ZAGREB, Oct 3 (Hina) - The Labour, Social Policy, and Health Committee with parliament's House of Representatives on Tuesday endorsed a report on the work of the government's Detained and Missing Persons Commission in the 15 October
1999 - 30 August 2000 period. Commission president Ivan Grujic said 1,588 people were still filed as missing and that any were hardly alive. He added cooperation with international organisations had been intensified, particularly with the International Missing Persons Organisation which has donated $300,000 to date. Plans include the aid reaching one million dollars. Cooperation has also been established with UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague, whose representatives will be present during exhumations, said Grujic. The Labour, Social Policy, and Health Committee today also discussed a draft anti-mine activity national programme, whose final goal is to see Croatia rid of mi
ZAGREB, Oct 3 (Hina) - The Labour, Social Policy, and Health
Committee with parliament's House of Representatives on Tuesday
endorsed a report on the work of the government's Detained and
Missing Persons Commission in the 15 October 1999 - 30 August 2000
period.
Commission president Ivan Grujic said 1,588 people were still filed
as missing and that any were hardly alive.
He added cooperation with international organisations had been
intensified, particularly with the International Missing Persons
Organisation which has donated $300,000 to date. Plans include the
aid reaching one million dollars.
Cooperation has also been established with UN's war crimes tribunal
in The Hague, whose representatives will be present during
exhumations, said Grujic.
The Labour, Social Policy, and Health Committee today also
discussed a draft anti-mine activity national programme, whose
final goal is to see Croatia rid of mine-fields by 2010 at the
latest. It was said during debate demining would cost 9.5 billion
kuna ($1.12 billion).
About 600 square kilometres of Croatian territory is still mine-
infested, while 3,900 square km are suspected of being covered with
mines.
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