Subject: WFH: In the matter of Sub-Carpathia – A High Treason in 1991 – Our principled position concerning  Hungary’s policy in the Matter of Sub-Carpathia

 ABSTRACT:

The Presidium of the World Federation of Hungarians considers the manner in which Prime Minister ANTALL József and Minister for Foreign Affairs JESZENSZKY Géza related to the will for self government as expressed by the plebiscite of the Ruthenian and Hungarian peoples living in Sub-Carpathia at the time of the disintegration of the Soviet Union between 1991 and 1993, a qualified High Treason.

The Presidium of the World Federation of Hungarians at its session on April 24, 2015 in Budapest, unanimously approved the attached Resolution as matter of principle.

High treason in 1991

 The Position of the World Federation of Hungarians on Sub-Carpathia

In analysing the fate that befell Sub-Carpathia during the 20^th and 21^st centuries, the Presidium of the World Federation of Hungarians made the following important findings:

Prime Minister ANTALL József and Foreign Minister JESZENSZKY Géza committed the Act of High Treason when they ignored the explicit demand of the sweeping majority of the people of Sub-Carpathia in the plebiscite of December 1, 1991 for self government, and when five days following the plebiscite, on December 6, 1991, they signed the Hungarian-Ukrainian treaty thus signifying Hungary’s abandonment of Sub-Carpathia.

The Act of Aggravated High Treason was perpetrated by the named persons when they concealed the fact that the President of the young State of Ukraine – in alluding to the fact that during its history, Sub-Carpathia was part of Hungary for one-thousand years, and never belonged to Ukraine – proffered that “over the Carpathian Mountains area” (as viewed from Kiev) to Hungary.

The manner in which the named persons acted at that time; the absurd excuses given, the passing of the responsibility for the content of the treaty to tenth-ranked subordinates, and their stating that they, themselves had not even read the text before signing it, amounts by and in itself to High Treason.

Historical background

Hungary, a part of the Habsburg Monarchy 1914, was forced into World War I.  The victorious Entente allies during their considerations in Versailles,  – singling out Hungary alone of all the peoples in the Monarchy – denied her rights to application of all principles,  the historical and the ethnic one and the principle of self-determination as well.  Thus, Sub-Carpathia, an organic part of the more than a thousand-year-old Hungary, was donated by the Versailles Treaty to the previously non-existent Czechoslovakia, which was also created in Versailles. After a few years under Hungarian jurisdiction, following 1939, Sub-Carpathia was annexed to the Soviet-Union. Following the disintegration of the Soviet-Union this ancient part of Hungary was  given to the Ukraine.

In 1991 the Ruthenians and Hungarians living in Sub-Carpathia achieved the concession that in the plebiscite in support of and ratifying the separation of Ukraine from the Soviet-Union – two other issues be included on the ballot: namely, the special status of Sub-Carpathia, and the Hungarian Autonomous District of Beregszász. The plebiscite was decisive: 78% “yes” votes for the first and 81.4%  for the second, were cast for these questions. Five days later ANTALL József signed the Hungarian-Ukrainian treaty in Kiev, as if the plebiscite had never taken place, thus giving Kiev a free-hand to subsequently degrade the plebiscite to a public opinion poll, and allow it to fly in the face of the decision of the sweeping majority in the plebiscite.

During its history, Sub-Carpathia has never been part of the Ukraine, as the State of Ukraine did not exist. The political leaders of the independent Ukraine have been cognisant of this fact. They knew, that Ukraine, – in compliance with several, valid, international principles of law – must return Sub-Carpathia to Hungary.

Budapest, April 24 2015.

The Presidium of the World Federation of Hungarians

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