CRO DELEGATION HOLDS TALKS WITH MONITORING COMMITTEE IN STRASBOURG

STRASBOURG, June 24 (Hina) - A Croatian parliamentary delegation on Tuesday evening held a meeting with the Monitoring Committee, at the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, in order to ascertain Croatia's progress in the implementation of its commitments to the Council of Europe. Members of the Monitoring Committee, whose duty is to supervise how Council of Europe member-countries meet their commitments, were interested in the holding of the Croatia's recent, 15 June presidential election, the cooperation with the Hague-based war crimes tribunal, the freedom of the media, the efficacy of the police throughout Croatia, and the return of Serb refugees. "It was the Croatian delegation's first talk with the Committee, since the procedure of supervising Croatia's commitments is just at the beginning", said Zarko Domljan, the head of the Croatian delegation, adding that the Monitoring Committee's reporters for Croatia, Gunnar Jansson and Hana Suhocka, would soon visit Croatia. (hina) ha jn 250005 MET jun 97