ZAGREB, May 8 (Hina) - UN High Commissioner for human rights, Jose Ayala Lasso on Wednesday met the families of missing persons from Vukovar.
ZAGREB, May 8 (Hina) - UN High Commissioner for human rights, Jose
Ayala Lasso on Wednesday met the families of missing persons from
Vukovar. #L#
He was shown a tape of people who had been at the hospital in
Vukovar before Yugoslav army and Serb paramilitary forces entered
the town.
A copy of the tape was given to Lasso so that he may show it
to Serb authorities in Belgrade and ask for information.
Lasso was also given photo albums of the missing persons and
copies of letters which the families sent to the Serb president
Slobodan Milosevic asking about their loved ones.
Lasso pledged that he would ask for information from Serb
officials and that he would discuss the issue with a special UN
expert in charge of the missing persons issue, Manfred Nowak.
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