ZORIC ON UNHCR PLAN FOR RETURN OF REFUGEES TO CROATIA, BOSNIA- HERZ

HERZ $ EGOVINA ZAGREB, March 10 (Hina) - An extensive plan of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the return of refugees and displaced persons included also the return of displaced persons to the Croatian Danubian area, deputy head of the Croatian Government Office for Displaced Persons and Refugees, Damir Zoric, said in last night's news broadcast on Croatian television. In the last two days, Zoric took part in a meeting of representatives of 35 countries and 30 international associations, who discussed an UNHCR operative plan for the return of refugees and displaced persons to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. #L# The UNHCR plan was important for Croatia because it envisaged the return of Bosnian refugees from Croatia and their return from third countries, primarily from Western European countries. Zoric recalled that only Germany cared for 320,000 refugees. On their way back, all those refugees had to go through Croatia in line with the UNHCR plan and in line with Croatia's activities, Zoric said, stressing that the plan provided for the assistance of UNHCR in promoting the return and reintegration. The realisation of the plan would run along with the realisation of security conditions in eastern Slavonia by UNTAES (United Nations Task Force in Eastern Slavonia).'This is something our delegation demanded at the meeting which took place on 16 January in Geneva', Zoric said. Asked how the meeting judged the current situation in Bosnia- Herzegovina, Zoric said that they commended the pilot-projects on the return of Muslim refugees in Sarajevo and Stolac. However, the news that Croats still could not return to Bugojno was received with dissatisfaction, he added. (hina) rm 101331 MET mar 96