CROATIAN CHILDREN TAKE PART IN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT MEETING

MEETING $ ZAGREB, Aug 27 (Hina) - Four Croatian primary school students left for Tunis on Wednesday where they will represent Croatia at the international conference "Children and Sustainable Development" organised in Tunis from 28 to 30 August by the Tunisian Environment Protection Ministry with the support of the UN. Participating in the conference are children between 12 and 13 years of age, who are to convey their views on the future of the Mediterranean. The Croatian children were invited to the conference for the first time. According to their mentor, biology teacher Merica Pletikosic, every student had prepared a paper on the given subject and would present their thoughts, knowledge and wishes for the future of the Mediterranean. During the opening of the conference and in the promotion part of the programme, the students will present the natural and cultural riches and beauty of Croatia, wearing folk costumes of their homeland, thus presenting the rich ethnographic heritage of Croatia. (hina) lm 271014 MET aug 97