Serb National Council
Serbian National Council - National Coordination Council of the Serbian National Minority in the Republic of Croatia | |
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| Abbreviation | Serb National Council |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Union of Serbian Organizations |
| Formation | 1997 |
| Type | Umbrella organization |
| Legal status | Elected political, advisory, and coordinating umbrella organization |
| Purpose | Protection of interests and rights of Serbs in Croatia |
| Headquarters | Gajeva 7, Zagreb |
Region served | Croatia |
Official language | Croatian Serbian |
President | Boris Milošević |
Secretary | Branko Jurišić |
| Website | snv.hr |
The Serb National Council (Serbo-Croatian: Српско народно вијеће, Srpsko narodno vijeće) is an elected political, consulting and coordinating body which acts as a form of self-government and autonomous cultural institution of the Serbs of Croatia in matters regarding civil rights and cultural identity. The council's main focuses are human, civil and ethnic rights, as well the issues regarding identity, participation and integration of Serbs into the Croatian society. Since 2000 the council is a member of the Federal Union of European Nationalities.
The body was established as the national coordination of the Serb community in Croatia in 1997, in the aftermath of the Croatian War of Independence. The legal basis for its establishment was extracted from the 1995 Erdut Agreement which ended the conflict in the Eastern Slavonia, Baranja, and Western Syrmia by granting rights on cultural autonomy in exchange for peaceful reintegration. Serb National Council network consists of 94 regional and local (municipal or town) councils with a total of 1,581 councillors. They are elected every four years at the National Minorities Councils and Representatives Elections.