ZAGREB, March 1 (Hina) - Leaders of the Croatian World Congress
(HSK), an umbrella organization of Croatian emigrants, on Sunday
held a news conference to inform about conclusions of the HSK head
committee's session held on February 28 and March 1 and 2 in
Zagreb.
The Croatian World Congress president, Simun Sito Coric, said
the HSK had sent a proposal to Croatian Premier Zlatko Matesa for
conducting a census of Croatians outside Croatia. An analysis of
Croatian emigrants, including their ages, professions and
occupations and which countries they live in, might be made on the
ground of such a census. It was necessary, since media often cited
not precise figures about Croatian immigrants, Coric said and added
that might make an impression of a frivolous approach to that part
of the Croatian nation.
Speaking of HSK activities in the past, Coric said the
Croatian Information Centre had set up its bases in Buenos Aires
and in Switzerland and would open its office in Budapest next
month.
He added that the foundation "1,000 golden donors" had been
established, and announced that a directory of Croatian societies
and institutions abroad would be published soon.
Ante Beljo, the head of the 'Hrvatska matica iseljenika', a
cultural society of emigrants, told the conference that the
Croatian Diaspora could obtain information from homeland by
Internet, satellite programmes, the 'Matica' and 'Dom' magazines,
and many books the Croatian Information Centre is publishing.
Bela Tonkovic warned of difficulties Croatians were facing in
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). He pointed to problems
caused by Serbs who could not become reconciled to peaceful
reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area and were moving into
the FRY.
It has been announced that HSK representatives will travel to
Vukovar today for talks with the UN Transitional Administrator of
the area, Jacques Klein. They are expected to donate US$ 10,000 for
construction of the first Croatian school after the return of
Croatian displaced persons there.
The HSK has its institutions in 27 countries.
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