CROATIA'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF UN MEMBERSHIP

ZAGREB, May 22 (Hina)- President of the Croatian Parliament Zlatko Tomcic reminded at the beginning of a parliamentary session on Wednesday about Croatia's admission to the United Nations as a full member ten years ago. Tomcic also announced that Austrian President Thomas Klestil would attend as a guest tomorrow to make a speech for members of the Parliament. Members continued with the 22nd session by adopting a bill on traffic security in the first reading. The Croatian Democratic Union's (HDZ) whip Vladimir Seks demanded that parliament put as a priority a debate on criteria for taking care of police officers who were laid off. Within the same context, President Tomcic announced that the Government would be presented on Thursday with a report by a council in charge of determining the facts and circumstances involved in the lay-off of police officers. Representatives of Croatian artists waited for parliament members in front of the building handing over pamphlets to remind them about the new laws on insurance contributions and income tax, which they say can endanger culture. The new taxes could jeopardise artists activities, the artists warned. The pamphlets note that Croatia has 13,083 artists, of whom 1,239 are professionals and self-employed artists whose artistic activity is their only and main occupation. (hina) th rml sb