Agreement on Succession Issues

• Coming into Force: 02 June 2004
• Citation: UNTS v. 2262 (p.251)
• Date of Conclusion: 29 June 2001
• Registration Date: 02 June 2004
• Registration Number: 40296
• Type of Document: Multilateral
• Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Participants: Bosnia & Herzegovina,Croacia,None,Eslovenia,The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)

No.

40296

Multilateral

Agreement

on

Succession Issues

(with

annexes).

Vienna,

29

June

2001

Entry

into

force:

2

June

2004,

in

accordance

with

article

12

(1)

which

reads

asl/lows:

"(1)

This

Agreement

shall

enter

into.force

thirly

days

after

the

deposit

ofthe

fifth

instrument

of

ratification.

The

Depositary

shall noti/;

the

successor

States,

and

the

Office

of

the

High

Representative,

of

the

date

of enty

into

force.

(2)

Notwithstanding

paragraph

(1)

of

this

Article,

Article

4 (3)

of

the

Agreement,

Article

5

of

Annex

A,

Articles

I

and

5-6

of'Annex

B,

and

Article

6

oj

and

the Appendix

to,

Annex

C,

shall

be

provisionally

applied after

the

date

of

signature

ofthis

Agreement,

in

accordance

with

their

terms."

(see

following

page)

Authentic

text:

English

Registration

with

the

Secretariat

of

the

United

Nations:

ex

officio,

2

June

2004

Multilateral

Accord

sur

les

questions

de

succession

(avec

annexes). Vienne,

29

juin

2001

Entree

en

vigueur

:

2juin

2004,

conformnunent

at

paragraphe

1

de

Particle

12

qui

se lit

comme

suit

:

"(1)

Cet

Accord

entrera

en

vigueur

trentejour

apr~s

le

d~p6t

du

cinquinme

instrument

de

ratification.

Le

D~positaire

notifiera

les

Etats successeurs,

et

le

Haut

Reprsantant,

de

la

date d'entree

en

vigueur.

(2)

Nonobstant

les

dispositions

du

paragraphepremier

de

cet

article,

l'alinka

3

de

l'article

4

de

I'Accord,

Particle

5

de

l'Annexe

A,

les

articles

prenier

et 5-6 de l'Annexe

B,

et

l'article

6

de, et

I'Appendice

am,

Annexe

C,

seront appliques

provisoirement

aprs

la

date

de la

signature

de

cet

Accord,

confornziment

b

leurs dispositions."

(voir

la

page

suivante)

Texte

authentique

:

anglais

Enregistrement aupr~s

du

Secretariat

des

Nations

Unies

:

d'office,

2juin

2004

Volume

2262,

1-40296

Participant

Bosnia

and

Herzegovina

Croatia

Slovenia

The

Former

Yugoslav

Republic

of

Macedonia

Yugoslavia

Participant

Bosnie-Herz~govine

Croatie

Ex-R~publique

yougoslave

de

Mac~doine

Slov~nie

Yougoslavie

Ratification

15

May

2002

3

May 2004

21

Aug

2002

6

Mar

2002

10

Oct

2002

Ratification

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mai

2002

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mai

2004

6

mars

2002

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2002

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AGREEMENT

ON

SUCCESSION

ISSUES

Bosnia

and

Herzegovina,

the

Republic

of

Croatia,

the

Republic

of

Macedonia,

the

Re-

public

of

Slovenia

and the

Federal

Republic

of

Yugoslavia,

being

in

sovereign

equality

the

five

successor

States

to

the

former

Socialist

Federal Republic

of

Yugoslavia,

Mindful

of

the

need,

in

the

interests

of

all

successor

States and

their

citizens

and

in the

interests

of

stability

in

the

region

and

their

mutual

good

relations,

to

resolve

questions

of

State

succession

arising

upon

the

break-up

of

the

former Socialist

Federal

Republic

of

Yu-

goslavia,

Having

held

discussions

and

negotiations

under

the

auspices

of

the

International

Con-

ference on

Former

Yugoslavia

and

the

High

Representative

with

a

view

to

identifying

and

determining

the

equitable

distribution

amongst

themselves

of

rights,

obligations, assets

and

liabilities

of

the

former

Socialist

Federal

Republic

of

Yugoslavia,

Acting

within

the

framework

of

the

mandate

given

to the

High

Representative by

the

Decision

of

the

Peace

Implementation

Conference

held

in

London,

8-9

December

1995,

and

in

the

light

of

agreements between

the

successor

States

and

the

Declarations adopted

by

the

Peace

Implementation

Council

and

its

Steering

Board,

Bearing

in

mind the

acknowledgement

by the

Security Council

in

its

Resolution

1022

(1995)

of

the

desirability

of

a

consensual

solution

to

outstanding

succession

issues,

Confirming

the

decision

reached

on

10

April

2001

concerning

the

distribution

of

the

former

SFRY's

assets

held

at

the

Bank

for International

Settlements

(the

text

of

which

de-

cision

is

appended

to

this

Agreement),

Demonstrating

their

readiness

to

co-operate

in

resolving

outstanding succession

issues

in

accordance

with

international

law,

Have

agreed

as

follows:

Article

I

For

the

purposes

of

this

Agreement

"SFRY"

means

the

former Socialist

Federal

Re-

public

of

Yugoslavia.

Article

2

Each

successor

State

acknowledges

the

principle

that

it

must

at

all

times

take

the

nec-

essary

measures

to

prevent

loss,

damage

or

destruction

to

State

archives,

State

property

and

assets

of

the

SFRY

in

which,

in

accordance

with

the

provisions

of

this

Agreement,

one

or

more

of

the

other

successor

States

have

an

interest.