NEW YORK, Sept 19 (Hina) - The process of peaceful reintegration of
the Croatian Danube river area is reaching the final stage and this
causes certain diplomatic dynamic activities, Croatian Ambassador to
the UN, Ivan Simonovic, has said commenting on Thursday's
presidential statement of the UN Security Council concerning the
reintegration of the Danube area.
According to him, there is well-meaning insistence on the
Croatian Government to fulfil the remaining obligations and
commitments, but sometimes such insistence is blended with some
countries' fear that Croatia may strengthen its international
position after it soon restores its control over eastern Slavonia,
Baranja and western Sirmium.
The UN Security Council statement reminded the Croatian
Government of its tasks that remain to be fulfilled. It emphasised
that the level of completion of such tasks would determine the
transfer of authorities to the Croatian bodies of authority in the
Danube area.
The Security Council welcomed all new initiatives of the
Croatian Government, and this proved that the Croatian government's
decision to hold a thematic session on remaining tasks in connection
with the peaceful reintegration of the Danube area, had deflected
the presidential statement, and even made it unnecessary, Simonovic
said.
By 6 October the UN Secretary-General should notify the
Security Council of implementation of the UNTAES peace operation,
and this presidential statement should be treated as a warning about
what Croatia was supposed to do in the end of the process, the
ambassador added.
According to him, the best way to respond to the warning is
for Croatia to fulfil speedily all of its remaining tasks, but the
good response would be also a clear message that all obligations and
commitments would be performed, but the UN mandate in the Danube
area ends on 15 January next year, in line with the Basic Agreement.
Such an end of the UN peace operation would be a joint success of
Croatia, the UN and friendly countries that have assisted in the
process of the peaceful reintegration.
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