OSCE Mission to Croatia
OSCE Mission to Croatia was the field mission of the
History
The mission was supposed to last until the 1999 and it consisted of 280 international personnel (including 120 police monitors) and 320 national staff deployed in twenty field offices and three regional coordination centers as well as the
Along the Zagreb headquarters mission was operating from three co-ordination Centres in Vukovar, Sisak and Knin and 14 field offices.[2] In the region of former Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia mission operated the Police Monitoring Group in the 1998-2000 period but close it down in September 2000 due to the stable security situation in Croatia and notably in the Danube region.[2]
On 21 December 2007, the OSCE Permanent Council decided to close the OSCE Mission to Croatia, on 31 December 2007, and keeping only an OSCE Office in Zagreb.[4] This office was closed on 17 January 2012.[5] Croatia became full member state of NATO in 2009 and European Union in 2013.
See also
- United Nations Civilian Police Support Group
- High Commissioner on National Minorities
- Human rights in Croatia
- Breakup of Yugoslavia
- Croatian War of Independence
- Kosovo Verification Mission
- OSCE Minsk Group
References
- ^ Human Right Watch. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ OSCE& Umeå University. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "United Nations Security Council Resolution 1120". undocs.org. United Nations Security Council. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Multilateral Relations: OSCE Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Republic of Croatia and OSCE". www.mvep.hr. Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Croatia). Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "OSCE Office in Zagreb (closed)". www.osce.org. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Retrieved 26 April 2017.