority rights and human rights in general, and
proposed legislation aimed at reviving the economy and opening up
prospects for young families in areas previously ravaged by war.
Lubbers welcomed the progress Croatia had made in the process of
refugee return. He was particularly interested in solving the problem
of temporarily seized property.
Based on the success he had achieved as a Dutch prime minister in
raising the birth rate in his country, Lubbers stressed as key
preconditions the creation of optimism and a positive social climate,
and more favourable working hours. He said that on average Dutch men
worked four days a week and women three days a week.
Kosor also informed her host of the steps the Croatian government was
taking in the area of the population policy, the statement said.
CROATIA'S EUROPEAN INTEGRATION MINISTER HOLDS FIRST MEETING WITH
FOREIGN DONORS
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - Croatia's European integration minister and
coordinator of aid and cooperation projects with the EU, Kolinda
Grabar-Kitarovic, held her first meeting with representatives of
foreign donors and international financial institutions in Zagreb on
Monday.#L#
The meeting involved EU ambassadors in Zagreb and representatives of
the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
USAID and other organisations.
Speaking to reporters after the talks, Grabar-Kitarovic said that
Croatian representatives had presented a medium-term plan for the use
of foreign aid during the period from 2004 to 2006.
"It is necessary for us to coordinate our activities in the best
possible way in order to direct all the aid to economic and social
priorities and to ensure that it is used as effectively as possible,"
she said, adding that the priorities concerned promotion of small and
medium-sized entrepreneurship, financial consolidation, job creation
and increasing living standards.
"We have met today to better organise ourselves in achieving our
common goal, and that is the successful integration of Croatia into
the EU. It is important for us to known Croatian priorities, because
Croatian priorities are our priorities," Swedish ambassador Sture
Theolin said.
USAID representative William Jeffers said that the meeting discussed
joint work on stepping up the implementation of programmes and
ambitious goals of the Croatian government.
HOME POLICY COMMITTEE GIVES POSITIVE OPINION FOR APPOINTMENT OF NEW
POA DIRECTOR
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - The Croatian Parliament's Home Policy and
National Security Committee has given a positive opinion on the
proposal of President Stjepan Mesic and Prime Minister Ivo Sanader
that Josko Podbevsek be appointed as new director of the
Counterintelligence Agency (POA), Committee Chairman Ivan Jarnjak told
reporters after a session of the Committee on Monday.#L#
"Committee members discussed Podbevsek's CV and his view of the
functioning of the POA and gave a positive opinion accordingly,"
Jarnjak said, adding that it was good that a replacement had been
found quickly and that both the president and the prime minister had
agreed on the candidate.
Last week, Mesic and Sanader co-signed a decision relieving Franjo
Turek of his duties as POA director at his personal request.
JOSKO PODBEVSEK APPOINTED HEAD OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGENCY
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic and Prime
Minister Ivo Sanader on Monday signed a decision appointing Josko
Podbevsek head of the Counterintelligence Agency (POA), the
President's Office said in a statement.#L#
HUMAN RIGHTS CURRICULUM PRESENTED AT AUSTRIAN EMBASSY
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - A project called "A Curriculum for Human
Rights and a Democratic Citizenry at University", was presented at the
Austrian Embassy in Zagreb on Monday.#L#
The main purpose of the project is to introduce education in human
rights and strengthen the Research Education Centre for Human Rights
and Democratic Citizenry at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb.
The head of the Office for Technical Cooperation at the Austrian
Embassy, Michael Weiner, said that the project was a continuation of
long and successful cooperation between Croatia and Austria, and that
through the project Austria supported the education of Croatian
teachers in human rights, in dissemination of information on human
rights, and in methods of teaching on human rights in Croatia.
ZET TRADE UNIONS POSTPONE GENERAL STRIKE FOR A WEEK
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - The coordinating body of four trade unions
of workers employed in the Zagreb municipal transport company ZET has
decided to postpone a general strike for a week.#L#
Agreement to postpone the strike, which has been announced for today,
was reached at a meeting on Sunday night.
Union leaders told a press conference that the city authorities stuck
to their position that wages could be increased by not more than 8.5
per cent and that they would agree to the unions' demand for a
10-percent pay rise only if the prices of ZET services were increased
by five per cent.
