Resolution : 35th Panepirotic Convention. Options

[Hellenic]

Conference on the situation of the Greek minority in Albania

EU MUST STOP ASSOCIATION STABILISATION PROCES AGREEMENT WITH ALBANIA

The Panepiriotic Convention urges to USA, EU and Greece to have under strong observation Albania, about the Rights of the Greek minority in Albania. The Panepiriotic Convention, calls EU to romp the stabilisation proces with Albania, still the greek minority to be lived with civil and politic rigths.

“We call on the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and all international organizations to demand that Albania fulfill all its international obligations to ethnic Greeks in Northern Epiros and throughout Albania. We call on European representatives negotiating with Albania to forge a framework for its eventual integration in Europe to freeze negotiations until the Albanian government fulfills the E.U.’S demand to take accurate measure of minorities in the country. We call on the Albanian government to enhance its full acceptance in the community of responsible nations by restoring its full Greek Minority all educational, religious, political, linguistic and cultural rights due them under bilateral and international agreements signed by its representatives since the country was created in 1913 including the right to declare their ethnic and religious affiliation in a census monitored by international observers. We call on the Albanian government to finally honor the 1935 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice to allow ethnic Greeks to educate their children in their mother tongue whenever they live. We call on the Greek government to raise a strong voice in international organizations for the rights of ethnic Greeks in Albania and to do everything in its power to help Greeks from Northern Epiros working in Greece to return to their homes by providing economic assistance that will allow them to earn their livelihood in their native region and maintain its identity. We call on the Greek Parliament to adopt a resolution that it will not approve Albania’s membership in the European Union unless it first grants all rights to the ethnic Greek Minority in the country starting with an accurate measure of its members.

