CATASTROPHIC SITUATION AT SIBENIK REFUGEE HOTEL COMPLEX

SIBENIK, Nov 7 (Hina) - The executive committee of the Association of Displaced Persons today held a meeting in Sibenik where it described the situation at Croatia's biggest refugee centre, the Solaris hotel complex near Sibenik, as catastrophic after hearing a report on living conditions. The meeting said displaced people had marked All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day with dignity. The committee condemned statements from the President's Office before All Saints' Day, saying that they gave false hopes to displaced people wanting to visit cemeteries in demilitarized zones and UNPAs. The Association insisted that a list of villages in demilitarized zones and UNPAs, where visits were ostensibly possible, was little more than a Serb subterfuge because it included villages without cemeteries (or Catholic cemeteries). All Saints' Day illustrated UNPROFOR's impotence and the presence of armed Serb rebels at certain cemeteries in the demilitarized zone indicated that UNPROFOR was still not fulfilling its task. (hina) mm sd vm 071900 MET nov 94