ZAGREB, June 12 (Hina) - "Croatian Phoenix", the association of families of detained and missing Croatian soldiers and participants in the Homeland War, held its annual assembly in Zagreb on Saturday. The association accepted the
resignation of Ljubica Butula from the post of the President of Croatian Phoenix and elected Katica Zadro for her successor. Today's assembly discussed the association's dissatisfaction with the work of the Government's Commission for Detained and Missing Person in respect to identification of exhumed victims from mass graves. The former leader of the association, Ljubica Butula, said she was tired with the hard work in attempts to establish identity of detained and missing persons. She added that they were now aware that most of missing persons were not live and that their remains were in many mass graves. Commenting on the too slow work of the Commission i
ZAGREB, June 12 (Hina) - "Croatian Phoenix", the association of
families of detained and missing Croatian soldiers and
participants in the Homeland War, held its annual assembly in
Zagreb on Saturday.
The association accepted the resignation of Ljubica Butula from the
post of the President of Croatian Phoenix and elected Katica Zadro
for her successor.
Today's assembly discussed the association's dissatisfaction with
the work of the Government's Commission for Detained and Missing
Person in respect to identification of exhumed victims from mass
graves.
The former leader of the association, Ljubica Butula, said she was
tired with the hard work in attempts to establish identity of
detained and missing persons.
She added that they were now aware that most of missing persons were
not live and that their remains were in many mass graves.
Commenting on the too slow work of the Commission in identifying
corpses unearthed in mass graves, she stressed that it was
necessary to ensure enough money for the identification by DNA
method and for the training of experts in this field.
This money must be ensured as it is for young men who went into the
war in 1991, and were clay-pigeons for the then out-numbering
Yugoslav Army (JNA), to help realise centuries-old dreams of all
Croats, Butula added.
According to her, the association also should find legal experts to
draw up its document and demands which will be forwarded to
political parties and other organisations.
A Vice-President of the Croatian National Sabor and a member of the
Commission for Detained and Missing Persons, Jadranka Kosor,
promised to try to solve the current problems of this association
next week.
Jure Sertic, an assistant to the Minister of Croatian Homeland War
Veterans, said the Sabor had earmarked about 10 million kuna (1.4
million dollars) from the budget for the identification as well as
offering social and legal aid to families of missing and detained
persons, adding that this ministry would be always ready to help
those families.
The President of the Commission for Detained and Missing Persons,
Ivan Grujic, said the Commission would continue carrying out its
tasks conscientiously, despite all difficulties.
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