HUMANITARIAN AID FOR BOSNIAN CROATS IN NEED

ZAGREB, Nov 6 (Hina) - The humanitarian action aimed at gathering food supplies, clothes as well as money as the relief assistance for the Croats in the valley of the Lasva River (Central Bosnia) commenced in Zagreb on Friday. The head of the Society of the Croats from Central Bosnia, Mr. Juraj Bokunic, stressed that "about 70,000 exhausted Bosnian Croats, 12,000 of them children are at the moment situated on the territory of five square kilometres. Their lives depend on our help." Mr. Bokunic also emphasized that the Franciscan hospital in Nova Bila had to function in terrible conditions. He appealled to all the residents of Zagreb and Split to gave their donation to this action of collecting necessary relief aid for the Bosnian Croats in need. (End) mm 061515 MET nov 93