Ôï øÞöéóìá, ôï ïðïßï õéïèÝôçóå ôï 35ï ÓõíÝäñéï, Ý÷åé ùò åîÞò: «Ôá ìÝëç ôçò ÐáíçðåéñùôéêÞò Ïìïóðïíäßáò ÁìåñéêÞò, óõíåëèüíôá êáôÜ ôï 35ï äéóåíéáýóéï åèíéêü ôïõò óõíÝäñéï óôï Ãïýóôåñ ôçò Ìáóá÷ïõóÝôçò 65ç åðÝôåéï áðü ôçí éäñýóåùò ôçò Ïìïóðïíäßáò ôïõò, õéïèÝôçóáí ôï áêüëïõèï áíáêïéíùèÝí:
Êáëïýìå ôéò ÇíùìÝíåò Ðïëéôåßåò, ôçí ÅõñùðáúêÞ ¸íùóç êáé ôá ÇíùìÝíá ¸èíç êáé üëïõò ôïõò Äéåèíåßò Ïñãáíéóìïýò íá áðáéôÞóïõí áðü ôçí Áëâáíßá íá åêðëçñþóåé ôéò äéåèíåßò ôçò õðï÷ñåþóåéò ðñïò ôïõò ¸ëëçíåò ôçò Âïñåßïõ Çðåßñïõ êáé üëçò ôçò Áëâáíßáò.
Êáëïýìå ôïõò Åõñùðáßïõò áíôéðñïóþðïõò, ïé ïðïßïé äéáðñáãìáôåýïíôáé ìå ôçí Áëâáíßá ãéá ôï ðëáßóéï ôçò ìåëëïíôéêÞò ôçò Ýíôáîçò óôçí Åõñþðç íá ðáãþóïõí ôéò äéáðñáãìáôåýóåéò Ýùò üôïõ ç ÁëâáíéêÞ êõâÝñíçóç åêðëçñþóåé ôçí áðáßôçóç ôçò ÅõñùðáúêÞò ¸íùóçò íá ðñïâåß óå áêñéâÞ áðïãñáöÞ ôùí ÌåéïíïôÞôùí óôç ÷þñá.
Êáëïýìå ôçí áëâáíéêÞ êõâÝñíçóç íá åðáõîÞóåé ôçí ïëïêëçñùôéêÞ ôçò áðïäï÷Þ óôçí êïéíüôçôá ôùí õðåýèõíùí åèíþí, áðïêáèéóôþíôáò óôçí åëëçíéêÞ åèíéêÞ ìåéïíüôçôá üëá ôá åêðáéäåõôéêÜ, èñçóêåõôéêÜ ðïëéôéêÜ, ãëùóóéêÜ êáé ðïëéôéóôéêÜ
äéêáéþìáôá, ôá ïðïßá ôçò áíÞêïõí ëüãù ôùí äéìåñþí êáé äéåèíþí óõìöùíéþí ðïõ õðåãñÜöçóáí áðü ôïõò áíôéðñïóþðïõò ôçò áðü ôçí äçìéïõñãßá ôçò ÷þñáò ôï 1913, óõìðåñéëáìâáíïìÝíïõ êáé ôïõ äéêáéþìáôïò
íá äçëþíïõí ôçí åèíéêÞ êáé èñçóêåõôéêÞ ôïõò ôáõôüôçôá óå áðïãñáöÞ ðëçèõóìïý, ç ïðïßá èá åðéâëÝðåôáé áðü äéåèíåßò ðáñáôçñçôÝò.
Êáëïýìå ôçí áëâáíéêÞ êõâÝñíçóç íá ôéìÞóåé åðß ôÝëïõò ôçí ãíþìç ôïõ Äéåèíïýò Äéêáóôçñßïõ ôïõ 1935 íá åðéôñÝøåé óôïõò Åëëçíåò íá åêðáéäåýïõí ôá ðáéäéÜ ôïõò óôçí ìçôñéêÞ ôïõò ãëþóóá.
Êáëïýìå ôçí åëëçíéêÞ êõâÝñíçóç íá åãåßñåé äõíáìéêÜ ôçí öùíÞ ôçò óôïõò äéåèíåßò Ïñãáíéóìïýò ãéá ôá äéêáéþìáôá ôçò ÅëëçíéêÞò ÅèíéêÞò Ìåéïíüôçôáò óôçí Áëâáíßá êáé íá êÜíåé ôá ðÜíôá åí ôù ìÝôñù ôùí äõíÜìåþí ôçò íá âïçèÞóåé ôïõò ¸ëõíåò áðü ôçí Âüñåéï ¹ðåéñï ïé ïðïßïé åñãÜæïíôáé óôçí ÅëëÜäá íá åðéóôñÝøïõí óôá óðßôéá ôïõò ðáñÝ÷ïíôÜò ôïõò ïéêïíïìéêÞ âïÞèåéá ç ïðïßá èá
ôïõò åðéôñÝøåé íá êåñäßæïõí ôá ðñïò ôï æçí óôç äéêÞ ôïõò ðåñéï÷Þ êáé íá äéáôçñÞóïõí ôçí ôáõôüôçôÜ ôïõò. Êáëïýìå ôçí ÂïõëÞ ôùí ÅëëÞíùí íá õéïèåôÞóåé øÞöéóìá, ôï ïðïßï äåí èá åðéêõñþíåé ôçí Ýíôáîç ôçò Áëâáíßáò óôçí ÅõñùðáúêÞ ¸íùóç åÜí äåí áðïäþóåé ðñþôá üëá ôá äéêáéþìáôá óôçí åëëçíéêÞ åèíéêÞ ìåéïíüôçôá, áñ÷ßæïíôáò ìå áêñéâÞ áðïãñáöÞ ôùí ìåëþí ôçò.
Óôïí ÷áéñåôéóìü ôïõ ï Ìçôñïðïëßôçò Âïóôüíçò åßðå üôé «êáôÜãåóôå áðü ôüðï ìáñôýñùí êáé çñþùí, áðü ãç ìåãÜëùí åõåñãåôþí ôïõ ¸èíïõò. Ïé ìåãáëýôåñïé åõåñãÝôåò ôçò åëëçíéêÞò Ðáéäåßáò, åíôüò êáé åêôüò ôçò ÅëëÜäïò, Þôáí Çðåéñþôåò. Ôçí ðáñáêáôáèÞêç áõôÞ ôçò ðñïóöïñÜò ôçò ìáñôõñßáò êáé ôùí áãþíùí íá ôçí êëçñïäïôÞóåôå óôá ðáéäéÜ êáé óôá åããüíéÜ óáò» êáé ôüíéóå ðùò «üëïé ìáò ðñÝðåé íá åßìáóôå õðåñÞöáíïé ãéá ôçí åëëçíéêÞ ìáò êáôáãùãÞ».
Ìéëþíôáò ãéá ôï Âïñåéïçðåéñùôéêü, åßðå üôé «èá ðñÝðåé íá ìÜèïõìå êáé íá ìç îå÷Üóïõìå ðïôÝ ôçí éóôïñßá» êáé ôüíéóå ðùò «äåí ðñÝðåé íá îå÷Üóïõìå ðïôÝ ôïí áåßìíçóôï Ìçôñïðïëßôçò Êïíßôóçò Óåâáóôéáíü êáé ôïõò áãþíåò ôïõ. Äåí ðñÝðåé
íá îå÷Üóïõìå åêåßíïõò, ïé ïðïßïé åßäáí ôéò åêêëçóßåò ôïõò íá ãßíïíôáé êéíçìáôüãñáöïé êáé áðïèÞêåò.
Äåí ðñÝðåé íá îå÷Üóïõìå êáìßá ìÜíá, éäéáßôåñá ôéò ìÜíåò ðïõ åßäáí ôá ðáéäéÜ ôïõò íá õðïöÝñïõí êáé íá öõëáêßæïíôáé åðåéäÞ ôüëìçóáí íá ìéëÞóïõí ÅëëçíéêÜ».