NOBILO HANDS FOREIGN MINISTER'S LETTER TO UNSC CHAIRMAN

NEW YORK, March 31 (Hina) - Croatian Ambassador to the U.N., Mario Nobilo, on Thursday handed a letter from Croatian Foreign Minister, Mate Granic, to U.N. Security Council Chairman, Chinese Ambassador, Li Zhaoxing. The letter said that Croatia would not agree to the establishment of new U.N. forces if co-sponsors of the resolution on the new UN mandate for Croatia did not agree that the official name of the operation be "United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia". Granic's letter said Croatia's termination of the UNPROFOR mandate would be effective in Croatia on March 31, at 5 pm, New York time, in line with Croatian views presented in another letter on January 18. 311120 MET mar 95