GRANIC RECEIVES U.N. RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS

ZAGREB, 12 Oct (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic on Saturday received the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Elizabeth Rehn, a statement from the Croatian Foreign Ministry said. #L# Granic and Rehn discussed human rights in Croatia and Croatia's assistance in the implementation of the Bosnian peace agreement. Granic informed Rehn about the laws adopted by the Croatian Parliament - the General Amnesty Act, which is already being implemented, as well as about the Media Act and the Agreement on the Normalisation of Relations Between Croatia and Yugoslavia. The two officials also discussed steps the Croatian President and the Government are taking in order to contribute to successful completion of the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danubian area and the UNTAES mandate. Croatia was ready to cooperate with The Hague tribunal, and it supported the strengthening of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and its linking with Croatia, as well as the establishment of institutions of Bosnia-Herzegovina in line with the Dayton agreement, Granic said. Rehn described her cooperation with Croatian government institutions as very good, stressing that progress had been made in the protection of human rights in Croatia. She recalled Croatia's role in the successful completion of the problem of Kupljensko refugees, the accommodation of displaced persons and refugees, the stabilization of the post-election situation in Mostar and its openness in cooperation. (hina) rm 121104 MET oct 96