U.S.-FINANCED KINDERGARTEN OPENED IN EASTERN CROATIA

( Editorial: --> 6131 ) BOROVO SELO, July 7 (Hina) - A US$275,000-worth newly-built kindergarten was opened in Borovo Selo, eastern Croatia, on Tuesday. The kindergarten was opened by the head of the United Nations Civil Police Support Group (UNPSG) and envoy of the UN Security Council Secretary-General in Croatia Souren Seraydarian and the wife of the U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Lynne Montgomery. The building of the kindergarten was financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and organised by the UNSPG. Envisaged for the accommodation of 120 children, the kindergarten is one of 52 projects worth US$1.9 million which are implemented in Croatia by the USAID and the UN, as part of the Democracy in Villages programme. Also present at today's opening was USAID's representative for Croatia Skip Kissinger and the deputy chairman of the National Trust Establishment Committee Vojislav Stanimirovic. (hina) ha as 071317 MET jul 98