"APPEAL" ASKS FOR HELP FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF VUKOVAR

( Editorial: --> 4563 ) ZAGREB, June 30 (Hina) - The centre for the protection of human rights of imprisoned and missing Croatian citizens and members of their family, "Appeal" asked the international community to provide assistance in the reconstruction of Vukovar, the eastern Croatian city completely destroyed during the Serb aggression on Croatia in 1991. In an open letter sent to international community representatives on behalf of some ninety participants of Sunday's second international congress "Mothers for Peace", "Appeal" stressed the importance of the reconstruction of Vukovar for the return of its exiled residents of seven years. The letter stresses that the return of displaced persons is the precondition for lasting peace in the region. "Appeal" also called on the international community to stop further bloodshed in Kosovo, and to bring war criminals, including Slobodan Milosevic, before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. (hina) lml jn 301338 MET jun 98