UN GIVES POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CROATIA ( Editorial: --> 9118 )

( Editorial: --> 9118 ) GENEVA, Nov 7 (Hina) - Representatives of the office of the UN High Commissioner for human rights on Friday held a news conference in Geneva, which focused on monthly reports on human rights in Bosnia- Herzegovina, Croatia and Yugoslavia. In its monthly report on Croatia, the office pointed out the Croatian government's positive activities in the reintegration of the educational and judicial systems in the Danube river region of eastern Croatia, and an improved cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. The activities of the National Committee for the restoration of trust in the Danubian area were also positively assessed, as was the ratification of the European convention on human rights. UN officials mentioned remaining land mines, ownership issues and Serb houses currently occupied by refugees from BH as the principal obstructions to the return of the Serbs to the Danubian area. (hina) ha jn 071830 MET nov 97