CRO ACADEMY OF ARTS, SCIENCES APPEALS FOR PEACE IN MOSTAR

ZAGREB, Feb 13 (Hina) - The Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences (HAZU), on Thursday appealed for peace, common sense, cooperation and tolerance in Mostar. The HAZU expressed regret over victims and fear of new possible conflicts. The HAZU advocates the just peace which implies the maintenance of the integral Bosnia-Herzegovina, the return of refugees and indictment and punishment of grave war criminals. A conference of the HAZU scientific counsel for peace and human rights, at which renowned Croatian and Moslem (Bosniak) intellectuals gathered, sent an appeal for peace in Mostar and called upon authorities of Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia as well as the international community to probe into latest incidents and violence in Mostar, punish the guilty persons and remove them from responsible posts. The conference's participants called on the media to stop inciting hatred and to represent the truth and promote life in peace and tolerance. This item attracted most attention of the participants, some of whom held that the electronic media in Croatia showed astonishing one-sidedness in reporting on Mostar, and that media should "inform more, and comment less rather than condemning." (hina) jn mš 131547 MET feb 97