Peculiarities of the geopolitical and geographical situation of Ukraine, its territory inherited from the Soviet Union, different political, historical, economic, cultural and social development pattern of its regions, heterogeneous ethnic, linguistic and religious composition of its population, as well as the fact that representatives of the eponymous nation of each neighboring state are present among its citizens, make the issue of nationality a domestic and foreign policy, as well as a security policy problem.

This alternative report was prepared and submitted by Hungarian organizations and researchers operating in Ukraine (Transcarpathia), in connection with the Ukrainian government’s fifth periodic report on the implementation of the Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities in Ukraine. The report was prepared with the cooperation of the employees (experts) of the Transcarpathian Hungarian Cultural Association (KMKSZ), the Transcarpathian Hungarian Teachers’ Association (KMPSZ), the Hungarian Democratic Association of Ukraine (UMDSZ), the Antal Hodinka Linguistic Research Center and the Tivadar Lehoczky Social Science Research Center. Our alternative report focuses on the issues of the implementation and application of the Framework Convention in Transcarpathia, and its purpose is to complement and clarify the fifth periodical report of the Kyiv government from the perspective of the Hungarian national minority.

 

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