The four trade unions therefore decided to hold a referendum among
the workers this week to see whether they would agree to the proposal
or would insist on a 10-percent pay rise.
NIKOLA RADOVANOVIC APPOINTED AS BOSNIA'S FIRST DEFENCE MINISTER
SARAJEVO, March 15 (Hina) - The lower chamber of parliament on Monday
appointed Nikola Radovanovic as Bosnia-Herzegovina's first defence
minister, fulfilling one of the key conditions for the country's
admission to NATO's Partnership for Peace programme.#L#
In addition to Radovanovic, who was proposed by the Serb Democratic
Party (SDS), the lower house also appointed his deputies, Enes
Becirbasic, a Muslim, and Marina Pendes, a Croat.
Radovanovic completed Army Academy, attended courses at the Royal
College for Defence Studies in London and completed postgraduate
studies in international relations and diplomacy at Oxford
University.
Radovanovic was proposed as defence minister after two previous
candidates nominated by the SDS had not received approval from the
Office of the High Representative because of their dubious roles
during the war.
Since the signing of the Dayton peace agreement in 1995,
Bosnia-Herzegovina has not had a defence structure at state level. The
armed forces of the Muslim-Croat federation and Republika Srpska have
up to now acted as armed forces of two independent countries, with no
coordination between them.
The international community demanded establishment of a single
defence ministry and a single armed force before it considered the
possibility of Bosnia-Herzegovina joining Euro-Atlantic integration
processes.
ASHDOWN OFFICIALLY DISSOLVES MOSTAR'S SIX MUNICIPALITIES
MOSTAR, March 15 (Hina) - The international community's High
Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Paddy Ashdown, on Monday
officially dissolved Mostar's six municipalities, three of which had a
majority Muslim and three a majority Croat population.#L#
The abolition of the southern city's six municipalities was carried
out on the basis of the new city statute, which Ashdown imposed in
late January and which envisages the unification of the until now
divided city.
Ashdown said today was an historic day for Mostar. Today Mostar has
given itself a chance to start again, he said, stressing that after
years of divisions and stagnation Mostar now had the opportunity to
move ahead.
The reorganisation of Mostar will result in a better management of
public funds, namely more money for citizens' services and less money
for local politicians, Ashdown said.
Mostar will have one mayor, one budget and a united administration,
he said, adding that mayor Hamdija Jahic and deputy mayor Ljubo Beslin
would remain at their posts until municipal elections in October.
Until the polls, the city's previous six municipal councils will be
replaced by municipal offices, Ashdown said, adding that as of today
these offices would be managed by the city council and not by
municipalities.
A new, united Mostar city council will be elected in October, Ashdown
said, stressing that under the new statute none of the constituent
peoples would be able to dominate one another. This statement was an
indirect dismissal of criticism from the Bosnian Croatian Democratic
Union party that under the new statute Croats, which account for 60
percent of Mostar's population, would have only a 42-percent share in
the city government.
Asked if he would advocate the same national equality in the
government of the Bosnian Federation -- the Croat-Muslim entity,
Ashdown said that under the Dayton peace agreement his responsibility
was to resolve the Mostar issue, not the federal government issue,
which he added was the domestic politicians' task.
ASHDOWN DOESN'T OPPOSE PLACEMENT OF MONUMENT TO CROATIAN SOLDIERS IN
MOSTAR
MOSTAR, March 15 (Hina) - The international community's High
Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Paddy Ashdown, said on Monday he
would not object to the placement of a monument to Croatian soldiers
in the southern city of Mostar.#L#
The monument, which incorporates the sign of the cross, was brought
to Mostar's Croatian Great Men Square late last week. When the
placement of the monument began local media argued that it might upset
Mostar's non-Catholics and disrupt the unification of the city.
Ashdown said in Mostar today he felt the placement of the monument
was not wrong since Croat politicians informed him it was not unlawful
while Muslim leaders convinced him they did not find the monument
provocative.
LABUS SAYS SERBIAN GOVERNMENT WANTS COOPERATION AND STABILITY IN
REGION
SARAJEVO, March 15 (Hina) - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub
Labus said on Monday that the new government in Serbia would insist on
strengthening stability and cooperation in the region and would fully
meet its commitments towards the UN war crimes tribunal in The
Hague.#L#
"The new Serbian government is democratic, reform-minded and
pro-European," Labus told reporters in Sarajevo after meeting the
Chairman of the Bosnian Council of Ministers, Adnan Terzic.
