United Nations Security Council resolution 1424, adopted unanimously on 12 July 2002, after recalling previous
resolutions on
Croatia
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779
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(1992),
981
Year 981 ( CMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
Births
* Abu'l-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Maghribi, Arab statesman (d. 1027)
* Giovanni Orseolo, Venetian ...
(1995),
1088
Year 1088 ( MLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Almoravid forces (supported with fighters from local Andalusian provinces), under Sult ...
(1996),
1147
Year 1147 ( MCXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Second Crusade
* Late spring – An expedition of Crusaders, Englishmen together with forc ...
(1998),
1183 (1998),
1222 (1999),
1252 (1999),
1285
Year 1285 ( MCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Aragonese Crusade: French forces led by King Philip III (the Bold) entrench before Gi ...
(2000),
1307 (2000),
1357
Year 1357 ( MCCCLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* February 3 – The Estates General in France meets and passes Étienne Marcel's G ...
(2001),
1362
Year 1362 ( MCCCLXII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 1 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania switches New Year to January 1, before ...
(2001) and
1387 (2002), the council authorised the
United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP) to continue monitoring the
demilitarisation
Demilitarisation or demilitarization may mean the reduction of state armed forces; it is the opposite of militarisation in many respects. For instance, the demilitarisation of Northern Ireland entailed the reduction of British security and militar ...
in the
Prevlaka peninsula
Prevlaka () is a small peninsula in southern Croatia, near the border with Montenegro, at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor on the eastern Adriatic coast.
Because of its strategic location in the southern Adriatic, in the aftermath of the SFR Yug ...
area of Croatia for three months until 15 October 2002.
The security council welcomed the calm and stable situation on the Prevlaka peninsula and was encouraged to learn that both Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had agreed to establish a Border Commission. It noted that the presence of UNMOP contributed greatly to maintaining conditions conducive to a settlement of the dispute.
The resolution welcomed that Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (
Serbia and Montenegro) were making progress in the normalisation of their relations. It urged both parties to cease violations of the demilitarisation regime, co-operate with United Nations observers and to ensure full
freedom of movement to the observers. The Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan (; 8 April 193818 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founde ...
was requested to report to the council by 15 October 2002. Both parties were urged to intensify efforts towards a negotiated settlement of the Prevlaka dispute; the duration of UNMOP's
mandate would be reviewed if the parties informed the Council that a settlement had been reached.
See also
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Breakup of Yugoslavia
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Croatian War of Independence
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(2002–2003)
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Yugoslav Wars
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References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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