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FOREIGN PRESS BUREAU ZAGREB
Daily Bulletin

October 30, 1998

In todays bulletin:
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� CROATIA

1. Granic Meets With Turkish Vice-President
2. Nada Sakic to be Extradited to Croatia on November 4
3. Dienstbier Submits Report to UN Human Rights Committee on Croatia
4. Why Has Croatia Been Given Double Standards for Entry Into Phare?
5. Three More Bodies Exhumed
6. Missing Person's Commission Ends
7. Ministry of Sport & Education Delegation to Meet With Council of Europe
Experts
8. Croatian Navy to Partake in Honorary Guests Day

� BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

9.  New RS National Assembly Constituted in Banja Luka
10. Jelavic & Prlic Meet With NATO & SFOR Commanders


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� CROATIA


1. GRANIC MEETS WITH TURKISH VICE-PRESIDENT

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mate Granic, met with Turkish
Vice-president Bulent Ecevit in Ankara on Thursday to discuss bilateral
relations between Croatia and Turkey, as well as the situation in former
Yugoslavia and Kosovo.


2. NADA SAKIC TO BE EXTRADITED TO CROATIA ON NOVEMBER 4

According to official communication received from the Argentinean Foreign
Ministry on October 6, it is expected that Nada Sakic, wife of former
Jasenovac concentration camp commander Dinko Sakic, will be extradited to
Croatia on November 4.


3. DIENSTBIER SUBMITS REPORT TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ON CROATIA

In his report to the UN Human Rights Committee submitted in New York on
Wednesday, special reporter Jiri Dienstbier concluded that only the lasting
presence of international institutions could guarantee successful
democratisation and establishment of a civil society in Croatia. Dienstbier
added that membership and the wish to enter the Council of Europe had had a
positive impact on Croatian authorities and had influenced the viewpoints
of many political and public figures.

According to Dienstbier factors such as lack of a democratic tradition, an
inherited status after communism and recent conflicts and intolerance
towards Serbs will make the human rights movement in Croatia a lasting
process. According to Dienstbier the most important issue is the return of
refugees. Dienstbier's report will be reviewed at the UN General Assembly
on November 6.


4. WHY HAS CROATIA BEEN GIVEN DOUBLE STANDARDS FOR ENTRY INTO PHARE?

At a press conference held in Zagreb, Croatian Prime Minister Zlatko
Matesa, told reporters that the latest European Commission report reflected
the European Union's constant policy towards Croatia. Matesa said he had
asked EU representatives, during talks, why Croatia had been given
standards not applied to other European countries. He also stressed
Croatia's dissatisfaction with the double standard system and that it had
fulfilled all preconditions for entering the PHARE program in 1995.


5. THREE MORE BODIES EXHUMED

Three more bodies were exhumed from the well stretching from Aljmas to Dalj
on Thursday making the total body count 23. All bodies exhumed were
civilians.


6. MISSING PERSON'S COMMISSION ENDS

The two-day session of the Missing Persons Commission ended in Belgrade on
Thursday. One of the topics under debate was the proposal of the Croatian
Foreign Minister Mate Granic that an "all for all" principle should be
applied.


7. MINISTRY OF SPORT & EDUCATION DELEGATION TO MEET WITH COUNCIL OF EUROPE
EXPERTS

A delegation of the Ministry of Sport and Education is on a two-day visit
to Strasbourg where it will meet with Council of Europe experts on sport
and education. They will discuss the education system in the Croatian
Danube Region, education policy and its European dimension, exchange within
education institutions and new technologies and their role in the education
of citizens.

The delegation will also meet with Council of Europe representatives to
discuss the education of minorities, the teaching of 20th century history,
the fight against drugs and education through sport.


8. CROATIAN NAVY TO PARTAKE IN HONORARY GUESTS DAY

At the invitation of General Olexander Zatyanajkn, a delegation of the
Croatian navy headed by Vice Admiral Vido Stipetic left Split for Odessa on
Thursday. The delegation will participate at the Honorary Guests Day on
October 31, organised as part of the Partnership for Peace multinational
military and naval exercises being held on the west coast of the Black Sea.
Croatia will participate as an observer.


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� BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA


9.  NEW RS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTED IN BANJA LUKA

The new Republika Srpska National Assembly was constituted in Banja Luka on
Thursday in the presence of International High Representative Carlos
Westendorp, the head of the OSCE mission Robert Barry and UN Special Envoy
Elizabeth Rehn.


10. JELAVIC & PRLIC MEET WITH NATO & SFOR COMMANDERS

In Mostar on Thursday, NATO and SFOR commanders General Wesley Clark and
Montgomery Meigs respectively, met with the Croatian member of the Bosnian
Presidency Ante Jelavic and his foreign minister Jadranko Prlic to discuss
the continued democratisation of the Bosnian armed forces.


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