Serbian World Congress

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article may not meet the general notability guideline or one of the following specific guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand or rewrite the article to establish its notability. The best way to address this concern is to reference published, third-party sources about the subject. If notability cannot be established, the article is more likely to be considered for redirection, merge or ultimately deletion, per Wikipedia:Guide to deletion.
This article has been tagged since March 2008.
This article does not cite any references or sources. (March 2008)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.
This article or section needs to be wikified to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
Please help improve this article with relevant internal links. (March 2008)

Serbian World Congress (Serbian: Srpski svetski kongres ) is a non-profit, non-governmental and non-party international organization. The Serbian World Congress (SWC) aims to unite and network Serbian associations and institutions throughout the world so as to assist in their successful functioning and to promote the Serbian heritage world-wide. The SWC works in the interests of both the Serbian Homeland and its Diaspora.

The core principle of the Serbian World Congress is that all Serbs are responsible for one another. SWC seek to achieve this by governing with consensus and celebrating unity in Serbian vast diversity.

The Serbian World Congress is an international organization whose mission is to address the interests and needs of Serbs and Serbian communities throughout the world.

Founded in Belgrade in 2007 to unite the Serbian people , the SWC is the representative body of Serbian communities and organizations in nearly 50 countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe across six continents. It seeks to foster the unity and creative survival of the Serbian people while maintaining its spiritual, cultural and social heritage.

The Serbian World Congress SWC is an an umbrella group of international federation of serbian communities and organizations in nearly 50 countries. Representing Serbs from the entire political and religious spectrum, it tries to preserve the principle of unity in diversity

Mission : To foster the unity of the Serbian people and the strive for the fulfillment of its aspirations and to ensure the continuity and development of its religious spiritual, cultural, and social heritage .

To co-ordinate the common interest of its members and defend Serbian rights and status. To maintain links for Serbs in countries which do NOT HAVE diplomatic relations with Republika Serbia or Republika Srpska, securing the political rights of Serbian communities.

It works to act as a diplomatic envoy for the worldwide Serbian community. It is a Serbian diaspora organization, strongly supporting the State of Srbia and Republika Srpska .

Contents

[edit] Activities

The Serbian World Congress SWC seeks to protect Serbs and Serbian communities wherever their political, religious, cultural or other human rights are in danger. It works in the field of inter-religious dialogue, in particular with the Vatican and the World Council of Churches and Jewish religious communities. Research centre in Belgrade: Institute of The Serbian World Congress SWC . The Australian-Serbian section includes a Serbain Migration Museum .

Keywords Culture of peace; History; Human rights; Serbian Orthodox Church; Anti-Racism ,Anti-serbism.

Role model is World Jewish Congres.

Towards these ends, the Serbian World Congress works to : Secure the rights and safety Serbs and Serbian communities around the world ; Intensify the bonds of world Serbs and strengthen the ties of solidarity among Serbian communities everywhere ; Act in coordination with and on behalf of Serbian communities before governmental, intergovernmental and other international authorities on matters concerning the Serbian people, and ; Cooperate with all peoples on the basis of universal ideas of peace, freedom and justice. Membership in the SWC is open to all representative serbian groups or communities, irrespective of the social, political or economic ideology of the community’s host country. The Serbian World Congress is supported by those communities and individual members who as concerned Serbian citizens want their voices to be heard on matters of concern to the Serbian people.

With current headquarters in Belgrade , the SWC has affiliate offices or representatives around the world including London, Brussels, Berlin, Budapest, Constanca, Buenos Aires, Geneva, Johannesburg, Moscow, Toronto, Paris, and Sydney.

As a global leader, the Serbian World Congress received special credentials and recognition at the United Nations making it unique among world-wide organizations as it enjoys a place in the U.N. ( UNESCO MM ).

[edit] First President of SWC is Zoran Jovicic Publisher from Australia.

In 1994, Zoran Jovicic was elected president of Serbian Business Society "Privrednik" most important Serbian educational charity and in 2008 hi is elected president of the Serbian World Congress. Today, he is training to serve with honor and distinction among the world’s foremost international leaders, diplomats, and statesmen like Mr Lauder president of World Jewish Congress.

Together with board members has led the Serbianworld Congress in becoming the pre-eminent international Serbian diplomatic body. Through the campaigns against independence of Cosovo, exposing the genocide against Serbs during Second World War, actions to achieve a measure of moral and material justice for victims of the Genocide and their heirs, fight rightwing extremists , stamp out the threat of anti-Serbism, and defend Republika Srbia and Republika Srpska ’s right to a peaceful existence in their Dayton and 1244 UN resolution borders, Mr. Jovicic , and the entire SWC family have made the struggles of world Serbs their own.

The core principle of the Serbian World Congress is that all Serbs are responsible for one another. SWC seek to achieve this by governing with consensus and celebrating unity in our vast diversity.

As it have been for nearly 110 years as Privrednik Society established 1897 in Zagreb ( Austria-Hungary ), now with the Serbian World Congress continues to be the permanent address of the Serbian people from all continents.

[edit] References

Template:Http://www.radio.sbs.com.au/language.php?happening=6121&language=Serbian

BS Radio - Serbian And he is a President of the Serbian World Congress. Serbia now has the biggest European percentage of population born out of Serbia and one of biggest ... www.radio.sbs.com.au/language.php?happening=6121&language=Serbian - 24k


Daily Survey BELGRADE, Jan 16 (Tanjug) - President of the Serbian World Congress, which rallies Serbian Diaspora associations, Zoran Jovicic, has sent an open letter to ... www.mfa.gov.yu/Bilteni/Engleski/b170108_e.html - 40k - Cached


Blic Online in English | Society | In more than 50 towns in the world the Serbs yesterday protested peacefully against illegal secession of Kosovo, Serbian world congress announced. ... www.blic.co.yu/society.php?id=1634 - 19k - Cached - Similar pages


Kosovo News - Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in London, Great ... BELGRADE, 16 January 2008 (Tanjug) - President of the Serbian World Congress, which rallies Serbian Diaspora associations, Zoran Jovicic, has sent an open ... www.serbianembassy.org.uk/eng/kosovoNews.php?pageID=3 - 69k

[edit] External links

  • [Http://www.radio.sbs.com.au/language.php?happening=6121&language=Serbian] reportage Australian TV about Serbian World Congress, Serbian Migration Museum -UNESCO

Http://www.radio.sbs.com.au/language.php?happening=6121&language=Serbian

  • [Http://www.swc.eurowiki.net]

Http://www.swc.eurowiki.net

  • www.serbianworldcongress.org