GENEVA GENEVA, March 15 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor met UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers in Geneva on Monday where she was attending the 60th session of the Human Rights Commission, the
Croatian Permanent Mission to the United Nations said in a statement.
GENEVA, March 15 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor
met UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers in Geneva on Monday
where she was attending the 60th session of the Human Rights
Commission, the Croatian Permanent Mission to the United Nations said
in a statement.#L#
Kosor informed Lubbers of the process of return of refugees and
displaced persons to Croatia and the firm intention of the Croatian
government to complete this process by the end of 2006.
She also spoke of the return of refugees from Croatia to
Bosnia-Herzegovina and the other way round, the establishing of a
separate government commission to monitor this process, the existing
legislation regarding minority rights and human rights in general, and
proposed legislation aimed at reviving the economy and opening up
prospects for young families in areas previously ravaged by war.
Lubbers welcomed the progress Croatia had made in the process of
refugee return. He was particularly interested in solving the problem
of temporarily seized property.
Based on the success he had achieved as a Dutch prime minister in
raising the birth rate in his country, Lubbers stressed as key
preconditions the creation of optimism and a positive social climate,
and more favourable working hours. He said that on average Dutch men
worked four days a week and women three days a week.
Kosor also informed her host of the steps the Croatian government was
taking in the area of the population policy, the statement said.
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