BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 5102

HR-BULLETINS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 5102 HINA Zagreb 10 October 2003DEL PONTE CRITICISES CROATIA OVER GOTOVINA CASE, SLOW COOPERATIONWASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Oct 10 (Hina) - The chief prosecutor of the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Carla Del Ponte, said in a report to the UN Security Council on Thursday that cooperation between countries of the former Yugoslavia and the office of the prosecutor did not meet her expectations, and criticised Croatia for its failure to arrest fugitive general Ante Gotovina. "I regret to have to report to you that Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Republika Srpska and the Bosnian Croat party to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina have not achieved, so far, full cooperation with the Tribunal," Del Ponte said. Speaking of Croatia, the prosecutor said that most of her requests for documents and witnesses were now treated seriously and professionally, but added that the quality and pace of the country's cooperation increased consider