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Sirmium

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Sirmium (sûr`mēəm), ancient city of Pannonia Pannonia (pănō`nēə)
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. The site is near modern Sremska Mitrovica, NW Serbia. Sirmium was unimportant until occupied late in the 1st cent. B.C. by the Romans in the conquest of Pannonia. It was prominent later, especially in the 3d and 4th cent. A.D., and became the chief city of Lower Pannonia.

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While more detailed accounts are available elsewhere of the reasons for the success of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES), as opposed to the failures of the earlier missions in Croatia, namely the United Nations Protective Force (UNPROFOR) and the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia (UNCRO), we share here some general reflections on our overall experience as a host country.
On 15 January 1998, the mandate of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) - established in January 1996 to provide security and create the conditions necessary for the maintenance of the multi-ethnic character of the region - expired, and authority over the region was returned to the sovereign control of the Government of Croatia.
In his report of 2 October on the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES), Secretary-General Kofi Annan observed that Croatia had made "significant achievements in formal and technical aspects, such as the reintegration of State institutions", adding that full implementation of agreements and commitments could be achieved quickly through appropriate action by the Croatian Government.
 
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