Resolution of the First World Forum of Rusyn Youth

The World Forum of Rusyn Youth, which met in Prešov on 8 June 2003, makes the following Resolution:

  1. Young Rusyns will propagate their activities through radio, television, the Internet and other media.

  2. The World Council of Rusyn Youth (WCRY) will support the efforts of Rusyns in Subcarpathia towards the official recognition of the Rusyn nationality in Ukraine.

  3. The WCRY will direct its attention towards regulation of the legal statute of Ruska Bursa, and towards its return to its legal owners.

  4. The WCRY will support the efforts of Greek Catholics in Slovakia towards the establishment of a bishopric for Rusyns and will actively protest the Slovakization of the Eastern Rite.

  5. The WCRY will support cooperation among all Rusyn organizations in the Vojvodina.

  6. The next meeting of the WCRY will take place in the context of the second World Rusyn Summer Camp, from 22 to 25 August 2003 in the village of Komloška, Hungary.

  7. The next, second, World Forum of Rusyn Youth will take place in the context of the XIII World Congress of Rusyns in 2005 in Krynica, Poland.

Originally printed in Outpost Dispatch, Issue 0, 23 August 2003