CRO JOURNALISTS' ASSOCIATION ON LAST WEEKEND'S ROUND TABLE

ZAGREB, 20 Jan (Hina) - The Croatian Journalists' Association (HND) executive board on Monday issued a statement concerning a round table which was held last weekend in Zagreb. The event was organised by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the world association of journalists and publishers (FIEJ). The main topic of the round table was 'Post- Dayton Illusions and the Reality of Transition to Press Freedom and Sustainable Media Development'. The event caused dilemmas in the public, but also in reports, mostly because of the fact that only one group of Croatian journalists, who share the same opinion, had been invited to the round table. The Croatian Journalists' Association did not participate in the organisation of the meeting, nor had any of the Association's members participated in the round table, the HND statement said. 'We want to stress that our association is a professional society and that it tries to make all of its members equally represented, regardless of different orientations of the media they are employed in', said the statement, signed by head of the HND central committee, Srecko Lipovcan. (hina) rm jn 201908 MET jan 97