Speaking at a round-table discussion organised by the Serb Democratic Forum under the title "The Sarajevo Declaration - Two Years After", Pupovac said that about 3,000 returnees were waiting for Croatian citizenship, many have not yet had their years of pensionable service recognised by the authorities, and the government has not recognised about 1,500 marriages concluded in the eastern regions of Slavonia and Baranja between 1991 and 1995.
Pupovac said it was a paradox that at the time of the 150th anniversary of the birth of world-famous scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla about 200 Serb majority villages in Tesla's native region of Lika were without electricity because power transmission lines destroyed during the 1991-1995 war have not been repaired.
The Croatian Ambassador to Belgrade, Tonci Stanicic, said that Croatia could be proud of implementing the conclusions from the Sarajevo Declaration, adding that financial support for social and development programmes was crucial for the sustainable return of refugees to their prewar homes.
Stanicic said it was dissatisfactory that only about four per cent of members of national minorities were employed in state administration in Croatia and that this problem should be dealt with.