CRO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESSES UNESCO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

PARIS, Oct 29 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader on Wednesday addressed a session of the UNESCO General Assembly in Paris. Sanader pointed out the good cooperation between Croatia and the UNESCO, and thanked for the attention and assistance in the hardest times of aggression on Croatia and its cultural heritage. The deputy foreign minister asked UNESCO's support in solving the very important issue of returning looted items of cultural heritage and archives material to Croatia. Today, Sanader also held a meeting with Federic Mayor, UNESCO's chief manager. He thanked Mayor for the very good cooperation Croatia and the UNESCO achieved in the past, and hoped it would continue and include the implementation of projects covering the Danube river region of eastern Croatia even after the termination of the UNTAES mandate on 15 January 1998. (hina) ha jn 292004 MET oct 97