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
Поповод смртта на истакнатиот ромски активист, поранешен ромски пратеник во косовскиот Парламент, новинар и поет Кујтим Пачаку, Зоран Димов како претседател и во името на Интернационалната Ромска Унија ИРУ испрати телегарама и соопштение каде се изразува сочувство на најблиските на Пачаку.
„ Длабоко сме потресени и изразуваме најдлабоко сочувство до најблиските на Пачаку. Сакаме да ја изразиме нашата тага , дека не само најблиските туку со смртта на Пачаку изгуби многу и целиот Ромски народ, како од Балканот, така и пошироко.
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The illegal IRU 71, and its Representative - President Mr. Dorin Cioaba and his members are once again a subject of discussion by the public and of the Traditional Roma IRU Kris. All of this is because on the 20th and 21st of April this year in his birth place in Sibiu, Romania, he held an 11th Congress of the IRU.
Knowing him as a man which in any way possible wants to be the center of attention, and his appetites to present himself among the suffering Roma people from Romania as their "King" - leader, he got an idea to hold an event with his illegal and unapproved IRU1971 and named that event as the 11th Congress.
In order to not spend too much from his own family budget, the location to hold this event was in his neighborhood in Sibiu in his local church where he's the pastor„ Alci este Casa lui dumnezeu - Poarta cerurilori„ which translates to „Alci is God's home - Gate to heaven„
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According to the plan and dynamics of the activities of IRU, the first parliamentary session for 2018 will be held from May 25 to 27 in Pula, Croatia.
During the Parliamentary session, besides the participation of IRU delegates from over 20 countries, which according to the announcements in addition to the discussions regarding the situation of Roma in their countries, there will be discussions of the IRU's internal interest in several segments.
It is also important to note that on the agenda of this Parliamentary session of IRU, its participation as guests and participants will be attended by several governmental and institutional representatives from the Republic of Croatia, such as the Vice President of the Government of Croatia, Mr. Furio Radin, Alen Tahiri - Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities in the Government of the Republic of Croatia, Roma Subcommittee Veljko Kaitasi, Mayor of the City of Pula and other representatives from the Roma NGO and business sector.
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The first World Romani Congress was organized in 1971 in Orpington near London, England, United Kingdom, funded in part by the World Council of Churches and the Government of India. It was attended by 23 representatives from nine nations (Czechoslovakia, Finland, Norway, France, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Spain and Yugoslavia) and observers from Belgium, Canada, India and the United States.
Five sub-commissions were created to examine social affairs, education, war crimes, language, and culture.
At the congress, the green and blue flag from the 1933 conference of the General Association of the Gypsies of Romania, embellished with the red, sixteen-spoked chakra, was reaffirmed as the national emblem of the Roma people, and the song "Gelem, Gelem" was adopted as the Roma anthem.
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Dear Roma and friends
Today, when we celebrate 47 years from the day of establishing the foundations of the identity of Roma on an international level, and at the same time the official declaration of the Roma flag and anthem, I feel the need to present my views and at the same time the views of our organization the IRU which is the initiator and the main a protagonist to mark this important day for the Roma nation around the world, where very often other Roma organizations, intellectuals, Romani political parties deliberately or ignorantly avoid the fact of the significant contribution of our organization, the International Romani Union -IRU.