Editing Yugoslav Committee (section)

==Geneva Declaration==
{{main|Geneva Declaration (1918)}}
[[File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2010-0420-501,_Anton_Korosec.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|[[Anton Korošec]] represented the [[National Council of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs]] in the Geneva conference]]

In the process of the [[dissolution of Austria-Hungary]], following the monarchy's military defeat in 1918, the [[State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs]] was proclaimed in the South Slavic-inhabited lands of the former empire. The new state was governed by the Croat-Serb Coalition-dominated National Council,{{sfn|Banac|1984|p=127}} which authorised the Yugoslav Committee to speak on behalf of the Council in international relations.{{sfn|Matijević|2008|p=50}} In late October 1918, the Croatian Sabor declared the end of ties with Austria-Hungary and elected the president of the National Council, Slovene politician [[Anton Korošec]], to the new position of President of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.{{sfn|Ramet|2006|pp=42–43}}

Trumbić and Pašić met again in November in [[Geneva]], where they were joined by Korošec and representatives of Serbian opposition parties, to discuss unification. At the conference, Pašić was isolated and ultimately compelled to recognise the National Council as an equal partner to the Serbian government. Trumbić obtained agreement from the other conference participants on the establishment of a common government, in which the National Council and the Government of Serbia would appoint an equal number of ministers to govern a common confederal state.{{sfn|Banac|1984|pp=124–128}} Pašić consented after receiving a message from the [[President of France]] [[Raymond Poincaré]] stating he wished Pašić to come to an agreement with the representatives of the National Council.{{sfn|Janković|1964|pp=246–247}} In return, the National Council and the Yugoslav Committee agreed to a speedy unification, and signed the [[Geneva Declaration (1918)|Geneva Declaration]].{{sfn|Banac|1984|pp=134–135}}

A week later, prompted by Pašić, the Serbian government renounced the declaration, saying it limited Serbian sovereignty to its pre-war borders. The Vice President of the National Council, [[Croatian Serb]] politician [[Svetozar Pribićević]], supported the repudiation of the Geneva Agreement and swayed the National Council against the position negotiated by Trumbić. Pribićević persuaded the Council members to proceed with unification and accept that the details of the new arrangements would be decided afterwards.{{sfn|Banac|1984|pp=124–128}}