MANFRED WOERNER MEMORIAL CONFERENCE

ZAGREB, Oct 4, (Hina) - If UNPROFOR failed to implement UN resolutions, then NATO should take over UNPROFOR's role, Croatia's deputy foreign minister Ivo Sanader, said today. Sanader was speaking at memorial conference in Sofia for the late Manfred Woerner, formerly NATO's chief secretary. Sanader took part in the memorial conference titled 'Partnership for Peace and NATO in the Balkans' as President Franjo Tudjman's personal envoy, according to a Croatian Foreign Ministry statement. Sanader spoke of efforts Croatia was undertaking to resolve peacefully, the crisis arising from the disintegration of Yugoslavia, the statement said. Sanader said a crucial factor for resolving the crisis was that countries established from the former Yugoslavia mutually recognise and accept each other. He stressed that greater international effort was needed in reintegrating Croatia's UNPROFOR protected areas. Sanader also informed conference participants of Croatia's preparations for the Partnership for Peace Program. (Hina) jas sd 042027 MET oct 94