MONUMENT TO THE HOMELAND IN ZAGREB'S STJEPAN RADIC SQUARE?

ZAGREB, Nov 18 (Hina) - A committee for the erection of a monument to the homeland has applauded a proposal to put the monument up in Zagreb's Stjepan Radic Square, although two Homeland War associations object. #L# The proposal to erect the monument in Stjepan Radic Square was unanimously made by the Culture Ministry's Council for Urban Planning. Most of the committee members agreed on Tuesday the location is ideal and unique, seeing as it is in the centre of the capital, links Zagreb's past and future, Mount Sljeme and Sava River, and is surrounded by the National University Library and the Vatroslav Lisinski concert hall. A representative of the Association of Homeland War Widows, Irena Dubreta, said, however, the Association felt the monument should be erected in Vukovar, which she added symbolised Croatia's resistance to Greater Serbia aggression. Prime Minister Ivica Racan said the committee session was deliberately convened today, Remembrance Day for Vukovar's Victims of 1991. One should be more pious and less political today, said Racan, at whose invitation the committee paid homage with a minute of silence to all Vukovar victims and all soldiers killed in the Homeland War. (hina) ha sb