• Country/entity

  Croatia
  Yugoslavia (former)
  

• Region

  Europe and Eurasia
  Europe and Eurasia
  

• Agreement name

  Cease-fire Agreement

• Date

  1 Sep 1991

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Balkan Conflicts (1991 - 1995) (1998 - 2001) )

• Stage

  Ceasefire/related

• Conflict nature

  Government/territory

• Peace process

  Croatia negotiation process

• Parties

  For the European Community and its member States: HANS VAN DEN BROEK
  For the Presidency of the SFRY, acting also in its capacity of Collective Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces: STIPE MESIC, PRESIDENT OF PRESIDENCY
  For the Federal Executive Council: ANTE MARKOVIC, PRESIDENT
  For the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina: ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC, PRESIDENT OF THE PRESIDENCY
  For the Republic of Montenegro: MOMIR BULATOVIC, PRESIDENT OF PRESIDENCY
  For the Republic of Croatia: FRANJO TUDJMAN, PRESIDENT
  For the Republic of Macedonia: KIRO GLIGOROV, PRESIDENT
  For the Republic of Slovenia: MILAN KUCAN, PRESIDENT OF THE PRESIDENCY
  For the Republic of Serbia: SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC, PRESIDENT

• Third parties

  -

• Description

  This agreement provides for an immediate cease-fire in the Republic of Croatia; disarmament and demobilisation of all paramilitary forces, the Croatian National Guard and the Yugoslav People's Army. It also provides for the European Community Observer Mission to expand its activities to monitor implementation of the agreement.

• Agreement document

  HR_910901_Cease-fire Agreement.pdf | Download PDF

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Gender

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Governance

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Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

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Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT

Belgrade, 1 September 1991

The signatories of this Agreement have decided the following:

1. The cease-fire shall be put into effect in the Republic of Croatia.

It was agreed that the cease-fire should include the following points:

- end to the use of force;

- all armed units and all persons bearing arms shall immediately and unconditionally refrain from opening fire and halt all activities which might provoke armed clashes;

- all the parties in conflict shall immediately stop any further movements, save those aimed at withdrawal, in order to avoid direct contact and they shall withdraw from their present or earlier positions where hostilities were or are in progress;

- the parties in conflict in immediate contact shall disengage and withdraw to positions beyond the range of hand fire-weapons;

- mortars and other weaponry shall be withdrawn beyond the range of the parties earlier in conflict;

- all paramilitary forces (with the exception of police forces) and irregular units shall be disarmed and dissolved;

- the members of the Croatian National Guard shall be demobilised and the Yugoslav People's Army shall withdraw to barracks so that neither shall anticipate monitoring activities as noted in paragraph 2.

All parties agree to ensure the effective and immediate realization of the above quoted points of the cease fire.

2. In order to ensure the comprehensive and effective control of the cease-fire, the signatories agree that supervision be carried out by the Yugoslav People's Army, the Croatian authorities and representatives of the Serbian population in Croatia involved in hostilities.

3. The signatories also agree together with Yugoslav institutions that the Observer Mission of the EC and its member States should expand their present activities in order to be able to take part in the above mentioned monitoring of the implementation of the Agreement, in keeping with the provisions of the Memorandum on Understanding appended to this Agreement, submitted to the European Community and its member States.

The signatories of this Agreement are pledged to guarantee the safety of the members of the Observer mission, especially by issuing precise orders that no unit or individual shall open fire on the Mission or in its vicinity.

4. Any violation of the cease-fire will be reported to the Observer mission.

Done at Belgrade on September 1, 1991, in the English language in ten copies

For the European Community and its member States:

HANS VAN DEN BROEK

For the Presidency of the SFRY, acting also in its capacity of Collective Supreme Commander of the

Armed Forces:

STIPE MESIC, PRESIDENT OF PRESIDENCY

For the Federal Executive Council:

ANTE MARKOVIC, PRESIDENT

For the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina:

ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC, PRESIDENT OF THE PRESIDENCY

For the Republic of Montenegro:

MOMIR BULATOVIC, PRESIDENT OF PRESIDENCY

For the Republic of Croatia:

FRANJO TUDJMAN, PRESIDENT

For the Republic of Macedonia:

KIRO GLIGOROV, PRESIDENT

For the Republic of Slovenia:

MILAN KUCAN, PRESIDENT OF THE PRESIDENCY

For the Republic of Serbia:

SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC, PRESIDENT