VIENNA, March 7 (Hina) - Croatia has made progress in improving the status of national minorities, but there is a concern about a slow return of refugees and their property, and implementing the amnesty law, said Rolf Ekeus, High
Commissioner for national minorities of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), in a report which OSCE Permanent Council discussed in Vienna on Thursday. Ekeus said a reason for concern in Croatia was the withdrawal of a law on minorities from parliament. Mario Nobilo, Croatian Ambassador with the OSCE permanent mission in Vienna, told Hina he explained to the Council that this was a constitutional law which requires a two-thirds majority, and the opposition's involvement for passing such a law is necessary. Nobilo said in order to avoid ghettoisation and some sort of political autonomy, Croatia needs to make some small amendments to the law. "Nobody is pressuring Cr
VIENNA, March 7 (Hina) - Croatia has made progress in improving the
status of national minorities, but there is a concern about a slow
return of refugees and their property, and implementing the amnesty
law, said Rolf Ekeus, High Commissioner for national minorities of
the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), in
a report which OSCE Permanent Council discussed in Vienna on
Thursday.
Ekeus said a reason for concern in Croatia was the withdrawal of a
law on minorities from parliament.
Mario Nobilo, Croatian Ambassador with the OSCE permanent mission
in Vienna, told Hina he explained to the Council that this was a
constitutional law which requires a two-thirds majority, and the
opposition's involvement for passing such a law is necessary.
Nobilo said in order to avoid ghettoisation and some sort of
political autonomy, Croatia needs to make some small amendments to
the law.
"Nobody is pressuring Croatia with regard to the law, but the
country is being rushed into fulfilling international
obligations," said Nobilo.
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