Corfu Declaration

Corfu Declaration

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      (July 20, 1917), statement issued during World War I calling for the establishment of a unified Yugoslav state (the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, Kingdom of)) after the war. It was signed by Premier Nikola Pašić (Pašić, Nikola) of the Serbian government-in-exile (located in Corfu) and by delegates of the Yugoslav Committee, a London-based group comprising not only Serbs but also Croats and Slovenes who, having emigrated from territories under the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, were attempting to promote South Slav unity and to gain independence from the Habsburgs. The declaration recommended the formation of a constitutional monarchy under the Karadjordjević dynasty that would guarantee equal rights for the different religious and nationality groups to be included in the union. A demonstration of solidarity among the South Slavs, it encouraged Croats fighting in the Austrian army to join the Yugoslav movement and thereby also influenced the attitude of the Triple Entente in favour of the Yugoslavs.

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