CRO ECONOMY MINISTER ATTENDS ECOSOC MEETING

( Editorial: --> 7798 ) NEW YORK, April 19 (Hina) - Croatian Economy Minister Nenad Porges attended a meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Bretton Woods institution, International Monetary Fund and World Bank which took place in New York on Saturday. Present at the meeting were finance and economy ministers of a number of UN member countries. Porges informed the participants about the basic parameters of Croatian monetary and fiscal policies, as well as its endeavours to stimulate their development and inclusion into global economic trends. The discussion also focused on the financial crisis in south- eastern Asia and its repercussions on global economy. Apart from opening the limits of capital and its unhindered course on global markets, the stability and efficiency of national economies is of the greatest importance, the participants of the meeting stressed. The Croatian delegation, including the aide to the Croatian Foreign Minister Vladimir Drobnjak and the permanent representative of Croatia at the UN, Ivan Simonovic, advocated Croatia as candidate for accession into the ECOSOC membership in the year 2000. (hina) lm 191250 MET apr 98