Call for the UN to Recognise the Romani Flag
The Gypsy Council has written to United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, and High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay requesting that the Romani Flag be officially recognised by the UN.
Although the Romani people don’t have their own state or country, the Romani people do have their own language, culture and own flag.
During the II World War more than 500,000 Romani people perished, as victims of a multiple genocide, and now it would be a little thing for the United Nations to afford this act of recognition and respect, which would give some small status, and support for Romani communities across the World.
This issue of recognition has particularly been brought into focus by recent events in the UK, when recently Aberystwyth Town Council in Wales voted to fly the Romani flag amongst the flags of other nations.
It has been reported, that our flag is being objected to on the grounds that Romani Gypsies don’t have a nation.
Romani people are the largest minority in Europe, and just because we don’t have our own country, it does not mean that our existence shouldn’t be acknowledged.
The Romani flag was adopted in 1971 at the 1st World Romani Congress which was held in London and organised by the Gypsy Council together with other Romani organisations.
Joseph G. Jones
Gypsy Council Spokesman
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Please contact
United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, and
High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay
If you have any international or high level contacts they can help by writing a letter of support also,
whether they are from the Romani Community or not.
Actually the more people from outside the Romani community that support our request the better.
Joseph G. Jones
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Lolo Diklo is in the process of composing a letter to the U.N., to the State Department, et.al.
We're encouraging other groups and individuals to spread the word.
Morgan
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