CROATIAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY ADOPTS NEW STATUTE

( Editorial: --> 7965 ) ZAGREB, 12 Dec (Hina) - The Croatian-American Society held a special convention in Zagreb on Friday. The Society adopted the new Statute and adjusted its regulations to the regulations of the new Law on Associations. According to the Statute, the Croatian-American Society would keep its current name, but to be in line with the law, it will have to submit a request to the Administration Ministry asking to keep and use the word "Croatian" in its name. The Society's President Slobodan Lang informed the Society members about the initiative 'The Challenge of the Good' which he started on the Internet, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Human Rights Convention and the Convention on the Prevention of Genocide. The initiative was aimed at gathering ideas for the promotion of humanitarian protection all over the world in the next year. The aim of the action was for people to start using technological achievements in the area of humanitarian work as well, so that events from Croatia would not happen again, Lang said, recalling that Croatian hospitals had been attacked during the Homeland war and no one spoke about it. (hina) jn rm 121800 MET dec 97