BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH

HR-TRANSITION-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4427HINA Zagreb, 27 October 2001PRESIDENT MESIC WELCOMES CONCLUSIONS OF MADRID CONFERENCEMADRID, Oct 27 (Hina) - Young democracies are facing a number of old and new challenges, including terrorism, reactions to globalisation, and growing inequality, which is why preventing the re-establishment of authoritarian regimes must be a priority task, reads a declaration adopted at the end of an international conference on transition to democracy and its consolidation, held in Madrid on Friday and Saturday. It is possible to prevent the re-establishment of authoritarian regimes by strengthening democratic processes, with balanced security and freedoms, reads the document. Around 30 former and incumbent heads of state and government of countries from four continents, including Croatia's President Stjepan Mesic, attended the conference. Mesic welcomed the meeting of the heads of state whose countries are und