PRESIDENT'S CHIEF-OF-STAFF RECEIVES FEDERATION OF INVALIDS REPS

ZAGREB, May 15 (Hina) - President Tudjman's chief-of-staff Ivo Sanader today received representatives of the Federation of Invalids, the President's office said on Wednesday in a statement. Following is the full text of the statement: "Federation president Zorislav Bobus expressed gratitude for the President's patronage over a recent panel on the handicapped. He also informed Sanader of the Federation's initiatives to facilitate the social integration of invalids. Sanader supported an initiative to elaborate a "National Program" for invalids, launched jointly by the Federation and the Association of Homeland War Invalids. He welcomed a recently implemented initiative to facilitate the movement of handicapped people on the Zagreb streets, which is soon to be implemented in other Croatian towns. "Now that a greater part of the homeland has been liberated and the reintegration of the Danubian area is under way, we will have more time and funds to resolve invalids' problems," Sanader said, adding that Croatia planned to introduce the highest standards in the care of invalids. Also present was the President's advisor on humanitarian activities, Slobodan Lang. The Federation's delegation included Mandica Knezevic, Jasenka Miholic-Rukavina i Marica Miric." (hina) jn as 151919 MET may 96