ZAGREB, March 17 (Hina) - Croatia's Foreign Minister Tonino Picula and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, on Friday signed an agreement on the cooperation between the Croatian Government and the UNHCR,
the Foreign Ministry reported. The contract stipulates the status, conditions and modes of the work for the UNHCR Office within its mandate in Croatia. The documents is also about how this office can offer humanitarian aid to refugees and other people for whom it cares on the Croatian territory. Picula notified Ogata of Zagreb's concrete moves regarding the return of refugees and of agreements on the refugee return he concluded when he recently visited Banja Luka (the Bosnian Serb entity). Both Picula and Ogata accentuated the importance of job creation in areas where refugees were intending to come back. In this context the Croatian Foreign Minister pointed to an importa
ZAGREB, March 17 (Hina) - Croatia's Foreign Minister Tonino Picula
and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako
Ogata, on Friday signed an agreement on the cooperation between the
Croatian Government and the UNHCR, the Foreign Ministry reported.
The contract stipulates the status, conditions and modes of the
work for the UNHCR Office within its mandate in Croatia.
The documents is also about how this office can offer humanitarian
aid to refugees and other people for whom it cares on the Croatian
territory.
Picula notified Ogata of Zagreb's concrete moves regarding the
return of refugees and of agreements on the refugee return he
concluded when he recently visited Banja Luka (the Bosnian Serb
entity).
Both Picula and Ogata accentuated the importance of job creation in
areas where refugees were intending to come back. In this context
the Croatian Foreign Minister pointed to an important role of the
international community that can assist Croatia to implement a
project of the refugee return, which is a part of the Croatian
Government's programme.
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