Labus is the first member of the new government to visit other
countries in the region to convince them of Serbia's readiness to
continue cooperation and maintain stability.
He said that all countries in the region shared the goal of joining
the European Union and NATO, and that therefore they should work
together on achieving this objective.
Responding to questions from the press, Labus said there were no
major differences between him and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica
and that this would be clear from their efforts to strengthen the
union of Serbia and Montenegro.
Asked what his government would do in view of the fact that Belgrade
had been given the March 31 deadline to prove its readiness for
cooperation with the Hague tribunal, Labus said he did not expect any
dramatic changes before that date, but pointed out that the government
would cooperate with the tribunal.
He explicitly said that the new government in Serbia would make every
effort to arrest Bosnian Serb wartime military commander Ratko Mladic,
who is sought by the tribunal and who the international community
believes is hiding in Serbia.
"All our intelligence services have been ordered to check if Ratko
Mladic is in Serbia. If he really is, there will be no obstacles to
implementing the law," he said.
Terzic said the authorities in Sarajevo welcomed the readiness of the
new Serbian government to cooperate and promote economic and political
relations.
Terzic stressed that Bosnia-Herzegovina was of crucial importance to
the stability of the entire Balkans, including Serbia.
Labus also met other senior officials of the State of
Bosnia-Herzegovina and its two entities -- the Muslim-Croat Federation
and Republika Srpska. Later in the day he was scheduled to visit Banja
Luka.
SFOR TROOPS SEARCH SEVERAL HOUSES IN ZENICA AREA FOR HIDDEN WEAPONS
SARAJEVO, March 15 (Hina) - NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR)
troops searched several residential buildings in the Zenica area of
central Bosnia on Monday.#L#
SFOR said in a statement that it was a routine unannounced check to
prevent any attempts at obstructing the peace process. Local police
were also involved in the search.
According to local media reports, SFOR troops searched several houses
in the village of Nemila, inhabited by naturalised citizens of Arab
origin, for hidden weapons and ammunition.
CROATIAN CITIZENS AMONG 50 PROSECUTION WITNESSES IN OVCARA TRIAL
BELGRADE, March 15 (Hina) - Some of the 50 witnesses proposed by the
Special Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes in the trial of six people
charged with committing war crimes at the Ovcara farm near the eastern
Croatian town of Vukovar in 1991, are citizens of Croatia, Belgrade
District Court registrar Sonja Prostran said on Monday.#L#
"We do not want to reveal the identity and origin of the witnesses
for now for their own safety," Prostran told the Beta news agency,
adding that there was a possibility of witnesses being heard via video
link if the necessary equipment was procured.
Spokesman for the Special Prosecutor's Office Bruno Vekaric expressed
satisfaction with the start of the trial, adding that it was expected
that the accused would deny their involvement in the crimes against at
least 192 civilians from Vukovar and that he expected the outcome of
the trial to be favourable to the prosecution.
ICTY: KOVACEVIC WILL UNDERGO PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT
THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - Former Yugoslav People's Army
Captain Vladimir Kovacevic aka Rambo, whom the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted for shelling the
southern Croatia's seaside resort of Dubrovnik in 1991, will undergo
psychiatric treatment or be provisionally released with mandatory
medical treatment, an ICTY status conference heard on Monday.#L#
The Trial Chamber in the case will adopt a decision on the legal
framework for Kovacevic's treatment, namely whether he is to undergo
treatment in ICTY detention or during his provisional release, it was
decided at the conference.
Kovacevic, aged 43, was arrested on September 25, 2003. Since his
initial appearance before the tribunal on November 3 last year,
Kovacevic failed to enter his plea due to psychological difficulties..
