WPC &6z `߯/r|ud vEPN6j&4ȷul"{JF)FY$Q$Z2C8OOfچFզ?P]1v[N@ϸH#sZx}2tNwK: CZ"mcg&]U5TF)lOm>qVr(d>qi/-O=0Y uRQ& ߲\HPUpQ5* 9hFJ)h{hAQ|aXHK$ʄiC]̰|1H& ͥ]GH55_d= 9 n{ қ͓s y-=J)"˛1}GA!TGC}a,#UN % 0:^ w'4+?N mPNgg 0SiHP PSC 2350 seriesTT0(@ Z6Times New Roman RegularX($UKUS., 5 L5wpd33|xU<  :Normal (Web)    !UKUS.,  _ BXXUSUK.,  8XXdd8CROATIA#XXB@#   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.,<(Note_20,_ԀChapterIV.11,MultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral)USUK., 4   *****   ONote          TheformerYugoslaviahadsignedandratifiedtheConventionon26January1990and3January l! 1991,respectively,withthefollowingreservation: ݌ 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;UK.,US.,http://untreaty.un.org/ENGLISH/bible/  _englishinternetbible_/_historicalinfo.asp_USUK.,].    [Ed.note:Note1under_Craotia_Ԁisasfollows: ` UK.,US.,USUK.,  Croatia 8    Note1.  ` 0  Inaletterdated27July1992,receivedbytheSecretary-Generalon4August1992and  8  accompaniedbyalistofmultilateraltreatiesdepositedwiththeSecretary-General,the $  GovernmentoftheRepublicofCroatianotifiedthat: (#(# 0  "[TheGovernmentof]8theRepublicofCroatiahasdecided,basedontheConstitutional   DecisiononSovereigntyandIndependenceoftheRepublicofCroatiaof25June,1991and   theDecisionoftheCroatianParliamentinrespectoftheterritoryoftheRepublicofCroatia, p byvirtueofsuccessionoftheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslaviaof8October,1991, \ tobeconsideredapartytotheconventionsthatSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslavia H anditspredecessorstates(theKingdomofYugoslavia,FederalPeople'sRepublicof 4 Yugoslavia)wereparties,accordingtotheenclosedlist. p(#(# 0  Inconformitywiththeinternationalpractice,[theGovernmentoftheRepublicofCroatia] H wouldliketosuggestthatthistakeeffectfrom8October,1991,thedateonwhichthe 4 RepublicofCroatiabecameindependent." (#(# 0  Seealso formerYugoslaviain[the"HistoricalInformation"sectionintheelectronic  versiononthewebsiteUK.,US.,<USUK.,ԀoftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral;  UK.,US.,http://untreaty.un.org/ENGLISH/bible/_englishinternetbible_/_historicalinfo.asp_.Forthetext  in_bayefsky.com_,seeReservationsandDeclarations,Yugoslavia].l(#(# 0  ForinformationonthetreatmentoftreatyactionsbypredecessorStatesandsuccessor D! Statesinthestatustables,seePartC,"Statustables"ofthe"Introduction"to[theelectronic 0"  versiononthewebsiteUSUK.,ԀoftheMultilateralTreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral;UK.,US.,|USUK., #l! http://_untreaty.un.org_/ENGLISH/bible/_englishinternetbible_/_introduction.asp_Ԁ]].$X"(#(# (Note3,ChapterIV.11,MultilateralUK.,US.,TreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral)USUK., $D # UK.,US.,g USUK.,  UK.,US.,USUK., h+&*  UK.,US.,USUK.,OBJECTIONSMADETOOTHERSTATESPARTIESRESERVATIONSAND  DECLARATIONS UK.,US.,=USUK.,  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-_EC_ԀConferenceontheformerYugoslaviathat"theFederal  RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro)isanewStatewhichcannotbeconsideredthesole l successortothe_SFRY_.' X  The[said]notificationisthereforeincorrectandmisleadingsinceitiserroneouslysuggestingthat 0"  theStatewhichwouldliketowithdrawthereservationisthesamepersonunderinternationallaw #l! astheStatewhichmadethereservation.ItisbelievedthattheSecretary-Generalshouldbeprecise $X" inmakingreferencestoStatesPartiestointernationalagreementsinrespectofwhichheperforms $D # depositaryfunctions.ThereforeitistheopinionoftheGovernmentoftheRepublicofSloveniathat %0!$ thewithdrawalofthereservationmadebytheGovernmentoftheFRYcannotbeconsideredvalid, &"% sinceitwasmadebyaStatethatdidnotmakethereservation.TheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia '#& should,asoneofthesuccessorStatesoftheformer_SFRY_,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;UK.,US.,http://untreaty.un.org/  8  ENGLISH/bible/_englishinternetbible_/_historicalinfo.asp_USUK.,]UK.,US.,-[Ed.note:fortextofNote1,seeNote $  immediatelyabove.]   (Note_41,_ԀChapterIV.11,MultilateralUSUK.,TreatiesDepositedwiththeSecretaryGeneral)UK.,US.,.   3