CROATIAN AND SERB PARTY REPS AGREE ON DESIGN OF BELI MANASTIR COAT OF ARMS AND FLAG

MANASTIR COAT OF ARMS AND FLAG OSIJEK, Sept 9 (Hina) - Representatives of the Croatian Democratic Union and the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) in the local government of Beli Manastir, a town in eastern Croatia under UN transitional administration, reached agreement on Tuesday on the design of a town coat of arms and a flag. A statement from the session said that the official coat of arms of Beli Manastir would be an old coat of arms of the Baranja region featuring a deer and wheat, but without ideological symbols of the former system. The flag will be white with the motif from the coat of arms. It was agreed that Town Day would be observed on May 31, when the town council was established according to the laws of the Republic of Croatia. The meeting was also attended by Osijek-Baranja County prefect Branimir Glavas and his deputy Mirko Blagojevic, UNTAES civil affairs coordinator Gerard Fischer, UNTAES civil affairs chief for Baranja Tom Kargbo, head of the Vukovar coordination centre of the EU Monitor Mission Gustav Meeze and Croatian assistant administration minister Mirko Tankosic. (hina) vm jn 091705 MET sep 97