PANEL ON EVICTIONS CLOSED

ZAGREB, Nov 3 (Hina) - The chairman of the Croatian Helsinki Committee, Ivan Cicak, held the closing speech at a Zagreb panel on legal, moral and social aspects of evictions from former YU-army flats. Quoting Pope John Paul's words that "no one will be able to say they had not known," Cicak reminded the present representatives of Croatian authorities that they would not be able to plead ignorance. "It is now a matter of political will whether this knowledge will be applied in law-making and in practice," Cicak said. He said the Croatian Helsinki Committee was prepared to send representatives to the debate on evictions at the next session of the House of Representatives. The panel was organised by the Croatian Helsinki Committee and the Croatian Legal Support Centre. The sixty-strong attendance included foreign diplomats and Croatian government officials. (hina) jn as 032125 MET nov 94