Decisions on humanitarian convoy to evacuate wounded and sick from Vukovar hospital
Export agreement coding (PDF)- Country/entityCroatia
Yugoslavia (former) - RegionEurope and Eurasia
Europe and Eurasia - Agreement nameDecisions on humanitarian convoy to evacuate wounded and sick from Vukovar hospital
- Date18 Nov 1991
- Agreement statusMultiparty signed/agreed
- Interim arrangementYes
- Agreement/conflict levelIntrastate/intrastate conflict ( )
- StagePre-negotiation/process
- Conflict natureGovernment/territory
- Peace processCroatia negotiation process
- PartiesRepresentatives of the Republic of Croatia, the Yugoslav Peoples Army (YPA), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Medecins sans Frontier and the Maltese Cross
- Third parties-
- DescriptionThis agreement provides for a ceasefire in the area of Vukovar, in order to evacuate the sick and wounded from Vukovar Hospital. The parties agree to recognise the neutrality of the hospital and place it under the protection of the ICRC. It also provides for the operation to be supervised by the European Community Monitoring Mission.
- Agreement document
Groups
- Children/youth
No specific mention.
- Disabled persons
No specific mention.
- Elderly/age
No specific mention.
- Migrant workers
No specific mention.
- Racial/ethnic/national group
No specific mention.
- Religious groups
No specific mention.
- Indigenous people
No specific mention.
- Other groups
No specific mention.
- Refugees/displaced persons
No specific mention.
- Social class
No specific mention.
Gender
- Women, girls and gender
No specific mention.
- Men and boys
No specific mention.
- LGBTI
No specific mention.
- Family
No specific mention.
State definition
- Nature of state (general)
No specific mention.
- State configuration
No specific mention.
- Self determination
No specific mention.
- Referendum
No specific mention.
- State symbols
No specific mention.
- Independence/secession
No specific mention.
- Accession/unification
No specific mention.
- Border delimitation
No specific mention.
- Cross-border provision
No specific mention.
Governance
- Political institutions (new or reformed)
No specific mention.
- Elections
No specific mention.
- Electoral commission
No specific mention.
- Political parties reform
No specific mention.
- Civil societyPage 1, 1.
Representatives of the Republic of Croatia, the Yugoslav Peoples Army (YPA), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Medecins sans Frontier and the Maltese Cross met on 18 November 1991 and reached the following agreement regarding a convoy to evacuate the wounded and sick from Vukovar Hospital.
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The Republic of Croatia and the YPA will recognise the neutrality of Vukovar hospital during a period covering the evacuation. The hospital will be put under the protection of the ICRC who will advise both parties of the period of neutrality which they require.
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The Republic of Croatia and the YPA agree that the EC Monitor Mission should monitor the whole of the operation, having full access to all elements of the evacuation. The two Parties will also facilitate the involvement of the ICRC, Medecins sans Frontier and the Maltese Cross, as appropriate, to allow them to play such roles as may be decided in supporting and monitoring the evacuation. - Traditional/religious leaders
No specific mention.
- Public administration
No specific mention.
- Constitution
No specific mention.
Power sharing
- Political power sharing
No specific mention.
- Territorial power sharing
No specific mention.
- Economic power sharing
No specific mention.
- Military power sharing
No specific mention.
Human rights and equality
- Human rights/RoL general
No specific mention.
- Bill of rights/similar
No specific mention.
- Treaty incorporation
No specific mention.
- Civil and political rights
No specific mention.
- Socio-economic rights
No specific mention.
Rights related issues
- Citizenship
No specific mention.
- Democracy
No specific mention.
- Detention procedures
No specific mention.
- Media and communication
No specific mention.
- Mobility/access
No specific mention.
- Protection measures
No specific mention.
- Other
No specific mention.
Rights institutions
- NHRI
No specific mention.
- Regional or international human rights institutions
No specific mention.
Justice sector reform
- Criminal justice and emergency law
No specific mention.
- State of emergency provisions
No specific mention.
- Judiciary and courts
No specific mention.
- Prisons and detention
No specific mention.
- Traditional Laws
No specific mention.
Socio-economic reconstruction
- Development or socio-economic reconstruction
No specific mention.
