CROATIAN WORLD CONGRESS PARTICIPATES IN U.N.'S 'MILLENNIUM FORUM'

NEW YORK, May 29 (Hina) - Representatives of the Croatian World Congress (HSK), Croatia's only non-governmental organisation which participated in last week's 'Millennium Forum', organised by the United Nations, said on Monday the event was very successful and expressed satisfaction with their participation in the event. 'Millennium Forum' was organised on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the United Nations and ahead of the start of the third millennium. It was attended by representatives from some 1,800 different civil associations. Mario Viskovic, HSK's main representative at the U.N. and Eduard Jambrusic, HSK's international coordinator, contributed suggestions to the text of the Forum's final document, which will be handed to the heads of state or government of 188 U.N. member- countries at the Millennium Summit in New York in September this year. During a discussion of the Forum's working group for peace, security and disarmament, Jambrusic suggested that the U.N. Charter be adjusted to the modern norms of international law and include the so-called humanitarian interventions by international peace forces. He also supported changes to the work of international financial and commercial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organisation. The Forum's working group for sustainable development and environment accepted Mario Viskovic's suggestion for the U.N. and international monetary institutions to help and promote the use of renewable sources of energy, such as solar and wind energy. (hina) mm rml