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The 1948 Belgrade Danube Conference was a significant diplomatic event that addressed navigation and control of the Danube River in the post-World War II period. Here are the key aspects:
The conference took place from July 30 to August 18, 1948, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. It resulted in the Belgrade Convention regarding the regime of navigation on the Danube, which established new rules for river transport and management.
Key outcomes:
- Created a new Danube Commission to oversee river navigation
- Established the principle of free navigation on the Danube
- Gave riparian states (countries along the Danube) primary control over their sections
- Excluded non-riparian powers from direct management of the river
- Set up regulations for maintenance of bridges and other infrastructure
Participating countries included:
- Yugoslavia (as host)
- Soviet Union
- Bulgaria
- Romania
- Hungary
- Czechoslovakia
- Ukraine
- Austria
Western powers (US, UK, France) participated but ultimately rejected the final convention, viewing it as giving too much control to Soviet-aligned states. This conference reflected the growing Cold War divisions, with Yugoslavia still aligned with the Eastern bloc at this point (before the Tito-Stalin split later in 1948).
Since this information is about a specific historical diplomatic conference, while I aim to be accurate, you may want to verify these details against other sources.
