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24.4.2010. Subcarpathian Ruthenians
held two Congresses: meeting of the 5th European National Congress
of the Subcarpathian Ruthenians and the 2nd World Congress of
the Subcarpathian Ruthenians.
In
April 24, 2010, in Svaliava in the Republic of Subcarpathian
Rus took place regular ceremonial meetings
of the 5th European National Congress of the Subcarpathian Ruthenians
and the 2nd World ([Svitovy]) Congress of the Subcarpathian Ruthenians
timed to 207th anniversary of the birth of A. Duhnovich.
There was adopted a number of important documents,
in particular:
a) An appeal to the world community about the threat of destructionof
the Ruthenian people;
b) An appeal to the European Court of Human Rights;
a) Confirmation of codifying the Ruthenian language as from 2002,
for the Subcarpathian Ruthenians to introduce the Ruthenian language
in the list of languages protected
under the "European
Charter for Regional or Minority Languages."
There were also elected representatives to
the World Council of Subcarpathian Ruthenians ([Svitova Rada
PR]).
Full
text of the adopted documents:
Commemorative meeting of the 5th European National Congress of the Subcarpathian
Ruthenians, April 24, 2010, timed to the day of 207-th anniversary
of the birth of A. Duhnovich.
Resolution of the 5th European National Congress of Subcarpathian
Ruthenians
In April 24, 2010 in Svaliava in Subcarpathian Ruthenia took
place the fifth regular European National Congress of Subcarpathian
Ruthenians.
The guests-delegates of the 2nd World Congress of Subcarpathian
Ruthenians also attended it.
The preamble to the resolution of 5-th ENCSR
Subcarpathian Ruthenians were declared an
independent nation 90 years ago (according to the Law 10 of Hungary,
they gained the right to self-determination, confirmed by the
international community (Versailles from June 28, 1919, Saint-Germaine
from September 10, 1919, and the Treaty of Trianon of 1920).
Of the entire world's Ruthenians, only Subcarpathian Ruthenians
formed a political nation and created an autonomous national
state within Hungary (1918) and Czechoslovakia (1919-1946).
Under international law, once granted to the people, the right
to self-determination is indefeasible and inalienable (until
the representatives of the people are still alive).
With the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Republic of
Subcarpathian Ruthenia, (as well as Poland in 1945), regained
its status in accordance with international law.
In 1991, Ruthenians, exercising their right to self-determination,
expressed on the referendum on December 1, made a decision to
join Ukraine with the status of territorial autonomy.
However, already for 19 years, the will of the Ruthenian people
is being ignored by Ukraine. Moreover, the Ruthenians are being
discriminated against on grounds of nationality, subjected
to political repressions and prosecution by the "Orange" political
regime in particular. In this situation, Ruthenians have to
use all the means and methods, available to them, in order
to defend their right to exist.
Within 19 years, Ruthenians successfully developed vital decisions
and documents, with help of a broad range of experts to discuss
them. The most important of them are Ruthenian National Conception,
Subcarpathian Ruthenian economic doctrine, the codification
of language.. There were published books, newspapers, political
declarations, memoranda and decisions of the representatives
of the Ruthenian organizations and the Government of the Subcarpathian
Ruthenia.
Of all the accepted documents, the priority theme in the talks
at any level is the issue of recognition of the reconstructed
in 1991 pre-Soviet status of the Republic of Subcarpathian
Ruthenia, which occurred with the dissolution of the USSR and
in accordance with the will of the people, expressed on the
referendum of Dec.1, 1991.
The fact of termination of the reign of the Soviet Union, which
annexed the Ruthenian state on 29.06.45 and 22.01.46 is not
questionable.
Instead of recognizing the rights and freedoms of the Ruthenian
people, during the years of independence Ukraine have been
pursuing a policy of imperceptible deportation of the indigenous
population "to
work" abroad, carried out the mass felling of woods, created the preconditions for
the flow of illegal migration and settling of migrants in the
region, contaminated the soil with imported toxic substances,
continued massive impoverishment of the majority of the population
of the province. The official Kiev, ignoring the will of the
people of this region, demonstrated its complete failure to
ensure security, civil and political rights and the normal
life of people in the "territory of the Ruthenians."
In recent years, despite the change in the higher echelons of
political power in Ukraine, prosecution of the Ruthenian movement
continues.
Based on the foregoing, the Ruthenians, delegates to the 5th
European National Congress of the Subcarpathian Ruthenians, made
the following decisions:
1. To verify the solutions of all four previous Ruthenian European
Congresses.
2. To re-appeal to the authorities of the EU, Russia, France,
Germany and the United States to act as guarantees for the settlement
of the issue of salvation of the Ruthenian nation in Ukraine,
their language and culture, from the looming threat of destruction.
