The situation of the Serbs expelled from the Republic Serbian Krajina (UN Protected Area) and the Republic of Croatia in 1990-1995

Doc. 10819
26 January 2006

The situation of the Serbs expelled from the Republic Serbian Krajina (UN Protected Area) and the Republic of Croatia in 1990-1995

Written Declaration No 478

This written declaration commits only the members who have signed it

1.       Reminding that, due to the pressure and terror against the Serbs, the ethnically motivated military offensives of 1995 in particular – entire territories were ethnically cleansed of the Serbs.

2.       Regretting that Croatia, ten years later, has not enabled the expelled Serbs to return and enjoy their human rights, resulting in small number returnees so far.

3.       Stressing that in 1990 Croatia was a state of the Croats and the Serbs as its equal constituent peoples and that the Croatian Parliament, violating its own Constitution, by a vote of Croatian ethnic deputies only, changed the status of the Serbs to national minority.

4.       Fully respecting the PACE Opinion No. 195 (1996) and Resolution 1089 (1996) and the ECHR, the undersigned members strongly appeal to the Croatian Government to stick to its international responsibility and take all necessary measures to enable the Serbs to retrieve their status, full authority and individual and collective rights and freedoms and call the Assembly to urge Croatia to implement the CoE, EU and UN standards.

Signed: ¹

NIKOLIC, Tomislav, Serbia and Montenegro, NR
BOJOVIC, Božidar, Serbia and Montenegro, EPP/CD
CHERNYSHENKO, Igor, Russian Federation, EDG
EXNER, V�clav, Czech Republic, UEL
GLIGORIC, Tihomir, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SOC
GOJKOVIC, Maja, Serbia and Montenegro, NR
HOOPER, Gloria, United Kingdom, EDG
JOVAŠEVIC, Ljubiša, Serbia and Montenegro, EPP/CD
KOLESNIKOV, Victor, Russian Federation, EDG
KOVALEV, Nikolay, Russian Federation, EDG
MELNIKOV, Ivan, Russian Federation, UEL
MILICEVIC, Ljiljana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD
MILOJEVIC, Goran, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EPP/CD
MOKRY, Vladimir, Russian Federation, EDG
NAGHDALYAN, Hermine, Armenia, ALDE
NAROCHNITSKAYA, Natalia, Russian Federation, UEL
OSKINA, Vera, Russian Federation, EDG
OSTROVSKY, Alexey, Russian Federation, NR
RUSTAMYAN, Armen, Armenia, SOC
RUŽIC, Branko, Serbia and Montenegro, SOC
ŠAMI, Zoran, Serbia and Montenegro, EPP/CD
SLUTSKY, Leonid, Russian Federation, SOC
SOBKO, Sergey, Russian Federation, UEL/GUE
TODOROVIC, Dragan, Serbia and Montenegro, NR
TOROSYAN, Tigran, Armenia, EDG
ZHIRINOVSKY, Vladimir, Russian Federation, NR
ZIUGANOV, Guennady, Russian Federation, UEL
ŽIŽIC, Zoran, Serbia and Montenegro, SOC

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Total = 28

¹     SOC: Socialist Group
       EPP/CD: Group of the European People’s Party
       ALDE: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
       EDG: European Democratic Group
       UEL: Group of the Unified European Left
       NR: not registered in a group