evidence: After Croatia’s declaration of independence in 1991 and rejection of the authority of the newly proclaimed Croatian State by the sizeable ethnic Serb minority in Croatia, a civil war broke out. . Following conclusion of the "Basic Agreement on the Region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium" between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the local Croatian Serb authorities in 1995, the Council continued to be involved in reintegrating the break away regions peacefully into Croatia’s legal and constitutional system, resolving territorial disputes in Prevlaka and supporting the peace process. (The Council’s involvement during 1989-1992 is covered under "Items relating to the situation in the former Yugoslavia".) [...] United Nation Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP)