WPC 1l$ʊ|%c޺X60?z'y|hѵt6ls`Ke8^7j<{[VevˮQ@+prXxN3E0#?IM-| D0q@ocGo Fh ,Z-saPϹ/#rʴ9L*Ӻ9WF!Ęg4 _w%]m4WkuVz8z4zP1A}}k^ &J)o`h-I*Ix29*H6Ox(?ʢA|ph3?m`P9M'WDWXiy2o 8ڊ:{apuO:6ä 0C1%*CF^q] .PaB+0"z ea8aCśU.}ݐ[s5<ܦ||ea}e^ߚ%t+:`16<&*m;*pm?#UN % 0:^ w'4+?N mPNgg 0SiHP Officejet 6500 E710n-z (Network)0(@ Z6Times New Roman RegularX($UKUS.,Fs> UW=wpd33|xU<  :Normal (Web)    !UKUS.,  _ XXUSUK.,  8XXdd8CROATIA#XX@#   q CRC   UK.,US.,_ RESERVATIONSANDDECLARATIONS     (Unlessotherwiseindicated,thereservationsanddeclarationsweremadeuponratification, t  accessionorsuccession)USUK., `  Reservation: 8    "TheRepublicofCroatiareservestherightnottoapplyparagraph1ofarticle9oftheConvention `  sincetheinternallegislationoftheRepublicofCroatiaprovidesfortherightofcompetent L  authorities(_Centres_ԀforSocialWork)todetermineonseparationofachildfromhis/herparents 8  withoutapreviousjudicialreview."UK.,US.,USUK., $  sNote     On26May1998,theGovernmentofCroatiainformedtheSecretary-Generalthatithaddecidedto  withdrawitsreservationmadeuponsuccessioninrespecttoarticle9,paragraph1ofthe p Convention.Thereservationreadasfollows: \ "TheRepublicofCroatiareservestherightnottoapplyparagraph1ofarticle9oftheConvention 4 sincetheinternallegislationoftheRepublicofCroatiaprovidesfortherightofcompetent  p authorities(_Centres_ԀforSocialWork)todetermineonseparationofachildfromhis-herparents  \ withoutapreviousjudicialreview." H UK.,US.,<(Note25,ChapterIV.11,MultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral) 4   *****   Note        t  TheformerYugoslaviahadsignedandratifiedtheConventionon26January1990and3January l! 1991,respectively,withthefollowingreservation: t݌ X"  Ќ              Reservation:  ݌ 0$" Ќ   "Thecompetentauthorities(wardauthorities)oftheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslaviamay, &X!$ underarticle9,paragraph1oftheConvention,makedecisionstodepriveparentsoftheirrightto &D"% raisetheirchildrenandgivethemanupbringingwithoutpriorjudicialdeterminationinaccordance '0#& withtheinternallegislationoftheSFRofYugoslavia." ($'   Seealsonotes1under"BosniaandHerzegovina","Croatia","formerYugoslavia","Slovenia","The *%) FormerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia"and"Yugoslavia"inthe"HistoricalInformation"section +&* _inthefrontmatterof[theelectronicversiononthewebsiteoftheMultilateralTreatiesDeposited  withtheSecretaryGeneral;http://treaties.un.org/pages/HistoricalInfo.aspx].    [Ed.note:Note1underCroatiaisasfollows: t   Croatia L    Note1. $ t 0  Inaletterdated27July1992,receivedbytheSecretary-Generalon4August1992and  L  accompaniedbyalistofmultilateraltreatiesdepositedwiththeSecretary-General,the  8  GovernmentoftheRepublicofCroatianotifiedthat:$ (#(# 0  "[TheGovernmentof]8theRepublicofCroatiahasdecided,basedontheConstitutional   DecisiononSovereigntyandIndependenceoftheRepublicofCroatiaof25June,1991and   theDecisionoftheCroatianParliamentinrespectoftheterritoryoftheRepublicofCroatia,   byvirtueofsuccessionoftheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslaviaof8October,1991, p tobeconsideredapartytotheconventionsthatSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslavia \ anditspredecessorstates(theKingdomofYugoslavia,FederalPeople'sRepublicof H Yugoslavia)wereparties,accordingtotheenclosedlist.4(#(# 0  Inconformitywiththeinternationalpractice,[theGovernmentoftheRepublicofCroatia]  \ wouldliketosuggestthatthistakeeffectfrom8October,1991,thedateonwhichthe H RepublicofCroatiabecameindependent."4(#(# 0  Seealso formerYugoslaviain[the"HistoricalInformation"sectionintheelectronic   versiononthewebsiteoftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral;  http://treaties.un.org/pages/HistoricalInfo.aspx.Forthetextinbayefsky.com,see  ReservationsandDeclarations,Yugoslavia].