June 17, 1997

THE WORLD MACEDONIAN CONGRESS

Memorandum

We, the Macedonians, are taking this stand today here before the eyes of the world, in front of the White House, to express our most profound protest and outrage against the insidious attempts by the current government of the Republic of Macedonia, and its international mentors to deface, confuse, humiliate and undermine the distinct Macedonian ethnic, national, cultural, historical and political identity:

‑ By sponsoring the current, undemocratically elected former communist regime in the Republic of Macedonia;

‑ By admitting Macedonia into the United Nations under an unprecedented and ignominious name of F. Y. R. M.;

‑ By luring the communist regime of Macedonia into relinquishing it's national flag without the democratic consensus of the Macedonian people;

‑ By sponsoring the signing of the September 13, 1995 agreement between the Republic of Macedonia and Greece, which makes a mockery of the Macedonian national name, flag and constitution;

‑ By forcing the Macedonians in a most undemocratic and flagrant way to accept and unspeakable and unbearable national humiliation and by putting them before an ultimatum:

The current former communist regime of the Republic of Macedonia and its mentors have violated the basic tenets of the charter of the United Nations, which provide for the holiest and most noble rights of every country and its people to choose for themselves who they are, democratically, what they are, and what they want to be.

We, the Macedonians, do hereby affirm our indomitable will to defend by all democratic and civilized means, our God given right to live among the family of nations with our Macedonian identity, integrity and dignity. To this end we plead to all of the democratic and free world to support our national cause!

In the name of the national, democratic and human rights of the Macedonians