Slovak National Council's Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Nation

The Slovak National Council's Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Nation was a resolution of the Slovak National Council on 17 July 1992, by which members of the Council demanded Slovakia's independence. This event was part of a process, which finished with the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and creation of an independent Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

The text of the declaration in Slovak:

My, demokraticky zvolenÃ¡ SlovenskÃ¡ nÃ¡rodnÃ¡ rada,

slÃ¡vnostne vyhlasujeme,

Å¾e tisÃcroÄnÃ© Ãºsilie slovenskÃ©ho nÃ¡roda o svojbytnosÅ¥

sa naplnilo.

V tejto historickej chvÃli deklarujeme prirodzenÃ© prÃ¡vo slovenskÃ©ho nÃ¡roda na sebaurÄenie tak, ako to zakotvujÃº aj vÅ¡etky medzinÃ¡rodnÃ© dohody a zmluvy o prÃ¡ve nÃ¡rodov na sebaurÄenie.

UznÃ¡vajÃºc prÃ¡vo nÃ¡rodov na sebaurÄenie, vyhlasujeme, Å¾e aj my si chceme slobodne utvÃ¡raÅ¥ spÃ´sob a formu nÃ¡rodnÃ©ho a Å¡tÃ¡tneho Å¾ivota, priÄom budeme reÅ¡pektovaÅ¥ prÃ¡va vÅ¡etkÃ½ch, kaÅ¾dÃ©ho obÄana, nÃ¡rodov, nÃ¡rodnostnÃ½ch menÅ¡Ãn a etnickÃ½ch skupÃn, demokratickÃ© a humanistickÃ© odkazy EurÃ³py a sveta.

Touto deklarÃ¡ciou SlovenskÃ¡ nÃ¡rodnÃ¡ rada vyhlasuje zvrchovanosÅ¥ Slovenskej republiky ako zÃ¡klad suverÃ©nneho Å¡tÃ¡tu slovenskÃ©ho nÃ¡roda.

Bratislava 17. jÃºl 1992

English translation:

We, the democratically elected Slovak National Council,

solemnly declare

that the thousand years' struggle of Slovak nation for independence ("self-standing") has been fulfilled.

In this historical moment, we declare the natural right of the Slovak nation for self-determination, as embodied by all international agreements and treaties about the right of nations for self-determination.

Recognizing the right of nations for self-determination, we declare, that we also want to freely create the way and form of national and state life, while respecting the rights of everybody, all citizens, nations, national minorities, ethnic groups, the democratic and humanist legacy of Europe and of the world.

By this declaration, the Slovak National Council declares sovereignty of the Slovak Republic as a basis for a sovereign state of the Slovak nation.

Bratislava, 17 July 1992

References

Abby Innes (2001). Czechoslovakia--the Short Goodbye. Yale University Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-300-09063-5.

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