TRAVEL REPORT The Hon. Michael Atkinson MP Attorney-General ...

2003 President of the Democratic Centre party (D.C .)2000-2003 Vice-President of the Democratic Centre party and President of theD .C . representatives' group in Croatian Parliament2000 Founder of the Democratic Centre party (D.C .)1998-2000 Deputy President of Croatian Democratic Union (H .D .Z .)Foreign languages :English-fluent, German, and ItalianPrizes and awards :2002-2003 Member of National Bar Council1997-1999 Citizen of Honour- cities of Vukovar, Ilok and Brela1997 Woman of the year 1997Publications :"Stormy peace" - chronology of Croatian mission of peace on the Danube, with IvicaVrkic .1991 "My Croatia" - one of the authors .As a politician and Member of Parliament in the last four years, she has written andproposed 8 (eight) laws : Law on Memorial Area - City of Vukovar; Law on CroatianTelevision and Radio ; Law on Media ; Law on Elections of Representatives toCroatian Parliament ; Law on Constituencies, Law on Exemption from VAT for ITEquipment; Law on Purchase of Business Premises Owned by the State or LocalSelf-Governance Units .Meeting summaryMs Vesna Skare Ozbolt was pleased that the delegation was going toVukovar . She said there were 2,000 people killed and the destruction of thebuildings was of the scale of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . It had gone from beingthe richest part of the country before the war to the poorest .Discussions ensued about the causes of crime in Croatia and the magnitudeof illicit drug-use . Illicit drugs did not appear to constitute as big a problem asTravel Report, Hon . Michael Atkinson, MP. and Ms. Vini Ciccarello M.P., August, 2004 43