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APPENDIX I
1
1991, 1 April
Titova Korenica
Decision of the Executive Council of the Serbian Autonomous Region of Krajina on the
annexation of part of the territory of Croatia to the Republic of Serbia
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On the basis of the previous Decision on the Secession of the Serbian Autonomous
Province of the Krajina 1 from the Republic of Croatia, at its meeting held on 10 April
1991 the Executive Council of the Serbian Autonomous Province of the Krajina has
adopted the following
D E C I S I O N
on the annexation of the
Serbian Autonomous Region of Krajina to the Republic of Serbia
Article 1
Th e Serbian Autonomous Region of Krajina is herewith annexed to the Republic of
Serbia. 2
1 Th e “Serbian Autonomous Region of Krajina” (“SAO Krajina”) was founded by the rebel Serbs in Croatia on 21
December 1990. Th e so-called “Serbian National Council” and the “Executive Council of SAO Krajina enacted
on 28 February the “Resolution of Disassociation of the Republic of Croatia and SAO Krajina”. Th e Constitutional
Court of the Republic of Croatia annulled the decision of the self-styled leadership of the rebel Serbs. See:
Davor Pauković, Uspon i pad “Republike Srpske Krajine”, dokumenti (Rise and fall of the “Republic of Serbian
Krajina”, documents), CPI, Zagreb, 2005, pp. 38-40.
2 At the time the decision did not suit S. Milošević’s plans or R. Karadžić’s schemes to keep Bosnia&Herzegovina
within Yugoslavia. Th is is how Karadžić commented on the decision: “Milan (Babić) is lying. He wouldn’t listen
to anyone. His moves destroy him and aggravate the position of Serbia. He should have held a referendum on
staying in Yugoslavia rather than a referendum on annexation to Serbia. And he has been told so. I told him, and
so did Milošević and Rašković. He ignores everybody, thinks he is a genius and just carries on”. See Milošević
vs Yugoslavia; Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, Belgrade, 2004, pp. 503-504. In order to correct
the political mistake the Krajina leadership held on 12 May 1992 a referendum and “plebiscite” at which
the Serbs from Croatia were to decide on annexation to the Republic of Serbia and “staying in Yugoslavia”. See
Appendix I, doc. nos 2 and 3, Republic of Croatia and the Homeland War; documents, vol. 2, Documents of the
institutions of the rebel Serbs (1990-1991), Zagreb - Slavonski Brod 2007, doc. nos. 79,81 82, 89 and 100.
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