MEETING ON REFUGEES AND DISPLACED IN GENEVA ENDS

GENEVA, Mar 21 (Hina) - A three-day meeting of ministers and government officials of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in charge of issues related to refugees and displaced persons, ended in Geneva on Friday. The final session of the meeting, organized by the UN high commission for refugees, was also attended by representatives of the countries which had welcomed the refugees and of several specialized international organizations. Croatian Ambassador in Geneva Darko Bekic outlined what Croatia had done in relation to the return and permanent stay of refugees and displaced persons from its territory. He added that the Croatian Government was, together with UNTAES and the UN high commission for refugees, preparing an integral package of measures for the solving of this complex humanitarian, political and economic issue. According to Bekic, the Croatian Government in this respect stressed the importance of respecting the principles of a voluntary, gradual return, as well as the necessity of international assistance in providing a permanent stay and other conditions to facilitate the living and work of the refugees and the displaced. (hina) ha jn 211718 MET mar 97