$ IA ZAGREB, March 7 (Hina) - In his last night's interview with Croatian television, Croatian Ambassador to the United States, Miomir Zuzul, said that the State Department's report on human rights in Croatia had many critical
elements, but that it provided a relatively objective picture of human rights in Croatia. Compared to the last year's report, this year's report showed considerable progress in positive direction as regards both the tone and the vocabulary, Zuzul said in a phone conversation with Croatian television.
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ZAGREB, March 7 (Hina) - In his last night's interview with
Croatian television, Croatian Ambassador to the United States,
Miomir Zuzul, said that the State Department's report on human
rights in Croatia had many critical elements, but that it provided
a relatively objective picture of human rights in Croatia. Compared
to the last year's report, this year's report showed considerable
progress in positive direction as regards both the tone and the
vocabulary, Zuzul said in a phone conversation with Croatian
television. #L#
'The report is not too negative, when compared to reports on
human rights in other countries', Zuzul said.
The report, which reflected the human rights situation in a
certain state from the American point of view, was also interesting
because it determined the future political relations between the
United States and the state in question, Zuzul stressed.
'The report would have been somewhat more positive, if there
had not been rather unclear interpretations...and questions as
regards the status of a Constitutional law which is to determine
cooperation between Croatia and the International War Crimes
Tribunal'.
For more than 20 years, the State Department has been
publishing every year reports on human rights situation in
different states. This year, reports were written on 194 countries,
and reports on 25 states were distributed to the media.
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