OSIJEK FAMILIES OF MISSING PERSONS DEMAND INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION

OSIJEK, March 1 (Hina) - The Osijek-based Association of Families of Missing Persons on Friday launched an initiative to collect signatures for an appeal "Where are our loved ones?". Singatures will be collected in Osijek's central square every Friday at noon. The aim of the initiative was to draw international attention to the fact that even after five years, families of missing and imprisoned persons still did not know the whereabouts of their relatives, Association president Stefica Krstic said. The Association had a list of 230 missing and imprisoned persons, Krstic said, adding that more than 2,700 people were being traced in the whole of Croatia. The signatures would be submitted to UN Transitional Administrator General Klein, Krstic said. Mothers and relatives of missing and imprisoned persons gathered today with lit candles, displaying photographs of their loved ones. (hina) lm as 011955 MET mar 96