United Nations Security Council Resolution 1025
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Security Council Resolution
1025, adopted unanimously on November 30, 1995, after recalling resolutions 981
(1995) and 1023
(1995) on Croatia
, the Council decided that the mandate of the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation
(UNCRO) would terminate after an interim period ending January 15, 1996.
The Council once again reaffirmed that Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (known as Sector East) were integral parts of Croatia
and the importance it attached for respect of human rights
and fundamental freedoms.
Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
, the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali
was requested to report to the Council by December 14, 1995 on proposals for a transitional authority and peacekeeping force in the aforementioned regions to implement the Basic Agreement. It was also decided that, in order for the transitional authority to be established, UNCRO's mandate would end on January 15, 1996 or when the Security Council decided on the deployment of the authority and peacekeeping
force.
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1025, adopted unanimously on November 30, 1995, after recalling 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 1023
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1023
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1023, adopted unanimously on November 22, 1995, after recalling all resolutions on the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, the Council noted the "Basic Agreement on the Region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium" between the Government of...
(1995) on 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 ...
, the Council decided that the mandate 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 :...
(UNCRO) would terminate after an interim period ending January 15, 1996.
The Council once again reaffirmed that Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (known as Sector East) were integral parts of 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 ...
and the importance it attached for respect of human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
and fundamental freedoms.
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...
, the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1992 to December 1996...
was requested to report to the Council by December 14, 1995 on proposals for a transitional authority and peacekeeping force in the aforementioned regions to implement the Basic Agreement. It was also decided that, in order for the transitional authority to be established, UNCRO's mandate would end on January 15, 1996 or when the Security Council decided on the deployment of the authority and peacekeeping
Peacekeeping
Peacekeeping is an activity that aims to create the conditions for lasting peace. It is distinguished from both peacebuilding and peacemaking....
force.
See also
- Bosnian WarBosnian WarThe Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...
- 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...
- SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia
- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1001 to 1100 (1995 – 1997)
- 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...
- United Nations Transitional Authority for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium
- Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia
- Joint Council of MunicipalitiesJoint Council of MunicipalitiesJoint Council of Municipalities is a body that aligns the interests of the Serb ethnic community in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia in the Osijek-Baranja and Vukovar-Syrmia County, coordinate the law and provides initiatives and proposals to the institutions of government,...