Agreement on the General Protocol between the Representatives of the JNA and the Dubrovnik Municipality

• Country/entity

  Croatia
  Yugoslavia (former)
  
• Region

  Europe and Eurasia
  Europe and Eurasia
  
• Agreement name

  Agreement on the General Protocol between the Representatives of the JNA and the Dubrovnik Municipality
• Date

  19 Nov 1991
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Balkan Conflicts (1991 - 1995) (1998 - 2001) )
• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process
• Conflict nature

  Government/territory
• Peace process

  Croatia negotiation process
• Parties

  Representatives of the JNA and the Dubrovnik Municipality
• Third parties

  Representatives of the European Community
• Description

  This short agreement provides for retreat of forces from the front lines in the Dubrovnik area, to be supervised by European Community monitors.

• Agreement document

  HR_911119_Agreement on the General Protocol.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Isolated example
  
• Rationale

  These parties only negotiated in this one instance, with the arrival of French minister Kouchner.
• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  No
• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  The secondary sources suggest that the negotiations were prompted by the arrival of French and Italian government ministers to Dubrovnik, particularly mentioning the French government minister Bernard Kouchner as mediating the negotiations between local government in Dubrovnik and the Yugoslav army (JNA). These news sources also explicitly note that the Croatian government was displeased with the ad hoc arrangement to retreat and demilitarize the city, resulting in additional troops being posted to the area.
• Name of Locale

  Dubrovnik
• Nature Of Locale

  City
• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  42.650000, 18.090000
• Participant type

  Central state actor
  Local state actor
  International or transnational actor
  
• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  Mediator or similar referred to
  Mediator (references)

  Page 1: Representatives of the European Community
  Type of mediator/facilitator/similar

  International or transnational actor

Local issues

The Agreement on the General Protocol Between the Representatives of the JNA and the Dubrovnik Municipality

Dated the 19th of November 1991

The present parties, present authorities as well as the representatives of the European Community have decided on the following protocol:

1. The location of the monitors of the European Community at the monitoring points of the “neutral zone” which is located between two lines, and which has been accepted by both parties (annexed map)

2. The development of a process for establishing peace as well as the retreat of military forces, pursuant to the following acts;

A. Establishing a higher degree of control south of the “neutral zone”

B. The retreat of the military forces of both sides further away from the previously determined lines.

C. The surrender of weapons to the representatives of the European Community as well as the retreat under the neutral control of the military element from Dubrovnik.

3. The technical information of this protocol will be defined in accordance to the proposals from both parties, as presented during the meeting on the 19th of November 1991