OSIJEK CITY COUNCIL GRANTS AWARD TO FORMER U.N. ADMINISTRATOR

( Editorial: --> 5359 ) OSIJEK, Dec 2 (Hina) - The Osijek City Council has awarded a "Gold Seal" to American general Jacques Klein for his "great contribution to the process of peaceful reintegration and the establishment of Croatian authority in the Danube region". The award was presented to the former UN Transitional Administrator of the Croatian Danube region at a ceremony marking Osijek City Day on Tuesday. "Today, when the peaceful reintegration process shows its first results, it should be stressed that Osijek provided strong logistical support for that effort," Mayor Zlatko Kramaric told a formal session of the City Council. Klein said that he was moved by the award and added that it also referred to his associates with whom he had worked on peaceful reintegration for two years. He noted that Croatia faced a great commitment to comply with all of its obligations after the termination of the UNTAES mandate in mid- January next year. The world will closely watch that compliance, he added. (hina) vm mm 021622 MET dec 97