OSCE DID NOT WRITE REPORT "GLOBUS" SPEAKS ABOUT - THOMPSON

( Editorial: --> 3295 ) ZAGREB, 13 Aug (Hina) - The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia is not the author of an alleged secret report on the situation in the Croatian media as reported by the Zagreb weekly "Globus" nor is it engaged in undercover information activities, OSCE spokesman Mark Thompson said. That was not a report and especially not a secret report by the OSCE Mission, Thompson told reporters in Zagreb on Wednesday. Last week "Globus" claimed the OSCE Mission in Zagreb had issued an alleged report assessing that there was no considerable progress in democratisation of the media, especially Croatian Radio- Television. Thompson not only denied that the OSCE was the author of the alleged report but dismissed the possibility that his organisation could engage in undercover activities. Neither the work nor the reports of the OSCE are secret, said Thompson. We believe that such an approach would not be appropriate since Croatia is an equal member of the OSCE and we are here at the invitation of its government, he said. However, the OSCE spokesman did not deny the existence of the report itself, denying only that it was the work of his organisation. (hina) rml 131334 MET aug 98