Resolution
The Pan-Macedonian Association of the USA in a duly convened meeting at its 65th National Convention held from May 26 to 30, 2011 in Worcester, MA, decided the following:
1. We shall never accept, for the country of The FYROM, any name that will include the term Macedonia or any of its derivatives. We urge the Greeks to investigate the pitfalls and potential damage to Greece of accepting a potential official name of The FYROM any name that includes the term Macedonia or any of its derivatives.
2. The Pan-Macedonian Association expects from the Greek Government, the Political Leadership of Greece, the United States Government, and the rest of the International Community that the final agreed upon name of the country of The FYROM, should clearly differentiate the residents of that country from us, the Macedonians.
3. The name Macedonia is unquestionably a historical and cultural heritage of Greece. The history of Macedonia and particularly its name are NOT NEGOTIABLE and as a paternal legacy cannot be ceded to third parties.
4. The permanent name of the country of The FYROM should express its multiethnic composition and thus shall permit all its inhabitants to co-exist peacefully.
5. We demand that the people of Hellenic origin residing in The FYROM be accorded all their human rights.
6. The Macedonian identity is historically and culturally Hellenic. We do not accept any concept of a “Macedonian” ethnicity and “Macedonian” language.
7. It is our sacred duty to continue our struggle for the rights of Macedonia. History demands it.
8. In the event that the final agreed upon name of the FYROM includes the term “Macedonia” or its derivatives, should be ratified by a referendum by the Greek people.
9. The final agreed upon name of the FYROM should be reflected in its constitution.
10. We fully support the existence of a country north of Greece with the interim name of The FYROM. We support its efforts to join the EU and NATO, provided its final official name does not include the term “Macedonia” or its derivatives. Further, we harbor no animosity or any ill feelings towards its citizens or its Diaspora. Furthermore we expect good neighboring relations as an additional criterion for its Euro-Atlantic integration.
DECLARATION
The Pan-Macedonian Association of the USA in a duly convened meeting at its 65th National Convention held from May 26 to 30, 2011 at Worcester, MA declares the following:
1. We demand that the continuous irredentist propaganda emanating from The FYROM, including the falsification of the Hellenic heritage of Macedonia, stops immediately.
2. We shall never accept an Orthodox Church with the term “Macedonia” or its derivatives in its name.
3. We oppose the use of the name Republic of “Macedonia” in any legal document within the Hellenic Republic, or by Hellenic interests worldwide.
4. We express our gratitude to the 371 scholars of Greco/Roman Antiquity from around the world for their declaration of historical truth regarding Macedonia.
5. The Greek Parliament should not ratify any agreement for the admission of the FYROM into NATO or the European Union under any name that includes the term “Macedonia” or its derivatives.
6. We agree with the decision of the Greek Political Leaders of 1992, which excluded the name of Macedonia or any of its derivatives from any future official name of “The FYROM”. Any other change of that decision must go through a referendum.
7. We condemn terrorism in all of its forms.
8. Turkey must respect the territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus, which is a full EU member. Turkey must immediately remove all its occupation troops, it must remove the illegal settlers who were brought to Cyprus from the mainland of Turkey, return all properties to the rightful owners and make all due reparations to the Cypriots.
9. We regard the continued discriminatory acts, rules, and policy of Turkey towards the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, a violation of freedom of religion which is inconsistent with that country’s aspirations to become a member of the European Union. We demand the reopening of the Theological School of Halki, the restoration of the confiscated property of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the respect for the property rights of Hellenes in Constantinople. The recent decision by the Turkish Supreme Court rejecting the ecumenicity of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople is contrary to European Union Laws.
10. We demand recognition by the U.S.A. and Turkish governments of the genocides against the Armenians, Assyrian and the Hellenes of which the majority were the Pontian Greeks.
11. We condemn the continuous violations of the Greek territorial space by Turkey.
12. We demand the Republic of Bulgaria returns the Holy Relics that were removed from the monasteries of Drama and Serres.
13. We demand that the United Kingdom returns the Parthenon Marbles to the place of their origin.
14. The Kalash of the northern Himalayan region of the Hindu Kush Mountains of Pakistan are Hellenic descendants of the armies of Alexander the Great. The Kalash Indigenous people have sustained their ancient culture and traditions since the 4th century B.C., yet they are in danger of extinction. Being our Hellenic Macedonian brothers and sisters, we support their efforts to sustain their ethnic values and identity.
15. We support the Kalash proposal to “Bring the Glory Back” which is, to apply the rule of Law of Alexander the Great, as the guideline for the Security Council of the United Nations”.
16. The retrieval of remains of Greek soldiers, who fell in the battlefield during WWII battles in the mountains of Northern Epirus, is not an economic transaction, but a humanitarian issue and our national duty. The road of Albania to the European Union requires the Respect of Human, Political, Cultural, Religious and Educational Rights of the Greek minority.
17. The Albanians should cease all propaganda regarding the Chams if Albania is to proceed in its European integration.
18. We are questioning the relationship between the Turkish Lobby in the US and the UMD.
