CROATIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION IN BOSNIA ADOPTED NEW POLITICAL DECLARAT

DECLARAT $ ION SIROKI BRIJEG, Dec 29 (HABENA/Hina) - The Central Committee of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) of Bosnia-Herzegovina on its yesterday's session in Siroki Brijeg adopted the Political Declaration. The Declaration says that HDZ represents "the most important and almost the only political force of Croatian people in Bosnia-Herzegovina" and it has a legitimate mandate to represent political will of Croatian people. The Declaration emphasize that "HDZ of B-H insists on providing equality in legal status of Croats among the other nations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia (HR HB) in union of republics in B-H". The Declaration also said that "Mostar should remain an integral city as the capital of HR HB". "HDZ is going to intercede in behalf of stopping the war, political negotiations for protection of the rights of Croats and rightful peace, insisting on cooperation with international community... found on the last initiatives of European Union and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman... HDZ considers that unconditional implementation of international law of war, punishing of war crimes, independently on who committed them, and free passage of humanitarian aid whole B-H territory, are common and inevitable obligations for all sides in Bosnian conflict", said the Declaration. 291324 MET dec 93