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ADDRESS by H.E. Mr. Gábor BRÓDI Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of delivered at the opening of the exhibition “1989, WHAT 1956 STARTED” October 16, 2006
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Mr. Chairman, Vice-Chair,
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, dear
Friends!
It is my great privilege to
welcome you on this special occasion today. Let me express my sincere gratitude
to the Honourable Zsolt Németh, Chairman of the
Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian Parliament and His Excellency Amir Dossal, Executive Director of the United Nations Fund
for International Partnership to open the exposition. Let me also give a warm
welcome to my good old friend and colleague Ambassador István
Gyarmati, Director of the International Centre of
Democratic Transition.
This is a special occasion of
a special commemorative year. The year 2006 is the marking of the 50th
Anniversary of the Freedom Fight and Revolution in
In 2006 we celebrate freedom,
democracy, human dignity and the heritage of the freedom fighters of 1956. As
an organic part of it we also pay tribute to1989, the year that accomplished
what 1956 did started.
In 1990 the freely elected
Parliament of Hungary at its first session, enacted its very first law, on the
revolution of 1956. In it: “The
Parliament proclaims that, in accordance with the spirit of 1956, doing
everything in its power to promote multiparty democracy and human rights and to
protect the independence of the nation”. And supported by the peaceful efforts
of the people, like us here today, a democratic transition has been
accomplished. As a result of it
I invite you, Mr. Chairman to
provide your opening remarks to this exposition, attempting to capture this
miraculous moments of the Hungarian History.
