GOLJP ADVOCATES GOVT'S MORE ACTIVE HELP FOR KOSOVAR ALBANIANS

ZAGREB, April 15 (Hina) - The president of the civil committee for human rights (GOLJP), Zoran Pusic, on Thursday called on the Croatian Government and non-government organisations to take a more active role in helping Kosovar refugees. "Besides help in food, clothing, tents and medicine, the Croatian Government should send medical teams on the field and accept between 5,000 and 10,000 refugees into existing camps in Croatia," Pusic said. An advisor at the Macedonian Embassy in Zagreb, Vladimir Cupeski, who was also present at the news conference in Zagreb, said Macedonia has so far taken in 125,000 registered refugees, but there are estimates there may be some 30,000 refugees in the country who are unregistered. This makes up ten per cent of the Macedonian population, Cupeski said. He said he was embittered about an unjustified criticism and pressure by some international humanitarian organisations which have not been prepared in time for caring for the refugees. "We are also embittered by a part of the Croatian media which suggested that Serbs and Macedonians were collaborating against Albanians, which is absolutely untrue," he stressed. The problem between Macedonians and Macedonian Albanians has been "imported" from Kosovo particularly during Milosevic's reign, Cupeski claimed. Reporter and photographer Bozidar Knezevic estimated that 62,000 refugees had arrived into Montenegro. This country needs assistance in food, clothing and medicine, he added. (hina) lml jn