HINA APOLOGISES TO SADAKO OGATA

( Editorial: --> 5583 ) ZAGREB, April 8 (Hina) - Hina forwarded a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, on Wednesday, apologising for the agency's report of her visit to Knin and Drnis on April 5. In the article, Hina misinterpreted Ogata's statement that the UNHCR and international humanitarian organisations would soon leave the area, and their role would be assumed by local authorities. On Tuesday night Hina reported Ogata's dismissal of the statement at a news conference in Zagreb. Hina's editorial office also apologises to all subscribers. In the letter to Ogata, Hina informed her that it had not received her announcement to visit Drnis, Knin and Korenica from the UNHCR office, so the agency had not been able to send a professional reporter from Zagreb to cover this important event. (hina) lm mm /mb 081812 MET apr 98