His attorneys submitted to court the findings of Yugoslav
psychiatrists who diagnosed Kovacevic with post-traumatic stress
disorder,
IN OTHER NEWS:
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic sent a
letter to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday,
congratulating him on his victory in Sunday's presidential election,
the President's Office said in a statement. Mesic expressed confidence
that bilateral relations and cooperation between Croatia and Russia
would continue to strengthen. He also extended an invitation to Putin
to visit Croatia.#L#
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - Croatian citizens observed three minutes of
silence at noon on Monday in tribute to the victims of last week's
train bombings in Madrid, joining citizens of other European countries
in paying their respects. Last Friday, a day after the bomb attacks
that left 200 people killed and around 1,500 wounded, Irish prime
minister Bertie Ahern called on EU member states to observe a
three-minute silence for the victims and show solidarity with
Spain.#L#
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - The apostolic nuncio in Croatia, Archbishop
Francisco-Javier Lozano, in Zagreb's Cathedral on Monday celebrated
Holy Mass for the victims of the terrorist attack which took place in
Madrid last Thursday. The mass was organised by the Spanish Embassy in
Zagreb. The mass was attended by representatives of the Spanish
Embassy, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and his wife, Parliament President
Vladimir Seks, Parliament Vice President Luka Bebic, Culture Minister
and chairman of the government commission for relations with religious
communities Bozo Biskupic, Interior Minister Marijan Mlinaric,
European Integration Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, members of the
diplomatic corps and representatives of international
organisations.#L#
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - Croatian Parliament President Vladimir Seks
on Monday called the fifth parliamentary session which starts on March
23 and ends on April 2. The 22 items on the agenda include a final
bill of amendments to the Law on the Rights of Homeland War Veterans
and Their Families, which the government formulated at its last
session. Among other things, the bill would put an end to the revision
of the disabled war veteran status, which was introduced by the
previous government. MPs are also due to tackle last year's spending
of budgetary funds, a report on the work of the State Audit Office in
2003, audits done in 2002, and a State Audit Office report on the
auditing of ownership transformation and privatisation. The agenda
also includes a number of bills whereby parliament is expected to
ratify agreements between the government and international
institutions.#L#
VIENNA, March 15 (Hina) - A more efficient international supervision
over drug smuggling can be achieved if the entire society is actively
involved in the combating of drug abuse. This is the message delivered
at the beginning of the 47th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic
Drugs (CND) which started in Vienna on Monday. Croatia joined the CND
on January 1, 2004 for a four-year mandate. At this year's session
Croatia is represented by a 12-member delegation which includes
representatives of the ministries of justice, foreign affairs,
interior affairs, economy, and health. It is led by the head of the
government's office for the prevention of drug abuse, Bernardica
Juretic.#L#
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader will
visit Bratislava on Thursday and Friday and attend a conference of the
Vilnius and Visegrad groups called "Towards a Larger Europe: The New
Agenda", the government's public relations office said in a statement
on Monday.#L#
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - Croatian Culture Minister Bozo Biskupic on
Monday received the architect of the "Jasenovac Flower" monument,
Bogdan Bogdanovic, on the occasion of Tuesday's ceremony marking the
completion of works on the reconstruction of the monument erected in
the memory of the victims of the Ustashi regime who were detained in
the Jasenovac concentration camp during WWII. The ceremony will also
be attended by Prime Minister Ivo Sanader,. Bogdanovic's "definition"
of the "Jasenovac Flower" -- "Insult no one, threaten no one, call not
for revenge, but hide not the truth" -- was accepted as one of the
basic ideas of the revitalisation of the memorial centre in
Jasenovac.#L#
BELGRADE, March 15 (Hina) - Serbia's Interior Ministry said in a
statement on Monday it had stepped up anti-terror measures at border
crossings, facilities of special social significance and areas where
larger numbers of people assemble on Serbia's territory.#L#
BEGOVO RAZDOLJE, March 15 (Hina) - A seminar for young Roma,
organised by the Croatian government's office for national minorities,
started in Begovo Razdolje, 50 kilometres east of Rijeka, on Monday.
The Council of Europe's Coordinator for Roma, Henry Scicluna, who
attended the opening of the seminar, said that Croatia's national
programme for Roma was of good quality, stressing that the Roma
culture and language were appropriately represented. He added,
however, that the most important thing was to ensure the funds for its
implementation. The seminar, which is attended by 14 people from
several Roma communities in the country, will also be addressed by
representatives of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE) who will speak about the exercising of minority rights.
The seminar is co-financed by the Council of Europe and the OSCE
Mission in Croatia..#L#
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