OSIJEK MAYOR SPEAKS BEFORE U.S. CONGRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ( Editorial: --> 9209 )

( Editorial: --> 9209 ) WASHINGTON, 8 Nov (Hina) - It is necessary to make considerable efforts and invest large sums of money in order to create economic conditions for the return of refugees to the Croatian Danube river region and facilitate the process of reconciliation, Osijek mayor Zlatko Kramaric stated in Washington Friday. Kramaric spoke last night before the Human Rights Committee of U.S. Congress, with two other recipients of the Washington National Democratic Institute awards, Tuzla mayor Selim Beslagic and the president of the Citizens' Union of Serbia, Vesna Pesic. It is necessary to show the people in eastern Slavonia that Croatia is a multiethnic state, Kramaric said in his speech. (hina) mm rm 081129 MET nov 97