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{{Politics of Republika Srpska}}A referendum on remaining in Yugoslavia was held in the parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina with a significant Serb population on 10 November 1991.Bosnien-Herzegowina, serbischer Teil, 10. November 1991 : Unabhängige Serbische Republik in Bosnien-Herzegowina Direct Democracy The referendum was organised by the Bosnian Serb Assembly and asked two questions; to Serbs it asked:{{blockquote|Do you agree with the decision of Assembly of the Serbian people in Bosnia and Herzegovina of October 24, 1991, that the Serbian people should remain in a common Yugoslav state with Serbia, Montenegro, the SAO Krajina, SAO Slavonija, Baranja and Western Srem, and with others who have come out for remaining?Steven L Burg & Paul S Shoup (2000) The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention M.E. Sharpe, p74}}Non-Serbs were asked:{{blockquote|Are you agreed that Bosnia and Herzegovina, as an equal republic, should remain in a common state of Yugoslavia with all others who take this position?}}It was approved by 98% of voters, and Republika Srpska was subsequently established on 9 January 1992.

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Remaining of all Serbs in Yugoslavia

1,161,146

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2.00

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1,550,000

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Approved}}

Bosnia-Herzegovina to remain in Yugoslavia	48,845			{{Yes2|Approved}}

Source: Direct Democracy

Aftermath

The Bosnian government declared the referendum unconstitutional.{{sfn|Nettelfield|2010|p=67}} It later held a nationwide independence referendum between 29 February and 1 March 1992, which was in turn boycotted by most of the Serbs.Prosecutor v. Karadžić – Judgement, 24 March 2016, p. 20. Steven L. Burg and Paul S. Shoup interpreted the question in the plebiscite, which asked voters to stay in a "common state with Serbia, Montenegro, the SAO Krajina, SAO Slavonija, Baranja and Western Srem, and Serb Autonomous Regions" as promoting, in effect, a Greater Serbia.{{sfn|Burg|Shoup|2015|p=107}}

References

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Books

• BOOK, Burg, Shoup, Steven L., Paul S., Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention: Crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1990-93: Crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Routledge, 9781317471011, 2015,weblink
• BOOK, Nettelfield, Lara J., 2010, Courting Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 978-0-521-76380-6,weblink 2010002815,

Other

• WEB, ICTY-Karadzic, Prosecutor vs. Radovan Karadžić – Judgement, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 26 March 2016,weblink

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