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Contribution to the Research of a Neglected Past – Peaceful Reintegration of Croatian Danube Basin – Role of UNTAES in Peace Restoration

The objective of this article is to contribute to the research of a somewhat neglected episode from Croatian history – the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube Basin – analysing the engagement of the international community in promoting peace, security, and stability, and the role of the United Nations Transitional Administration in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) in building peace and trust in the region. The Erdut Agreement (1995) was a peace agreement between Croatia and local Serbs signed under the patronage of the international community, outlining how the people and territory of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja, and Western Sirmium would be reintegrated into the constitutional and legal order of the Republic of Croatia. The provisions of the Agreement charged the United Nations (UN) Security Council with establishing a Transitional Administration of the territory to be reintegrated. The primary objectives of the Transitional Administration put forward in the Agreement were demilitarization ; the administrative, social, and economic reintegration of people and territory ; the return of all refugees and displaced persons ; ensuring compliance with the highest standards of human rights ; the rebuilding and economic revitalization of the territory ; the creation of a multi-ethnic environment ; and the organization of free elections. The maximum timeframe given for implementing these objectives was set at 24 months.

Peaceful Reintegration, Croatia, Danube Basin, UNTAES, Peace Restoration

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