INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO RECONSTRUCT 489 VUKOVAR FLATS

VUKOVAR, Sept 2 (Hina) - According to an UNTAES report on the reconstruction of flats in the Danube region of eastern Croatia issued on Tuesday, 489 flats in 11 buildings in Vukovar should be reconstructed with money provided by the European Union and the governments of Norway, the Netherlands and Sweden. This year should see the completion of 322 flats, of which about 70 in October, the report said, while the rest should be reconstructed by March 1998 at the latest. The reconstruction of all flats was worth 15.785,845 German marks, the report said, specifying the European Union financed the reconstruction of 336, Norway 133, and the Netherlands and Sweden of 20 flats. Before the war, in these flats lived 213 Croat and 173 Serb families, and 103 families of other nationalities. UNTAES and the Croatian government agreed that earlier owners and tenancy-right holders will have the right to return to reconstructed flats, the UNTAES concluded. (hina) ha mm 021205 MET sep 97