Editing Yugoslavia (section)

===Succession, 1992–2003===
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As the [[Yugoslav Wars]] raged through Bosnia and Croatia, the republics of Serbia and Montenegro, which remained relatively untouched by the war, formed a [[rump state]] known as the [[Serbia and Montenegro|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] (FRY) in 1992. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia aspired to be a sole [[succession of states|legal successor]] to the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]], but those claims were opposed by the other former republics. The United Nations also [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 777|denied its request to automatically continue the membership of the former state]].<ref name="mpil.de">{{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.mpil.de/shared/data/pdf/pdfmpunyb/wood_1.pdf|title=Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law|chapter=Participation of Former Yugoslav States in the United Nations|pages=241–243|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613083054/http://www.mpil.de/shared/data/pdf/pdfmpunyb/wood_1.pdf|archive-date=13 June 2010}}</ref> In 2000, Milošević was prosecuted for atrocities committed in his ten-year rule in Serbia and the Yugoslav Wars.<ref name=":0" />&nbsp;Eventually, after the [[overthrow of Slobodan Milošević]] from power as president of the federation in 2000, the country dropped those aspirations, accepted the opinion of the [[Badinter Arbitration Committee]] about shared succession, and reapplied for and gained UN membership on 2 November 2000.<ref name="EBRD Country Promotion Programme"/> From 1992 to 2000, some countries, including the United States, had referred to the FRY as ''Serbia and Montenegro''<ref name="Serbia and Montenegro">1999 [[The World Factbook|CIA World Factbook]]: [http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact99/265.htm Serbia and Montenegro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917015632/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact99/265.htm |date=17 September 2011 }}</ref> as they viewed its claim to Yugoslavia's successorship as illegitimate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cia.gov:80/cia/publications/factbook/sr.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816214535/http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/sr.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 August 2000|title=CIA – The World Factbook 1999 – Serbia and Montenegro|date=16 August 2000|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref> In April 2001, the five successor states extant at the time drafted an [[Agreement on Succession Issues of the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dipublico.com.ar/english/yugoslav-agreement-on-succession-issues-2001/ |title = Yugoslav Agreement on Succession Issues (2001) |access-date = 14 June 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526192918/http://www.dipublico.com.ar/english/yugoslav-agreement-on-succession-issues-2001/ |archive-date = 26 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Successor agreement">{{cite journal|journal = International Legal Materials|volume = 41|issue = 1|pages = 3–36|jstor = 20694208|year = 2002|doi = 10.1017/s0020782900009141|title = Agreement on Succession Issues Between the Five Successor States of the Former State of Yugoslavia|last1 = Arthur|first1 = Watts|s2cid = 165064837}}</ref> Marking an important transition in its history, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was officially renamed [[Serbia and Montenegro]] in 2003.<ref name="Yugoslavia name change">{{cite web |title=Name Change of Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/01/22/04-1354/name-change-of-yugoslavia-to-serbia-and-montenegro |website=Federal Register |publisher=National Archives & Records Administration of the United States Government |access-date=27 March 2025 |date=22 January 2004}}</ref>

According to the Succession Agreement signed in Vienna on 29 June 2001, all assets of former Yugoslavia were divided between five successor states:<ref name="Successor agreement"/>

{|class="sortable wikitable"
! [[List of sovereign states|Name]]
! [[Capital city|Capital]]
! [[National flag|Flag]]
! [[Coat of arms]]
! Declared date of independence
! [[Member states of the United Nations|United Nations membership]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/member-states/ |title=Member States |publisher=United Nations |access-date=29 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627130318/http://www.un.org/en/member-states/ |archive-date=27 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[Serbia and Montenegro|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]{{efn|Later renamed to [[Serbia and Montenegro]] in 2003.|name=}}
|[[Belgrade]]
|[[File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg|70px|border]]
|[[File:Coat of arms of Serbia and Montenegro.svg|40px]]
|{{dts|27 April 1992}}{{efn|Date of the proclamation of the FR of Yugoslavia.|name=}}
|{{dts|1 November 2000}}{{efn|Membership succeeded by [[Serbia]] on {{dts|3 June 2006}}.|name=}}
|-
|[[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
|[[Sarajevo]]
|[[File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1998).svg|border|70px]]
|[[File:Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1998).svg|40px]]
|{{dts|3 March 1992}}
|{{dts|22 May 1992}}
|-
|[[Croatia|Republic of Croatia]]
|[[Zagreb]]
|[[File:Flag of Croatia.svg|70px|border]]
|[[File:Coat of arms of Croatia.svg|40px]]
|{{dts|25 June 1991}}
|{{dts|22 May 1992}}
|-
|[[North Macedonia|Republic of Macedonia]]{{Efn|Name changed to the Republic of North Macedonia in 2019 as a result of the [[Prespa Agreement]].}}
|[[Skopje]]
|[[File:Flag of Macedonia (1992–1995).svg|70px|border]]
|[[File:Coat of arms of Macedonia (1946-2009).svg|40px]]
|{{dts|8 September 1991}}
|{{dts|8 April 1993}}
|-
|[[Slovenia|Republic of Slovenia]]
|[[Ljubljana]]
|[[File:Flag of Slovenia.svg|70px|border]]
|[[File:Coat of arms of Slovenia.svg|40px]]
|{{dts|25 June 1991}}
|{{dts|22 May 1992}}
|}