CROATIAN WOMEN LAUNCH APPEAL OVER TERROR IN KOSOVO

( Editorial: --> 7352 ) ZAGREB, March 5 (Hina) - Croatian women's organisations have launched a joint appeal to women worldwide as well as governmental and non-governmental organisations to get actively involved in promoting human rights in Kosovo, the Association of Croatian Women Intellectuals told a press conference on Thursday. "It is high time to take a more energetic action against police and military repression in Kosovo, and Croatian women are raising their voice in support of that goal," said Association president Vlasta Vince Ribaric. The appeal was forwarded to the International Federation of University Women, based in Geneva, which will distribute it to other addressees, Vince Ribaric specified. President of the Association of Albanian Women in Croatia, Shenida Bilalli, called on all international authorities and factors, as well as Serbian motherx, to raise their voices in protest against the aggression and in support of dialogue. "So far, the Albanian people have refrained from retaliating against the provocations of Serbian authorities but their patience is at an end," she said. (hina) mm as 051451 MET mar 98