CHAPTER TWO States
2.2 Shifting State Infrastructure
New State: In May 2006, Montenegro's referendum resulted in just over 55% of the population voting for
independence from Serbia. Montengro thus reqacquired its independence after an 88-year hiatus. The European
Union required a vote of at least 55%, as a condition for secession from what was the remaining portion of the
former Yugoslavia.

ADDITIONAL INTERNET RESOURCES
UN Membership website: http://www.un.org/Overview/unmember.html
Gerhard Hafner, Marcelo G. Kohen, Susan Breau (eds.), State Practice Regarding State Immunities (Leiden:
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2006)