CRO LOWER & UPPER HOUSES TO CONVENE LATER THIS MONTH

ZAGREB, Jan 20 (Hina) - The next session of the Croatian National Parliament's House of Counties has been called for January 26, and that of the House of Representatives for January 27. The proposed Lower House session agenda includes 29 items, among them a discussion on Croatia's cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), proposed by the parliamentary bench of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union. A draft resolution on the state of Croatia's relations with The Hague-based ICTY was proposed by the Croatian Party of Rights. They also proposed a discussion on the state of relations between Croatia and neighbouring Slovenia, which was included in the agenda. The parliamentary benches of six opposition parties requested a report on Croatia's foreign policy. The agenda also includes a bill on salaries of judges and other judicial officials, bills on changes to the law on health insurance, and the proposed establishment of a committee of inquiry which would determine all relevant circumstances surrounding the confiscation of Croatian territorial defence weaponry in 1990. At its two-day session, the Upper House will debate some 20 items, mainly the same bills as the Lower House. Also discussed will be a report on the health care sector in the 1995-1998 period. (hina) ha jn