ZAGREB, June 13 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Friday ratified an agreement signed with the United States in February on cooperation in preventing the spreading of weapons of mass destruction and the advancement of defence and
military relations.
ZAGREB, June 13 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Friday ratified
an agreement signed with the United States in February on
cooperation in preventing the spreading of weapons of mass
destruction and the advancement of defence and military relations.
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In pursuance to the deal, Croatian Armed Forces will prevent the
illegal transfer, transit and transport of such weapons. They will
also be trained for removing the consequences of and establishing
such criminal acts, as well as crisis management.
MPs also ratified an agreement on open skies which envisages
upgrading the system of conventional armament control and the
inclusion of the Croatian system into the international control
network.
Parliament adopted a report on the participation of Croatian troops
in UN peace missions.
MPs also endorsed a bill on the ratification of a protocol on
cooperation in the prevention of pollution from vessels and in
cases of danger and in the prevention of pollution of the
Mediterranean. They supported a proposal by the Croatian Party of
Rights that the government initiate a diplomatic action that the
Adriatic be declared a sensitive sea area and obtain the status of a
protected Mediterranean area.
With a majority of votes, deputies adopted a report on the work of
the commission on submissions and complaints, which received 939
citizens' complaints last year, mostly in areas of housing,
utilities and the violation of property, welfare, health and labour
rights.
Parliament also endorsed a report on the implementation of the law
on the rights of Homeland War veterans, as well as a Croatian
Democratic Union's conclusion that the government should inform
parliament within a month about solving the problem of constructed,
not allocated flats to veterans and invalids of war.
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