CROATIA AND RED CROSS FEDERATION SIGN AGREEMENT

ZAGREB, May 27 (Hina) - The Croatian Government's Office for Refugees and Displaced Persons and the International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent on Monday signed an agreement on reconstruction of a building in Stara Mokosica near Dubrovnik for accommodation of elderly refugees and displaced persons. Under the agreement, the Red Cross Federation will earmark DM 440,000 from Italian government donations to reconstruct the "Termoterapija" building. Repair work on the building, which will accommodate about 50 elderly refugees, is expected to be completed at the beginning of Septermber. The agreement was signed by the head of the Office for Refugees and Displaced Persons, Damir Zoric, and the head of the Red Cross and Red Crescent mission to Croatia, Sten Swedlund. (hina) vm 271206 MET may 96