COE MONITORING COMMITTEE TO DRAFT REPORT ON CROATIA AFTER ELECTION

STRASBOURG, Sept 23 (Hina) - A report of the Council of Europe monitoring committee on Croatia's progress in fulfilling its obligations will be prepared after the coming election in Croatia, said Jerzy Jaskiernia, a Polish parliamentarian and rapporteur for Croatia, at Thursday's session of that committee in Strasbourg. The monitoring committee convened this meting, during the session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, to discuss preparations of its reports on Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. At the end of the committee's session a question was posed on preparations of a report on Croatia. Rapporteur Jerzy Jaskiernia answered that the monitoring committee had recently received a recommendation from the Ministerial Committee which called on Croatia to take or supplement all necessary measures for fulfilling assumed obligations within time terms. The final deadline for some of those obligations expires at the end of October. He announced the visit of rapporteurs to Zagreb after the election and the constituent assembly of the new Sabor. This visit can be expected in February or March next year so that a final report may be drafted for the April session of the Parliamentary Assembly. (hina) ms