COUNCIL OF EUROPE'S MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION BEGINS

KRISTIANSAND, June 22 (Hina) - The 19th session of the Council of Europe's Ministerial Council, "Education 2000: Trends, Common Issues and Pan-European Cooperation Priorities", began in the Norwegian town of Kristiansand on Sunday. The conference gathers representatives of 47 countries, including Croatian Education and Sports Minister Ljilja Vokic, heading a four- member delegation. The three-day conference focuses on secondary school education, education on human rights, languages and history, and on cooperation with new democracies in central and eastern Europe, with particular stress on education in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and in the Croatian Danube region. The Croatian delegation also includes Vokic's assistants Stjepan Lice and Bozica Simlesa, and the head of the Department for Education Abroad and International Education Cooperation, Vlasta Sabljak. (hina) ha 222132 MET jun 97