on 7 january 1992, the serb members of the prijedor municipal assembly and the presidents of the local municipal boards of the serbian democratic party proclaimed the assembly of the serbian people of the municipality of prijedor and implemented secret instructions that were issued earlier on 19 december 1991. the ""organisation and activity of organs of the serbian people in bosnia and herzegovina in extraordinary circumstances"" provided a plan for the sds take-over of municipalities in bih, it also included plans for the creation of crisis staffs. milomir stakić, later convicted by icty of mass crimes against humanity against bosniak and croat civilians, was elected president of this assembly. ten days later, on 17 january 1992, the assembly endorsed joining the serbian territories of the municipality of prijedor to the autonomous region of bosnian krajina in order to implement creation of a separate serbian state on ethnic serbian territories.