UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION PASSES RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUA

SITUA $ TION IN CROATIA, BOSNIA, YUGOSLAVIA GENEVA, Apr 24 (Hina) - The UN Human Rights Commission unanimously passed a resolution on the human rights situation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia in Geneva on Tuesday. The Resolution calls on all parties to the Bosnian conflict to strengthen democratic institutions, the freedom of the media and to promote confidence-building, the rule of law and the respect for human rights. The Resolution strongly condemns ethnic cleansing and other human rights violations. The Resolution stresses the responsibility of Croatian and Bosnian Serbs and the indirect involvement of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in these violations. The Resolution expressly calls for the return of Croats who were expelled from their homes in eastern Slavonia. It also calls on the Croatian Government to create the conditions for the return of local Serbs. The Resolution strongly supports the search for missing persons and POWs in former Yugoslavia and the investigation of mass graves. It calls on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to release the necessary documentation on missing persons to the governments of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Most of the demands relative to the establishment of democratic institutions, the freedom of movement, the freedom of the media and minority rights were directed at Yugoslavia. "Unlike the previous instruments of the UN Commission and the General Assembly, the latest Resolution failed to stress the responsibility of the Yugoslav political and military leadership for crimes and human rights abuses in Bosnia and Croatia," Croatian representative at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Neven Madej, said. This indicated an attempt to balance out the responsibility for human rights abuses between the sides, which was not acceptable to Croatia, he said. (hina) jn as 241450 MET apr 96