DOCUMENT: UNPOSCAN.TXT Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization UNPOGA4/1995/4 RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNREPRESENTED NATIONS AND PEOPLES ORGANIZATION FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Fifth Session The Hague, 20-26 January, 1995 General Assembly Resolution 4 RESOLUTION ON THE RECOGNITION OF THE REGIONAL BORDERS OF SCANIA The General Assembly, RECOGNISING that Sweden now has become a member of the European Union and now is attempting to divide Sweden into regions within the structures of the regional policy of the European Union; CONCERNED about Sweden's attempts to divide the historical region of Scania into different parts and add some of these parts to adjoining regions; CONCERNED that Sweden's activities in dividing the Scanian territory will cause further serious identity problems among the Scanian people; NOTING that UNPO has stood behind peoples who have worked for the protection of the right to self-determination within their ancestral territories; THEREFORE, EXPRESSES its concern about the Swedish Government's attempts to divide and split the territory of Scania in the present European Union implementation process. APPEALS to the European Union Commission not to accept irrational regional division proposals from the Swedish Government. VOWS to continue its support for the Scanian people in its struggle for recognition. ************ OFFICE OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY Javastraat 40A 2585 AP The Hague The Netherlands Tel: + 31 70 360 33 18 Fax: + 31 70 360 33 46 email: unponl@antenna.nl AMERICAS COORDINATION OFFICE 444 North Capitol Street Suite 846 Washington DC 20001-1570 United States Tel: + 1 202 637 0475 Fax: + 1 202 637 0585 email: unposf@igc.apc.org TARTU COORDINATION OFFICE Tiigstr. 78-117 EE 2400 Tartu Estonia Tel. + 372 7430 805 Fax: + 372 7430 805 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: -= THE FOURTH WORLD DOCUMENTATION PROJECT =- :: :: A service provided by :: :: The Center For World Indigenous Studies :: :: www.cwis.org :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Originating at the Center for World Indigenous Studies, Olympia, Washington USA www.cwis.org © 1999 Center for World Indigenous Studies (All Rights Reserved. References up to 500 words must be referenced to the Center for World Indigenous Studies and/or the Author Copyright Policy Material appearing in the Fourth World Documentation Project Archive is accepted on the basis that the material is the original, unoccupied work of the author or authors. Authors agree to indemnify the Center for World Indigenous Studies, and DayKeeper Press for all damages, fines and costs associated with a finding of copyright infringement by the author or by the Center for World Indigenous Studies Fourth World Documentation Project Archive in disseminating the author(s) material. In almost all cases material appearing in the Fourth World Documentation Project Archive will attract copyright protection under the laws of the United States of America and the laws of countries which are member states of the Berne Convention, Universal Copyright Convention or have bi-lateral copyright agreements with the United States of America. Ownership of such copyright will vest by operation of law in the authors and/or The Center for World Indigenous Studies, Fourth World Journal or DayKeeper Press. The Fourth World Documentation Project Archive and its authors grant a license to those accessing the Fourth World Documentation Project Archive to render copyright materials on their computer screens and to print out a single copy for their personal non-commercial use subject to proper attribution of the Center for World Indigenous Studies Fourth World Documentation Project Archive and/or the authors. Questions may be referred to: Director of Research Center for World Indigenous Studies PMB 214 1001 Cooper Point RD SW Suite 140 Olympia, Washington 98502-1107 USA 360-754-1990 www.cwis.org usaoffice@cwis.org OCR Software provided by Caere Corporation