3. Such a settlement can be achieved through political recognition
of the re-established in 1991 pre-Soviet national status of
the Ruthenians - Subcarpathian Ruthenia, which was destroyed
by the Bolshevik totalitarian regime.
4. To note that the dissolution of the USSR, and later Czechoslovakia,
is undeniable and the results of the referendum of Dec. 1, 1991
on the autonomy of Transcarpathia in the new Ukraine are legitimate.
They were confirmed by the public and the Ruthenian Congresses.
Therefore, the formal political opposition to peaceful implementation
of civil rights and freedoms of members of the Ruthenian nation
by Kiev fall under the crime against humanity and against the
Ruthenian people in Ukraine.
5. To confirm codification of the Subcarpathian Ruthenian language,
which is based on grammar by I.. Garayda of 1941, and codification
of grammar adopted by the Soym of the SR in 2002 (collective
work of linguists led by Archpriest D. Sidor).
6. To formally appeal to the appropriate organization about inclusion
of the Ruthenian language in the list of languages that fall
under the European Charter on the protection of the regional
languages.
7. To legitimize the use of the Ruthenian dictionary by M. Gritsak,
I. Petrovtsi, J. Chory, I. Kerch, D. Pop, M. Almashi, Archpriest
D. Sidor, M. Grad, B. Padyak, works of the Ruthenian writers
and poets I. Petrovtsi, V. Molnar, I. Kalinichev, V. Sochcka,
M. Kemin, I. Sitar, A. Dalida, D. Keshelya, R. Pishchalnikov
etc.
8. To appeal in various courts: a) The refusal and resistance
of the Ukrainian authorities of peaceful implementation of the
referendum of Dec. 1, 1991, as the people's political expression.
b) The criminal "Plan
of actions" of 1996, aimed at the destruction of the Ruthenian people in their native land,
as confirmation of crimes of the Ukrainian authorities, developed
at the state level.
9. To send a resolution of the 5th ENCSR to all the mentioned
addressees.
Co-Chairs of the 5th ENCSR:
Fr. Dimytry Sidor - The Chairman of the Soym of the SR;
Mikulin Vasily Ivanovich - The Chairman of the People's Council
of Subcarpathian Ruthenia;
Secretary - Lakatos B. J. - The Chairman of the Svaliava Society
of A. Duhnovich
Svaliava, Subcarpathian Ruthenia. April 24,
2010
Commemorative meeting of the 2nd World Congress of Subcarpathian
Ruthenians (WCSR) timed to 207 anniversary of the birth of
Alexander Duhnovich, April 24, 2010, Svaliava.
Resolution of the 2nd World ([Svitovy]) Congress
of Subcarpathian Ruthenia (WCSR)
In April 24, 2010, in Svaliava took place another, 2nd WCSR.
It was attended by delegates of the WCSR and, as guests, delegates
of the 5th ENCSR.
Theme of the Congress was the main issue for the Subcarpathian
Ruthenians - salvation of the Ruthenian nation from elimination
in Ukraine.
The preamble to the decision of the Congress
In May 1, 2009, in Uzhgorod, extreme right-wing Ukrainian nationalists,
who came from Galicia in the six buses, disrupted a peaceful
meeting of the Ruthenians in the theatre, calling for the deportation
and elimination of the local population. In the same year,
the same transgression happened in Mukachevo during the Ruthenian
Congress. In April 2010, with the connivance of the SSU and
the Prosecutor's Office, in the region have arrived nationalists
in more than 10 buses and about 1000 young people in other
modes of transport from Galicia.
They had the intention of public demonstration to the Ruthenians,
that soon there will be ethnic cleansing by the type of Volyn
massacre. Egregious acts of vandalism, terrorism, beating people
to death, robberies at retail outlets, provocations against
the police, and riots at the stadium during the soccer match
Lvov - Uzhgorod, were apparent signs of rehearsal of future
massacres of the Ruthenians.
Ruthenian organizations repeatedly warned local authorities of
such a threat. However, the inaction of the Security Services
and Prosecutor's Office, failure to respond appropriately to
such transgressions of the extreme right Galicia, led Ruthenians
to suspicions about the involvement of intelligence services
themselves to these gross violations of human rights of people,
with the threat of a planned collision of large populations
of the two regions.
After all, they immediately instituted criminal proceedings against
the Ruthenians on the mere denunciation-letter from Ukrainian
nationalists. However, against the open expression of fascism
and vandalism of nationalists from Galicia, with their appeals
to ethnic hatred, SSU and the Prosecutor's Office did not take
any actions.
