ZAGREB, April 28 (Hina) - The bill on reconstruction the government has forwarded to parliament has been made in consultations with the international community and is an important indication of the government's seriousness to promote
refugee returns, OSCE Mission to Croatia spokesman Peter Palmer told Hina on Friday. The bill was endorsed by parliament in first reading. According to Palmer, the former reconstruction law had many discriminating provisions, such as a notional differentiation between "displaced person" and "exiled person", which resulted in a different distribution of assistance, because displaced persons referred mainly to Croats who had precedence to reconstruction. The laws on areas of special state concern, the media, and human and minority rights are only some Croatia has to amend in view of adjusting its legislation with Council of Europe standards, the spokesman for the Organi
ZAGREB, April 28 (Hina) - The bill on reconstruction the government
has forwarded to parliament has been made in consultations with the
international community and is an important indication of the
government's seriousness to promote refugee returns, OSCE Mission
to Croatia spokesman Peter Palmer told Hina on Friday.
The bill was endorsed by parliament in first reading.
According to Palmer, the former reconstruction law had many
discriminating provisions, such as a notional differentiation
between "displaced person" and "exiled person", which resulted in a
different distribution of assistance, because displaced persons
referred mainly to Croats who had precedence to reconstruction.
The laws on areas of special state concern, the media, and human and
minority rights are only some Croatia has to amend in view of
adjusting its legislation with Council of Europe standards, the
spokesman for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in
Europe told Hina.
The bill of amendments to the reconstruction law is therefore very
important, and it would be important if it were adopted as it
represents an early indicator of the seriousness of the Croatian
government in promoting returns, Palmer said.
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