At this 10th Congress of the IRU will show our unity and also will serve as a good opportunity to review and to bring a proposal Resolution which will raise the reputation and the respect of amongst the Romani and the non Roma people, and we will deepen the democracy and the legitimacy of the IRU. The Congress will have discussions regarding the plans of the implementation for the Electronic Internet Voting System which should be implemented at the IRU Congress which is planned to be held in 2020.
The new President is the Delegate from Macedonia Mr. Zoran Dimov, his deputies are the Delegates Ms. Jasmina Ahmetaj from Slovenia, Agush Demirovski from Switzerland, Ajten Berlafa from Finland and Gerard Linder from Poland. The new General Secretary of the IRU is Mr. Ramush Muarem and the new Treasurer of the IRU is Mr. Veli Husein from Croatia. The new President of the IRU Parliament is Mr. Stevo Balog from Austria , while as the Vice Presidents of the IRU Parliament are Ms. Angelica Mashtakova from Italy and Stefan Kuzhicov from Sweden.- Details
For the regular 12th IRU Congress, everything is ready. Yesterday and today the delegates and guests of IRU who will be part of this Congress arrived through the international airport in Skopje. The number of IRU members and guests present is expected to be around 100 from over 55 countries around the world. The main activities related to the Congress will be on April 4 and 5, with the organization of several panel discussions and the participation of a large number of panelists. Also on the last day of the Congress will be the election of the new leadership of the IRU, such as the President and other positions in the IRU.
A significant number of high-ranking European and other officials will be part of the IRU Congress, while some will be involved via ZOOM or by already sending their video messages to all the guests present. Some of the guests will be our national officials, as well as part of the diplomatic corps in our country.
Within the framework of the 12th IRU Congress, a cultural program will be organized, and at the same time, on April 4, the closing ceremony of the 22nd Film Festival "Golden Wheel 2024" and the announcement of the best films will take place in the MKC.
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On the occasion of International Roma Day, which will be celebrated on April 8, on March 30, 2023 – Thursday from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., a round table was held in the Paul-Henri SPAAC building, organized by MEP Livia Jaroca.
The discussions took place in the European Parliament, in room SPAAK 6B1. The purpose of the round table was to celebrate Roma culture, history and art together with all relevant representatives such as Roma politicians, researchers and artists.
The round table was held in two sessions. The first part was a discussion on a proposal for a resolution on the situation of the Roma in Europe at the initiative of the IRU.
In this part, IRU President Zoran Dimov had his own discussions and speeches, then MEP Livia Jaroka, MEP Peter Polak, Bernadette Varga, an expert on Roma health policy.
In this part of their discussions, in addition to the president of IRU Zoran Dimov, other IRU delegates and members such as: Sumi Yusuke, Tore Jarl Bielenberg, Atma Singh, Nadir Redzepi, Verandra Rishi, Admir Ismanovski and Durmish Kjazim as IRU delegate and artist. This resolution from the IRU will be given as an official document by the IRU and to the European Parliament on April 8, the International Roma Day.
In the second part of the session there was a discussion about art, Roma identity in art, life stories with Bari Janó painter, sculptor, Bódi Barbara painter, artist-educator, sociologist, Farkas Attila painter, Ferkovics József painter, graphic artist, Gaudi Márton painter, sculptor, Kállai Gilda painter, Jancsó Zoltán painter, Jakab Krisztián painter, Orsósné Rácz Gyöngyi painter, graphic artist, Ráczné Kalányos Gyöngyi painter, illustrator and Vári Zsolt painter.
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Povodom dana 11.03.2023 izjave gradonačelnika Beograda Aleksandra Šapića o integraciji Roma, svoju reakciju i Protesnu notu šalje I Internacionlna Romska Unija - IRU u ime svih njenih 70 članova I delegata iz 50 zemalja iz celog sveta.
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The International Roma Union - IRU and its president Zoran Dimov, and all IRU delegates who are more than 60 from 50 countries sent an appeal to the UN, the European Union, international organizations, associations of the Roma diaspora and all international actors to urgently help the Roma, as well as to other vulnerable citizens of Turkey in the area of seismic movements (earthquake).
According to the IRU, the delegate from the Republic of Turkey Kemal Vural Tarlan with his organization Kırkayak Kültü from Gaziantep states that the exact number of dead and injured is not yet known, but it is known that about 200,000 Roma lived in the area of the ten threatened cities.
Their houses have been destroyed and it is appealed, except for the Roma, to help everyone. IRU deeply believes in and supports good relations between Turks and Roma who are citizens of Turkey.
At the same time, the IRU expressed its condolences to the President of Turkey, Recep Tayip Erdogan.
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More than 17 years ago on November 1, 2005, the UN General Assembly, with resolution 60/7, declared January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
On this day, we remember about 6 million murdered Jews, over half a million and more murdered Roma, and another 11 million other people who were victims of the Nazis and their collaborators. We also remember our responsibility as people and society, the horrors of that period should not be forgotten!