UNORGANISED RETURN MUST NOT ENDANGER ACHIEVED RESULTS - HORVAT

( Editorial: --> 3864 ) OSIJEK, Jan 12 (Hina) - The return of displaced persons to their houses in eastern Croatia must be organised in order to avoid incidents which could endanger results achieved in the process so far, Osijek-Baranja County leaders said Monday at a meeting with heads of municipalities in eastern Croatia. County Prefect Anica Horvat said it was necessary to prevent displaced persons from moving into their houses unorganised. Recently there have been instances of such returns, but they were individual, Horvat said. According to Deputy Prefect Marko Barisin, there must be no violence. He pointed out the important role of municipal housing commissions which will have the task to resolve contentious cases on the field. In order to effectively resolve issues displaced persons encounter on returning to their homes into which during their exile other people had moved in, the municipal commissions will be in permanent contact with the Regional Office for Displaced Persons and Refugees, and the Agency for Facilitating Real Estate Transactions An operative headquarters will be set up within the National Committee for the restoration of trust, said Barisin. Its task will be to achieve field cooperation with municipal commissions in resolving issues in the two-way return process. It was pointed out today there existed problems when local Serbs, who have been living in eastern Croatia before the war, moved into houses of Croatian displaced persons. (hina) ha jn 121632 MET jan 98