ICTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR GETS DOCUMENTS ON WAR CRIMES IN DUBROVNIK

DUBROVNIK, June 22 (Hina) - Croatia's Justice Minister Stjepan Ivanisevic on Wednesday handed over to the ICTY Chief Prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, documents on the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) violations of humanitarian law in Dubrovnik. The evidence includes written material and video records of the then JNA's attacks against the famous Croatia seaside resort and the southernmost part of Croatia in 1991. Minister Ivanisevic said the material Croatia had now produced to the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY), would contribute to the successful completion of an investigation ICTY prosecutors were carrying out in war crimes committed in the area of Dubrovnik. We have the full cooperation and support of the Croatian Government and finally we can continue our probe which we have been conducting in the Dubrovnik case for a few years, said the Hague-based Tribunal's Chief Prosecutor del Ponte. She added that they had many difficulties with the former Croatian authorities about the access to information and evidence. Carla del Ponte said she had come to Dubrovnik after her talks with Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, as it was necessary to complete the investigation in the Dubrovnik case and added that documents she had received would be useful in clarification and completion the Dubrovnik inquiry. (hina) ms