CROATIA INFORMS OSCE ABOUT CARE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE

VIENNA, Jan 31 (Hina) - At OSCE offices in Vienna, during a session dedicated to humanitarian situation in Croatia, Croatian President's advisor on humanitarian issues, Dr. Slobodan Land, gave a report on an action aimed at care for alone elderly people in the recently liberated Croatian areas. The action taken by Croatian and international relief agencies, began on October 6, 1995, by decree of the Croatian President Franjo Tudjman. It refers to a project for improving, by organized and planned work, the humanitarian and human rights' situation in the areas in question after last summer's liberating operation "Storm". Dr. Lang told the session that 70 percent of registered elderly people in those areas were Serbs and 30 per cent Croats. The session was attended by OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) member-countries' ambassadors who showed great interest in Lang's report and approved it. Several countries asked how they could be included into the project and help it financially. (hina) mm mms 312119 MET jan 96