ZVONE MORNAR FIRST CROATIAN TO RECIEVE UNESCO FAIR PLAY AWARD

STUTTGART, Jan 29 (Hina) - UNESCO "Fair Play" awards were presented today in Stuttgart to prominent athletes and sports teams from all over the world. The people of Norway was awarded for sportsmanship and the organization of the XVII Olympic Games in Lillehammer. The Fair Play award was presented to King Harald V by UNESCO president Frederico Mayor and International Fair Play Committee president Villi Daume. The Fair Play award for efforts against violence in sport was given to the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA). Zvone Mornar, the former editor of the "Sportske Novosti" newpaper and a columnist in the "Slobodna Dalmacija" daily, was the first Croatian to be presented with the UNESCO award for promoting fair play and Olympic ideals. UNESCO introduced the Fair Play award in 1963. (Hina) rv vm 291756 MET jan 95