was the title of the international conference commemorating the 90th anniversay of the proclamation of independence of Belarusian Democratic Republic.
The conference was held on March 22, 2008, in Prague, - under the auspices of Karel Schwarzenberg, minister of the foreign affairs of the Czech Republic.
Keynote speeches were delivered by:
• Ivonka J. Survilla, President, Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
• Zianon Pazniak, Chairman of the Belarusian Christian Party BNF
• Siarhej Shupa, Editor, Radio Free Europe, Publisher of
Archives of the Belarusian Democratic Republic.
The conference proceedings consisted of two panel discussions:
History and Current State of the Belarusian Statehood, with following participants:
• Ivonka J. Survilla
• Uladzimir Arlou, Belarusian writer
• Jan Ruml, president of Civic Belarus; former dissident and Czech minister of interior.
Perspectives of the Belarusian Statehood,
with following participants:
• Zianon Pazniak
• Paval Sieviaryniec, former leader of Malady Front and political prisoner
• Siarhej Ablamejka, Editor, Radio Free Europe, historian
This article appeared in
Belarusian Review, Vol. 20, No.1
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