WAR VICTIMS WANT TO COMMEMORATE 18 NOVEMBER IN VUKOVAR ( Editorial: --> 7855 )

( Editorial: --> 7855 ) ZAGREB/VUKOVAR, Nov 3 (Hina) - A union of Homeland War victims associations on Monday demanded of the UN transitional administrator for eastern Croatia and the chairwoman of the National Committee for the restoration of trust to be enabled to hold a commemoration in Vukovar on the occasion of 18 November 1991, the day when Vukovar was occupied. "We are notifying you that we are organizing a commemoration in Vukovar. We demand that you do everything to provide security conditions and to keep the dignity of the gathering", said a letter the union forwarded to UN transitional administrator William Walker and National Committee chairwoman Vesna Skare Ozbolt. The letter was signed by union president Branko Borkovic, the last commander of Vukovar's defense. According to the union's plan, the commemoration of the Vukovar tragedy's six anniversary would begin on 18 November with wreath- laying at Vukovar's Novo Groblje cemetery, with addresses by Croatian civilian and military authorities. A mass service would follow. The commemoration would continue with an expert conference entitled "On Vukovar in Vukovar - On the Paths of the Peaceful Reintegration". Experts would speak about relations between national groups in Vukovar before the war, the standpoints of Croatian displaced persons on the peaceful reintegration, the psychological consequences of war in Vukovar, and the relation between forgiving and justice, tolerance and dignity. (hina) ha jn 031818 MET nov 97