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CROATIA DECLARES INDEPENDENCE
25th June 1991
Croatia held an independence
to do so by the European Community and
referendum on 19 May 1991 following the the
Croatian parliamentary elections of 1990 Cooperation in Europe through the Brioni
and the rise of ethnic tensions that led to Agreement.
the breakup of Yugoslavia. With 83
percent turnout, voters approved the
referendum, with 93 percent in favor of
independence.
Conference
on
Security
and
The war in Croatia escalated
during the moratorium, and on 8 October
1991, the Croatian Parliament severed all
remaining ties with Yugoslavia. In 1992,
Subsequently, Croatia declared the countries of the European Economic
independence and the dissolution of its Community granted Croatia diplomatic
association with Yugoslavia on 25 June recognition and Croatia was admitted to
1991, but it introduced a three-month the United Nations.
moratorium on the decision when urged