CROATIAN REFUGEES INSIST ON EXACT DEADLINE OF UNTAES DEPLOYMENT

OSIJEK, Jan 22 (Hina) - The steering board of the Croatian Association of Displaced Persons, Monday issued conclusions made at the 19 January session in Zagreb. The Association concluded that serious shortcomings of UN Security Council Resolution 1037 were undetermined time limits for the deployment of UNTAES (UN Transitional Administration of Eastern Slavonia) force and, especially, undetermined ways of the control of the Croatian border. #L# The Displaced Peoples' Association will continually insist on defining the exact time limits of the UNTAES force, and it will prepare pilot-programmes for the return in village and towns where it will be soon possible, according to the conclusions. The Association protested against the demobilization of troops of the Croatian Army in still occupied areas, and appealed on Defence Minister Gojko Susak to undertake adequate measures so that people would not be demobilized, who were without property and who have no other financial earnings. The Association also considered the reconstruction and return to liberated areas, and said in the conclusions that the ground had not been cleared of mines, the reconstruction of economy, as a precondition for the return, had not started and gift loans had not been granted for the interior decoration of houses. (hina) mm mms 221459 MET jan 96