- National economic plan
No specific mention.
- Natural resources
No specific mention.
- International funds
No specific mention.
- Business
No specific mention.
- Taxation
No specific mention.
- Banks
No specific mention.
Land, property and environment
- Land reform/rights
No specific mention.
- Pastoralist/nomadism rights
No specific mention.
- Cultural heritage
No specific mention.
- Environment
No specific mention.
- Water or riparian rights or access
No specific mention.
Security sector
- Security GuaranteesPage 1, 1.
Representatives of the Republic of Croatia, the Yugoslav Peoples Army (YPA), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Medecins sans Frontier and the Maltese Cross met on 18 November 1991 and reached the following agreement regarding a convoy to evacuate the wounded and sick from Vukovar Hospital.
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The Republic of Croatia and the YPA undertook to guarantee: a ceasefire in the area of Vukovar Hospital and along the agreed evacuation route. This guarantee would cover both regular forces and irregular units in the areas in which they would respectively have responsibility for the evacuation operation. The guarantee would include the assurance that the route was clear of mines in the areas of respective responsibility.
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The convoy will take a route from Vukovar to Prilievo to Luzac to Bogdanovci to Marinci to Zidine. The transfer from YPA to Croatian responsibility will take place at Zidine at the cross road to Henrikovci. The convoy will move at times to be agreed and notified to each side well before evacuation.
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The YPA will provide suitable military vehicles for the movement from Vukovar to Zidine; the Republic of Croatia will provide suitable vehicles for the remainder of the journey. Both parties will provide suitably equipped and manned ambulances for some 40 seriously ill and lorries or coaches as appropriate for the remaining 360 or so casualties of whom around a third will be stretcher cases.
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The evacuation will include all those wounded or sick undergoing medical treatment in Vukovar hospital who are judged by the authorities of the hospital to be fit to make the journey.
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The Republic of Croatia and the YPA will recognise the neutrality of Vukovar hospital during a period covering the evacuation. The hospital will be put under the protection of the ICRC who will advise both parties of the period of neutrality which they require.
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The Republic of Croatia and the YPA agree that the EC Monitor Mission should monitor the whole of the operation, having full access to all elements of the evacuation. The two Parties will also facilitate the involvement of the ICRC, Medecins sans Frontier and the Maltese Cross, as appropriate, to allow them to play such roles as may be decided in supporting and monitoring the evacuation. - CeasefireSecurity sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provisionPage 1, 2.
The Republic of Croatia and the YPA undertook to guarantee: a ceasefire in the area of Vukovar Hospital and along the agreed evacuation route. This guarantee would cover both regular forces and irregular units in the areas in which they would respectively have responsibility for the evacuation operation. The guarantee would include the assurance that the route was clear of mines in the areas of respective responsibility. - Police
No specific mention.
- Armed forcesPage 1, 2.
The Republic of Croatia and the YPA undertook to guarantee: a ceasefire in the area of Vukovar Hospital and along the agreed evacuation route. This guarantee would cover both regular forces and irregular units in the areas in which they would respectively have responsibility for the evacuation operation. The guarantee would include the assurance that the route was clear of mines in the areas of respective responsibility. - DDR
No specific mention.
- Intelligence services
No specific mention.
- Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forcesPage 1, 2.
The Republic of Croatia and the YPA undertook to guarantee: a ceasefire in the area of Vukovar Hospital and along the agreed evacuation route. This guarantee would cover both regular forces and irregular units in the areas in which they would respectively have responsibility for the evacuation operation. The guarantee would include the assurance that the route was clear of mines in the areas of respective responsibility.
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The YPA will provide suitable military vehicles for the movement from Vukovar to Zidine; the Republic of Croatia will provide suitable vehicles for the remainder of the journey. Both parties will provide suitably equipped and manned ambulances for some 40 seriously ill and lorries or coaches as appropriate for the remaining 360 or so casualties of whom around a third will be stretcher cases. - Withdrawal of foreign forces
No specific mention.
- Corruption
No specific mention.
- Crime/organised crime
No specific mention.
- Drugs
No specific mention.
- Terrorism
No specific mention.
