BASIC AGREEMENT ON THE REGION 
OF EASTERN SLAVONIA, BARANJA AND WESTERN SIRMIUM 

 
 
 
    The Parties agree as follows: 
 
    1. There shall be a transitional period of 12 months which may be extended 
at  
most to another period of the same duration if so requested by one of the 
parties. 
 
    2. The U.N. Security Council is requested to establish a Transitional  
Administration, which shall govern the Region during the transitional period in 
the  
interest of all persons resident in or returning to the Region. 
 
    3. The U.N. Security Council is requested to authorize an international 
force  
to deploy during the transitional period to maintain peace and security in the 
Region  
and otherwise to assist in implementation of this Agreement. The Region shall be
 
demilitarized according to the schedule and procedures determined by the  
international force. This demilitarization shall be completed not later than 30 
days  
after deployment of the international force and shall include all military 
forces,  
weapons, and police, except for the international force and for police operating
under  
the supervision of, or with the consent of, the Transitional Administration. 
 
    4. The Transitional Administration shall ensure the possibility for the 
return  
of refugees and displaced persons to their homes of origin. All persons who have
left  
the Region or who have come to the Region with previous permanent residence in  

Croatia shall enjoy the same rights as all other residents of the Region. The  
Transitional Administration shall also take the steps necessary to reestablish 
the  
normal functioning of all public services in the Region without delay. 
 
    5. The Transitional Administration shall help to establish and train 
temporary  
police forces, to build professionalism among the police and confidence among 
all  
ethnic communities. 
 
    6. The highest levels of internationally-recognized human rights and  
fundamental freedoms shall be respected in the Region. 
 
    7. All persons have the right to return freely to their place of residence 
in the  
Region and to live there in conditions of security. All persons who have left 
the  
Region or who have come to the Region with previous permanent residence in 
Croatia  
have the right to live in the Region. 
 
    8. All persons shall have the right to have restored to them any property 
that  
was taken from them by unlawful acts or that they were forced to abandon and to 
just  
compensation for property that cannot be restored to them. 
 
    9. The right to recover property, to receive compensation for property that 

cannot be returned, and to receive assistance in reconstruction of damaged 
property  
shall be equally available to all persons without regard to ethnicity. 
 
    10. Interested countries and organizations are requested to take appropriate
 
steps to promote the accomplishment of the commitments in this Agreement. After 
the  
expiration of the transition period and consistent with established practice, 
the  
international community shall monitor and report on respect for human rights in 
the  
Region on a long-term basis. 
 
    11. In addition, interested countries and organizations are requested to  
establish a commission, which will be authorized to monitor the implementation 
of  
this Agreement, particularly its human rights and civil rights provisions, to  
investigate all allegations of  violations of this Agreement, and to make 
appropriate  
recommendations. 
 
    12. Not later than 30 days before the end of the transitional period, 
elections  
for all local government bodies, including for municipalities, districts and 
counties,  
as well as the right of the Serbian community to appoint a joint Council of  
municipalities, shall be organized by the Transitional Administration. 
International  
organizations and institutions (e.g. the organization for Security and 
Cooperation in  
Europe, the United Nations) and interested states are requested to oversee the  

elections. 
 
    13. The Government of the Republic of Croatia shall cooperate fully with the
 
Transitional Administration and the international force. During the transitional
 
period the Croatian Government authorizes the presence of international monitors
 
along the international border of the Region in order to facilitate free 
movement of  
persons across existing border crossings. 
 
    14. This Agreement shall enter into force upon the adoption by the U.N.  
Security Council of a resolution responding affirmatively to the requests made 
in this  
Agreement. 
 
DONE  this Twelfth day of November, 1995. 
SIGNED: 
 
 
Milan Milanovic                 Hrvoje Sarinic 
Head, Serb Negotiating Delegation       Head, Croatian Government 
Delegation 
 
 
WITNESSED: 
 
Peter W. Galbraith              Thorvald Stoltenberg
United States Ambassador            United Nations Mediator 
 
 
Thorvald Stoltenberg                Peter W. Galbraith 
United Nations Mediator             United States Ambassador