(#(# 0  ForinformationonthetreatmentoftreatyactionsbypredecessorStatesandsuccessor X  Statesinthestatustables,seePartC,"Statustables"ofthe"Introduction"to[theelectronic D! versiononthewebsiteUSUK.,ԀoftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral;UK.,US., 0"  http://treaties.un.org/pages/HistoricalInfo.aspx]].#l!(#(# (Note3,ChapterIV.11,MultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral) $X"     USUK., |*%)  UK.,US.,USUK.,OBJECTIONSMADETOOTHERSTATESPARTIESRESERVATIONSAND   DECLARATIONS UK.,US.,V  Note `     On28January1997,theGovernmentofYugoslaviainformedtheSecretary-Generalthatithad 8  decidedtowithdrawthereservationmadebyYugoslaviauponratificationoftheConventionwhich $ t readsasfollows:  ` Reservation:  8  "Thecompetentauthorities(wardauthorities)oftheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslaviamay,   underarticle9,paragraph1oftheConvention,makedecisionstodepriveparentsoftheirrightto   raisetheirchildrenandgivethemanupbringingwithoutpriorjudicialdeterminationinaccordance   withtheinternallegislationoftheSFRofYugoslavia."   Inthisregard,theSecretary-Generalreceivedon28May1997,fromtheGovernmentofSlovenia, \ thefollowingcommunication: H "[TheGovernmentofSlovenia]wouldliketoexpressitsdisagreementwiththecontentofthe  p [notificationbythedepositaryconcerningthewithdrawalofthereservation].TheStatewhichin  \ 1991notifieditsratificationofthe[saidConvention]andmadethereservationwastheformer H SocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SFRY)buttheStatewhichon28January1997notified 4 thewithdrawalofitsreservationwastheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(FRY).Inthatconnection   the[GovernmentofSlovenia]wouldliketodrawattentiontotheresolutionsoftheSecurityCouncil   (757,777)andtheGeneralAssembly(47-1),allfrom1992,whichstatedthat`thestateformerly  knownastheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslaviahasceasedtoexist"andtotheopinionofthe  ArbitrationCommissionoftheUN-ECConferenceontheformerYugoslaviathat"theFederal  RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro)isanewStatewhichcannotbeconsideredthesole l successortotheSFRY.' X  The[said]notificationisthereforeincorrectandmisleadingsinceitiserroneouslysuggestingthat 0"  theStatewhichwouldliketowithdrawthereservationisthesamepersonunderinternationallaw #l! astheStatewhichmadethereservation.ItisbelievedthattheSecretary-Generalshouldbeprecise $X" inmakingreferencestoStatesPartiestointernationalagreementsinrespectofwhichheperforms $D # depositaryfunctions.ThereforeitistheopinionoftheGovernmentoftheRepublicofSloveniathat %0!$ thewithdrawalofthereservationmadebytheGovernmentoftheFRYcannotbeconsideredvalid, &"% sinceitwasmadebyaStatethatdidnotmakethereservation.TheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia '#& should,asoneofthesuccessorStatesoftheformerSFRY,notifyitssuccessionifitwishestobe (#' consideredaPartytotheConvention." )$( _  |*%) Subsequently,on3and4Juneand10October1997,respectively,theSecretary-Generalreceived   fromtheGovernmentsofCroatia,BosniaandHerzegovinaandtheformerYugoslavRepublicof  Macedonia,communications,identicalinessence,mutatismutandis,astheonemadebySlovenia.  [Ed.note:seeabove] t On12March2001,theGovernmentofYugoslavianotifiedtheSecretaryGeneralofitsintentto L  succeedtotheConventionandconfirmedthewithdrawalofthereservationmadebytheformer 8  Yugoslaviamadeuponratification.Seealsonotes1regarding"BosniaandHerzegovina","Croatia", $ t "formerYugoslavia","Slovenia","TheFormerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia"and"Yugoslavia"  ` inthe"HistoricalInformation"sectioninthefrontmatterof[theelectronicversiononthewebsite  L  oftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral;  8  http://treaties.un.org/pages/HistoricalInfo.aspx][Ed.note:fortextofNote1,seeNoteimmediately $  above.]   (Note_48,_ԀChapterIV.11,MultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral)   D