CROATIAN WORLD CONGRESS ADMITTED TO U.N. INSTITUTIONS

( Editorial: --> 7649 ) ZAGREB, July 14 (Hina) - The admission of the Croatian World Congress (HSK) to the United Nations' institutions is a great acknowledgement for the HSK and the whole Croatian diaspora, the HSK president Simun Sito Coric told a press conference in Zagreb on Tuesday. The HSK was admitted to the U.N. as a non-government international organisation with the status of an advisor on June 26. This is the first time a Croatian non-government organisation has been given a full member status, Coric said. Croats living outside of Croatia must have their official representatives both in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Coric said commenting on claims that the Croatian diaspora should not be represented in the Croatian National Parliament. The HSK has accepted with pleasure the idea of the Vatican diplomacy on erecting a monument of Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac in Washington. Croatian information centres were opened in Cologne and Budapest at the beginning of July, Coric said. (hina) rml 141739 MET jul 98