which conclusively confirmed that five sovereign equal successor states were formed upon the dissolution of the former SFR Yugoslavia. It entered into force on 2 June 2004 when the last successor state ratified it. The agreement was signed as an umbrella agreement which included annexes on diplomatic and consular properties, financial assets and liabilities, archives, pensions, other rights, interests and liabilities as well as private properties and acquired rights. At the subsequent dissolution of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro (one of the five successor states) two countries agreed on Serbian sole succession of rights and obligations of their federation. Examples Serbia, successor state to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (earlier claim to SFR Yugoslavia succession dropped in 2000) The Islamic Republic of Iran, successor state to the Imperial State of Iran The Republic of Indonesia, the current successor state of the Dutch East Indies Sudan, the reduced state after the creation of South Sudan. Predecessors of sovereign states in Africa Predecessors of sovereign states in Asia Predecessors of sovereign states in North America Predecessors of sovereign states in South America Predecessors of sovereign states in Europe Predecessors of sovereign states in Oceania See also Comparative history International law Translatio imperii Universal history Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties State continuity of the Baltic states Timeline of historical geopolitical changes Peaceful transition of power Odious debt Rump state References Bibliography Burgenthal/Doehring/Kokott: Grundzüge des Völkerrechts, 2. Auflage, Heidelberg 2000 External links European Journal of International Law – State Succession in Respect of Human Rights Treaties Wilfried Fiedler: Der Zeitfaktor im Recht der Staatensukzession, in: Staat und Recht. Festschrift für Günther Winkler, Wien, 1997. P. 217–236. Wilfried Fiedler: Staatensukzession und Menschenrechte, in: B. Ziemske u.a. (Hrsg.), Festschrift für Martin Kriele, München 1997. P. 1371–1391 Draft Articles on Nationality of Natural Persons in relation to the Succession of States with commentaries (1999) - Published online on 5 August 2011 Historiography International law