DELEGATION OF COE, OSCE, UN REPS TO VISIT CROATIA

ZAGREB, Feb 5 (Hina) - A high delegation of the Council of Europe, Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and United Nations will visit Croatia at the beginning of next week. The delegation will meet the highest Croatian officials to discuss human rights, minority rights, media freedoms and democratisation of the Croatian society. The delegation, which will arrive in Croatia at the invitation of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, includes Are Jostein Nordheim, representative of Germany, the country chairing the OSCE, the high OSCE commissioner for national minorities, Max van der Stoel, the special UN rapporteur on human rights in the former Yugoslavia, Jiri Dienstbier, Council of Europe political director Peter Furrer, the head of the OSCE office for democratic institutions and human rights, Gerard Stoudmann, and the head of the OSCE media freedoms office, Freimut Duve. According to the schedule of the visit, the delegation will on Tuesday meet Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, after which it will have a meeting with a Government delegation, led by Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa. This visit has been planned for a long time and is part of cooperation between Croatia and the OSCE, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Zeljko Trkanjec. "This is the continuation of our political dialogue which will tackle all topics from the areas which are under the jurisdiction of the members of this delegation", said Trkanjec. (hina) jn rml