25.08.2009. Ruthenian National Conception (RNC) as a legal framework and guide to action for Subcarpathian Ruthenians as a political nation in the coming period.

RNC was adopted by the First World Congress of Subcarpathian Ruthenians in Prague- Pardubice in 2009, and supported by the Third European National Congress of Subcarpathian Ruthenians in Mukachevo in 2009.

Preamble

1. The Republic of Subcarpathian Ruthenia, as a subject of international law, had the status of a National Republic as a part of Czechoslovakia from September 1919 to November 1945 (the interim National Assembly of Czechoslovakia ratified the deed “On Transcarpathian Ukraine“), and was recognized by the international community.

2. Eighteen years of anti-Ruthenian policy of the Ukrainian regime made an obvious a threat to the preservation of indigenous Ruthenian people with their national and ethnic entity in the province. That was ignoring the results of the referendum of December 1, 1991, as well as violation of the rights and freedoms of Ruthenians, and their accelerated Ukrainization and forced assimilation (recorded with the relevant UN committee in August 2007).

3. [Soym] (National Assembly) of the Subcarpathian Ruthenians adopted and approved the Ruthenian national economic doctrine in 2008.

4. Second European Congress of Subcarpathian Ruthenians regained pre-Soviet status of the Republic of Subcarpathian Ruthenia in October 25, 2008 in Mukachevo. The Act came into force on 1 December 2008, with full inaction of the Transcarpathian Regional Council.

5. WCSR (World [Svitovy] Congress of Subcarpathian Ruthenians) in May 2009 adopted and approved this document - the Ruthenian National Conception, (thereafter RNC). This document is currently the legal basis for further action of Subcarpathian Ruthenians as a political nation.

Ruthenian national conception

1. RNC provides a clear, coherent political objective - the formation of maternal Ruthenian State - the Republic of Subcarpathian Ruthenia, by re-establishing its pre-Soviet status and recognition by other nations of the world.

2. Maternal Ruthenian State would be created for the Subcarpathian Ruthenians and all indigenous peoples living in the territory of the Ruthenians to the south of the Carpathians, and all scattered around the world Subcarpathian Ruthenians, expelled from their land through their "quiet deportation" to work abroad (due to the economical situation in the State at present).

3. RNC is the basic document and guide to action for Subcarpathian Ruthenians, who have formed in the political nation 90 years ago, and preserved their identity despite of being part of the seven States with seven foreign State languages throughout their history, and currently suffering in Ukraine a direct threat of ethnocide and discrimination with clear signs of genocide.

4. RNC contains specific domestic and foreign components in its policies.

5. RNC is drawn to all Ruthenians worldwide, living both inside and outside the constitutional territory of Subcarpathian Ruthenia: Subcarpathian (in scattering), Bachvanian, Priashevan, Hungarian, Maramorosh and Lemkies-Rusyns from Lemkovina, for international support and recognition of the right of Subcarpathian Ruthenians to recreate their pre-Soviet (until 1945) status.

6. RNC is formed in accordance with the international law, and based on 90 years of nation building of Subcarpathian Ruthenians. This journey began with the autonomous [Russka Krajna], established in December 21, 1918, and autonomous Subcarpathian Ruthenia, established and approved by the 57 nations of the world at the time of the signing of St. Germaine peace treaty in September 10, 1919. The status of Subcarpathian Ruthenia, abrogated by Stalin in 1945, was officially restored by the historic decision of the Second European Congress of Subcarpathian Ruthenians in October 25, 2008, with full inaction of the Transcarpathian Regional Council.

7. RNC could be acknowledged or denied, but there is no room for any kind of partial acceptance or delay, while the Ruthenian nation faces threat to death because of the apparent genocide.

8. RNC contains a strategic objective for the Ruthenian nation, formed according to the legal framework, and recognized by the international community in the early 20th century, according to the rights of indigenous people to self-determination under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from 13 September 2007, in particular, the following laws:

Article 3.1. “Indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development”.

Article 5. “Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their specific political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions“.

Article 18.1. ” Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in decisions on matters which may affect their rights, through representatives chosen by themselves in accordance with their own procedures, as well as to maintain and develop their own decision-making institutions”.

9. RNC also takes into account inter-confessional relations in Subcarpathian Ruthenia, urging the representatives of religious denominations to the joint solutions to common problems, including those inherited from the Soviet Union and Ukraine.

10. RNC takes into account the threat to the Ruthenian nation and the great damage already caused to the Ruthenian national state building by the following:

a) The Galician illegal migrants from Poland, and the terrorists from Carpathian Sich, who in 1938-1939 attempted with the help of Nazi Germany and the secret services ([Abver]), the seizure of political power and coup d'etat in the Subcarpathian Ruthenia.

b) The governing authority ( Communists), who came to power in the Ruthenian region from 1945 to 1991, and continued their "work" on ethnic destruction of the Ruthenian nation in the USSR.

c) The official Kyiv, who continued an ethnic destruction and abuse of the rights of the Ruthenian nation by the authorities and their agencies, the Security Services since 1991.

11. RNC is counting on support from the public, and the authorities of Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the European Council, the Russian Federation and the rest of the democratic world.

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