Transitional justice
- Transitional justice general
No specific mention.
- Amnesty/pardon
No specific mention.
- Courts
No specific mention.
- Mechanism
No specific mention.
- Prisoner release
No specific mention.
- Vetting
No specific mention.
- VictimsPage 1, 1.
Representatives of the Republic of Croatia, the Yugoslav Peoples Army (YPA), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Medecins sans Frontier and the Maltese Cross met on 18 November 1991 and reached the following agreement regarding a convoy to evacuate the wounded and sick from Vukovar Hospital.
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The YPA will provide suitable military vehicles for the movement from Vukovar to Zidine; the Republic of Croatia will provide suitable vehicles for the remainder of the journey. Both parties will provide suitably equipped and manned ambulances for some 40 seriously ill and lorries or coaches as appropriate for the remaining 360 or so casualties of whom around a third will be stretcher cases.
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The evacuation will include all those wounded or sick undergoing medical treatment in Vukovar hospital who are judged by the authorities of the hospital to be fit to make the journey. - Missing persons
No specific mention.
- Reparations
No specific mention.
- Reconciliation
No specific mention.
Implementation
- UN signatory
No specific mention.
- Other international signatory
No specific mention.
- Referendum for agreement
No specific mention.
- International mission/force/similarPage 1, 7.
The Republic of Croatia and the YPA agree that the EC Monitor Mission should monitor the whole of the operation, having full access to all elements of the evacuation. The two Parties will also facilitate the involvement of the ICRC, Medecins sans Frontier and the Maltese Cross, as appropriate, to allow them to play such roles as may be decided in supporting and monitoring the evacuation. - Enforcement mechanism
No specific mention.
- Related cases
No specific mention.
- SourceICTY Court Records, Seselj trial exhibit no. P00597
http://icr.icty.org/
Decisions on Humanitarian Convoy to Evacuate Wounded and Sick from Vukovar Hospital – 18 November
1. Representatives of the Republic of Croatia, the Yugoslav Peoples Army (YPA), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Medecins sans Frontier and the Maltese Cross met on 18 November 1991 and reached the following agreement regarding a convoy to evacuate the wounded and sick from Vukovar Hospital.
2. The Republic of Croatia and the YPA undertook to guarantee:
a ceasefire in the area of Vukovar Hospital and along the agreed evacuation route.
This guarantee would cover both regular forces and irregular units in the areas in which they would respectively have responsibility for the evacuation operation.,
The guarantee would include the assurance that the route was clear of mines in the areas of respective responsibility.
3. The convoy will take a route from Vukovar to Prilievo to Luzac to Bogdanovci to Marinci to Zidine.
The transfer from YPA to Croatian responsibility will take place at Zidine at the cross road to Henrikovci.
The convoy will move at times tp be agreed and notified to each side well before evacuation.
4. The YPA will provide suitable military vehicles for the movement from Vukovar to Zidine;
the Republic of Croatia will provide suitable vehicles for the remainder of the journey.
Both parties will provide suitably equipped and manned ambulances for some 40 seriously ill and lorries or coaches as appropriate for the remaining 360 or so casualties of whom around a third will be stretcher cases.
5. The evacuation will include all those wounded or sick undergoing medical treatment in Vukovar hospital who are judged by the authorities of the hospital to be fit to make the journey.
6. The Republic of Croatia and the YPA will recognise the neutrality of Vukovar hospital during a period covering the evacuation.
The hospital will be put under the protection of the ICRC who will advise both parties of the period of neutrality which they require.
7. The Republic of Croatia and the YPA agree that the EC Monitor Mission should monitor the whole of the operation, having full access to all elements of the evacuation.
The two Parties will also facilitate the involvement of the ICRC, Medecins sans Frontier and the Maltese Cross, as appropriate, to allow them to play such roles as may be decided in supporting and monitoring the evacuation.
8. This agreement is subject to all parties meeting their respective responsibilities.
Any party may withdraw at any time if it judges that the terms of the agreement have not been met.
The option of withdrawal would in particular arise if the security undertakings given by the Republic of Croatia and the JNA were judged to have been invalidated.
Signed for the Republic of Croatia
Signed for the YPA