DISPLACED REQUEST QUICKER ISSUANCE OF RETURN PLAN CERTIFICATES

OSIJEK, Aug 18 (Hina) - The administration board of the Association of Displaced Persons of the Osijek-Baranja County on Monday evening held a session and decided to request of UNTAES, UNHCR and the Croatian government's office for refugees and displaced persons to step up and simplify the procedure for the issuance of certificates on the return plan. It was pointed out during the discussion that certificates were slow in arriving despite requests for a swift return being submitted on time. The displaced believe that UNTAES' lack organization due to annual leaves is one of the principal causes of that. The co-president of the county's association of displaced persons, Josip Kompanovic, recalled that the displaced, upon receiving the certificate on the return plan, must contact UNTAES' department for civil issues, in order to have an undisturbed return to their place of residence and free movement made possible. The association's president, Tomo Povreslo, said that the displaced had still not received an answer to their requests that UNTAES' check-points be removed. (hina) ha 182149 MET aug 97