WOMEN FROM BARANJA VISIT OSIJEK

OSIJEK, Aug 31 (Hina) - Representatives of the Association for Peace and Human Rights from Baranja (temporarily under U.N. administration) on Saturday visited the Centre for Peace and Non- Violence in Osijek, accompanied by UNTAES. President of the Baranja Association Gordana Stojanovic told Hina that the two associations had been working on joint projects for several years, but this was their first meeting in Osijek. "We met in Mohac (Hungary) before, but now, when the reintegration process is in course, there's no reason for us not to meet in Osijek or some other place under the Transitional Administration", Stojanovic said. She added that media on both sides still created a climate of mistrust, but that direct contacts and meetings were very important. Asked if the population under the Transitional Administration was aware that the establishment of Croatian authority in that area was underway, Stojanovic said that "since 1991 there were people in the area who were aware that this was Croatia". She concluded by saying that after the signing of the Agreement on the Normalization of Relations Between Croatia and Yugoslavia many things started progressing positively. (hina) ha jn 311443 MET aug 96