PRESIDENT OF CRO PARLIAMENT UPPER HOUSE TO ATTEND CONFERENCE IN SW

SW $ EDEN ZAGREB, Sept 14 (Hina) - The main topic of the Third International Conference of Women - Parliament Chambers' Presidents, to take place in the Swedish capital of Stockholm from 15 to 17 September, would be the representation of women in the parliaments of the world and the maintenance of human rights, especially those of women, president of the Croatian parliament's Upper House Katica Ivanisevic said at the Zagreb airport on Saturday, before leaving for the Conference. There were only 14 women in the world acting as parliament presidents, four of them from Europe (Norway, Finland, Germany and Croatia), together with the Conference's host, Swedish parliament president, Ivanisevic told reporters, adding that the fact that Croatia was taking part in the Conference proved "our new democratic orientations". "I will have several meetings there and will try to present Croatia as a mature, democratic and western-oriented country", Ivanisevic concluded. (hina) ha 141335 MET sep 96