ZAGREB, March 24 (Hina) - The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Croatia is satisfied with the Croatian Government's decision to extend the deadline for reconstruction applications until the end of
May. However, the Government should inform owners of destroyed or damaged property about their rights and procedure of applying for assistance in reconstruction, OSCE spokesman Peter Palmer told a regular news conference in Zagreb on Wednesday. We should stress we have asked for a new deadline to be set for three months following the beginning of a media campaign about the reconstruction programme, he added. Palmer said the international community is requesting an extension of the deadline and a wide-spread media campaign so that possible eligible persons could use as much help as possible. Without efficient public information, the extension of the deadline will have a very li
ZAGREB, March 24 (Hina) - The Organisation for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Croatia is satisfied with
the Croatian Government's decision to extend the deadline for
reconstruction applications until the end of May.
However, the Government should inform owners of destroyed or
damaged property about their rights and procedure of applying for
assistance in reconstruction, OSCE spokesman Peter Palmer told a
regular news conference in Zagreb on Wednesday.
We should stress we have asked for a new deadline to be set for three
months following the beginning of a media campaign about the
reconstruction programme, he added.
Palmer said the international community is requesting an extension
of the deadline and a wide-spread media campaign so that possible
eligible persons could use as much help as possible.
Without efficient public information, the extension of the
deadline will have a very limited effect, Palmer said.
Housing commissions are performing their jobs correctly and
requests for the return of flats to their owners are being
registered, but progress will depend on the further processing of
applications, Palmer said.
Speaking about the general security situation in the Croatian
Danube region, Palmer said there had been no major changes in the
past two weeks. He stressed there had been no incidents in the past
30 days.
The relations between OSCE representatives and police in the
Danubian area are good. There is evidence that local police forces
are prepared to undertake action against irregular acts by police
officials notwithstanding their ethnic background, Palmer
stressed.
He announced the opening of three Croatian commissions for the
return of possessed property (CRPC) of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The
CRPC is planning to open the first office in Zagreb in the beginning
of April, and a month later, two others in Knin and Slavonski Brod.
The Commission was established in March 1996 and its task is to help
refugees and displaced persons from Bosnia-Herzegovina to regain
the right to use their property.
We hope that the opening of CRPC offices in Croatia would
significantly contribute to the return of Bosnian refugees
currently living in Croatia, Palmer stressed.
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