FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO UN ON RESOLUTION ON CROATIA

NEW YORK, April 1 (Hina) - In a statement on the adoption of the three UN resolutions on Croatia, Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina France's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Jean- Bernard Merimee, expressed satisfaction with the Croatian Government's decision to accept the continuation of UN presence in Croatia. Ambassador Merimee said the resolution on the new mandate of UN in Croatia should facilitate the UN Confidence-Restoration Operation in Croatia in ensuring several important tasks, which his country regarded as fundamental, such as the implementation of the March 29, 1994 Ceasefire Agreement and the December 2, 1994 Economic Agreement, and the monitoring of Croatia's internationally recognized borders. He said the objective of the UNCRO presence in the Republic of Croatia was to facilitate the achievement of a political settlement. He added that Croatian Government and local Serb authorities were supposed to continue negotiations on measures aimed at the confidence restoration, being supported in such efforts by the UN, European Union, the Russian Federation and United States. (hina) mms 011907 MET apr 95