YUGOSLAV CROATS ATTEND CSCE HUMAN RIGHTS MEETING IN BUDAPEST

BUDAPEST, Nov 4, (Hina)- The Democratic Alliance of Croats from Vojvodina today presented proposals for improving the position of Croats in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) at a meeting in Budapest of the CSCE working group on human and minority rights. Croat delegation leader Bela Tonkovic told HINA that the great task before the CSCE and its member States was to persuade Belgrade to start solving many problems in the human and minority rights area, otherwise sanctions against Yugoslavia would not be lifted and neither would it be recognised as an independent state. In talks with delegations from the United States, Russia, France and the EU, the Croat delegation emphasised that the CSCE had to create mechanisms to guarantee the speedy and efficient implementation of its decisions. (Hina) mm sd vm 042006 MET nov 94