United Nations Security Council Resolution 990
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United Nations
Security Council Resolution
990, adopted unanimously on April 28, 1995, after reaffirming all resolutions on the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia
, particularly resolutions 981
(1995) and 982
(1995), the Council, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
, authorised the deployment of the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation
in Croatia
(UNCRO).
The Council called upon the Government of Croatia
and the local Serb authorities
to co-operate fully with UNCRO in the implementation of its mandate, expressing concern that a Status of Forces Agreement
had not yet been signed by Croatia. The Secretary-General was requested to report back to the Council no later than May 15, 1995 on the matter.
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990, adopted unanimously on April 28, 1995, after reaffirming all resolutions on the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia
Former Yugoslavia
The former Yugoslavia is a term used to describe the present day states which succeeded the collapse of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
, particularly resolutions 981
United Nations Security Council Resolution 981
United Nations Security Council Resolution 981, adopted unanimously on March 31, 1995, after reaffirming all resolutions on the situation in the former Yugoslavia, the Council established the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia for a period terminating November 30, 1995.The...
(1995) and 982
United Nations Security Council Resolution 982
United Nations Security Council Resolution 982, adopted unanimously on March 31, 1995, after reaffirming all resolutions on the situation in the former Yugoslavia in particular Resolution 947 concerning the United Nations Protection Force , the Council extended the mandate of UNPROFOR for...
(1995), the Council, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter sets out the UN Security Council's powers to maintain peace. It allows the Council to "determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression" and to take military and nonmilitary action to "restore international peace...
, authorised the deployment of the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation
United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation
The United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation, commonly known as UNCRO is a completed UN Mission. It replaced the United Nations Protection Force in Croatia.- Mission :...
in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
(UNCRO).
The Council called upon the Government of Croatia
Government of Croatia
The Government of the Republic of Croatia , commonly abbreviated to Croatian Government , is the main element of the executive branch of government in Croatia. It is led by the President of the Government , commonly abbreviated to premier...
and the local Serb authorities
Serbs of Croatia
Višeslav of Serbia, a contemporary of Charlemagne , ruled the Županias of Neretva, Tara, Piva, Lim, his ancestral lands. According to the Royal Frankish Annals , Duke of Pannonia Ljudevit Posavski fled, during the Frankish invasion, from his seat in Sisak to the Serbs in western Bosnia, who...
to co-operate fully with UNCRO in the implementation of its mandate, expressing concern that a Status of Forces Agreement
Status of Forces Agreement
A status of forces agreement is an agreement between a host country and a foreign nation stationing forces in that country. SOFAs are often included, along with other types of military agreements, as part of a comprehensive security arrangement...
had not yet been signed by Croatia. The Secretary-General was requested to report back to the Council no later than May 15, 1995 on the matter.
See also
- Breakup of Yugoslavia
- Croatian War of IndependenceCroatian War of IndependenceThe Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...
- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 901 to 1000 (1994–1995)
- Operation StormOperation StormOperation Storm is the code name given to a large-scale military operation carried out by Croatian Armed Forces, in conjunction with the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to gain back control of parts of Croatia which had been claimed by separatist ethnic Serbs, since early...
- Yugoslav WarsYugoslav warsThe Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...