CROATIA SUPPORTS GERMANY AND JAPAN SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

NEW YORK, Oct 14 (Hina) - Croatia supported the permanent membership of Germany and Japan in the UN Security Council as well as its enlargement to include 25 members. Croatia believed Germany and Japan should be permanently admitted because of their firm adherence to democratic principles and their active role in maintaining international peace and security, Croatian Ambassador to the UN Mario Nobilo said today in an address to the 49th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Nobilo said that developing countries should be better represented in the Security Council because of their number, geographical position, and political and economic influence. But he said membership should not exceed 25 countries so that the Council's efficiency would not be threatened. Croatia was situated in a crisis region which prompted the UN to pass more than 70 resolutions in the past three years but many of them had not been fully implemented, Nobilo said. "We want to stress that the Security Council, for the sake of its own efficiency, must ensure full implementation of its resolutions," he said. (hina) sd vm 142146 MET oct 94