Given that the predictions of the Ruthenians on the planned threat
of destruction come true, in particular through scheduled voyages
from Galicia to the Transcarpathian region, the recognition
of the pre-Soviet status of the Republic of Subcarpathian Ruthenia
as a state, and self-preservation of the Ruthenian people,
has now become the priority for the representatives of the
Ruthenian organizations!
The 2nd WCSR made the following decisions:
I. To appeal to the world and European public - to the authorities
of the EU, U.S., Germany, the Czech Republic and Russia - with
a warning about the threat of destruction of the Ruthenian nation
in Ukraine.
II. To appeal about protection of the Ruthenian people and all
people from Transcarpathia, who in the search of work were forced
to remain abroad.
III. To reveal such a threat to all inhabitants of the Ruthenian
region, reminding them of their Civil and Political Rights and
Freedoms, violated by Ukrainian authorities.
IV. To ask the European Court of Human Rights to take into consideration
information about the Ukrainian courts that actually deny fair
trials to the Ruthenians, refuse to accept the court cases
involving discrimination and ethnocide of the Ruthenian people
and illegally excessively delay trials with a clear purpose
- to prevent the occurrence of complaints against the criminal
Ukrainian anti-Ruthenian litigation in the European Court in
Strasbourg.
V. Due to the continuing political repression and prosecutions
in early 2010, Ruthenians should reapply to the authorities
of the EU, Russia, Germany and the United States with request
to act as guarantees for settling the issue of salvation of
the Ruthenian people in Ukraine, their language and culture,
from the impending threat of destruction. This can be achieved
by recognizing the status of pre-Soviet Republic of Subcarpathian
Ruthenia, re-established in 1991.
VI. Since the facts of the demise of the Soviet Union and later
Czechoslovakia are undeniable, as well as the decision of the
referendum of Dec. 1, 1991 on the autonomy of Transcarpathia
in the new Ukraine, confirmed by the Ruthenian public and Ruthenian
Congresses, the official opposition of Kiev to peaceful realization
of the rights and freedoms of the Ruthenian nation fall under
the heading of crimes against humanity and genocide of the
people.
VII. To approve the codification of the Ruthenian language, as
decided by the 5th ECSR.
VIII. To elect the World Council of Subcarpathian Ruthenians,
WCSR as follows:
1.V. I. Dzhugan - The Chairman of the WCSR, The Chairman of the
Ruthenian Society in the Czech Republic.
2. P. I. Getsko - Honorary Co-Chair of the WCSR, Prime Minister
of the RSR.
3. I. M. Turyanitsa - Honorary Co-Chair of the WCSR, former Prime
Minister of the RSR.
4. Archpriest Dimytry Sidor, The Chairman of the Soym of the
SR, co-chair of the ENCSR.
5. V. I. Mikulin - Deputy Chairman of the WCSR, chairman of the
PCSR, co-chair of the ENCSR.
6. A. V. Gegalczij - The Chairman of the International Foundation "The
Russian Prize".
7. A. Moshkola - a member of the Ruthenian WCSR of the Czech
Republic, a member of the WCR.
8. I. Y. Petrovtsi - Deputy Chairman of the WCSR, Ruthenian writer.
9. Y. Levchak - The Chairman of the Society of the Subcarpathian
Ruthenians in Germany.
10. Anatoly Machiko - Society of the Subcarpathian Ruthenians
in Latvia.
11. Joseph Glivka - Ruthenian fraternity "Carpathian
Ruthenia" in Russia.
12. M. Lauryuk - representative of the Subcarpathian Ruthenians
in Romania.
13. Jan Lipinski - Society of the Subcarpathian Ruthenians in
Slovakia.
14. Miroslav Szilagyi - Society of the Subcarpathian Ruthenia
in Serbia and Vojvodina.
15. V. Rusnak - Society of the Subcarpathian Ruthenian in Croatia.
16. M. Dronov, honorary member of the WCSR, Club of Friends of "Carpathian
Ruthenia", Moscow.
17. M. Farkovets - The Chairman of the Society of Subcarpathian
Ruthenia in Canada.
18. Vladislav Kohan - The Chairman of the Subcarpathian Ruthenians
in Niredgaza, Hungary.
19. A. Onisko - Public Representative on Human Rights, member
of the ENCSR, Subcarpathian Ruthenia.
20. B. Y. Lakatos - The Chairman of the Svaliava Society of A.
Duhnovich.
21. Vasily Patrus - The Chairman of the Tyachiv PCSR.
22. M. Fiysa - The Chairman of the Ruthenians in Novi Sad, Vojvodina.
V. I. Dzhugan - The Chairman of the World Congress of the SR
and [Svitova Rada of the Subcarpathian Ruthenians] (World Council
of SR)
Secretary - B. Y. Lakatos
The Chairman of the Svaliava Society of A. Duhnovich, April 24,
2010
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