Survey of the Venet People Self Determination Right.

This text it's about the existence and legality of Venet Government as an
International free, politically independent and legitimate Government into
its sovereign territory.

Our legitimacy and sovereignity is wrote inside International and Italian
laws. The Venets Government has sovereignty in the territory of Italy
around the region of Veneto. On the contrary, Venet people are present in
the former territory of the Serenissima Republic of Venice, twice
bigger than the actual Veneto region.

Venet people are recognized by Italian law. Art.2 of Law n.340 of 1971 say
"Self Government of Venet People is realized in a form correspondent to
characteristics and traditions of his History".

In the Italian version the term "population" means "people belonging to a
nation", not just "people".

The recognition in law of the existence of the Venet People is of extreme
importance as it prevents any conflict to obtain it. The above written
article of law was done in accordance to the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, in which the ideal of free human beings enjoying civil and
political freedom, freedom from fear and want, can only be achieved if
conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy his civil and political
rights, as well as his economic, social and cultural rights.

We can consider the law recognition done by Italian Republic a natural
consequence coming from the obligation of this State to promote universal
respect for, and observance of, human rights and freedom, stated under the
Charter of the United Nations.

The generic obligation of Italian Republic to promote Humans Rights is
also stated in its Constitution "Costituzione Italiana" at second article,
but also art.10 of Italian Constitution says "The Italian law must conform
to international laws generally applicated." .

A more specific and precise description of the obligation of Italian
Republic is written inside "International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights", adopted by U.N. General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of
December, 16th, 1966; with entry into force March,23rd, 1976, the Covenant
was ratified and made executive by Italy September,15th, 1977 by the law
n.881. Below I will refer to this "International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights" simply with the term "Covenant".

The art.1 of the "Covenant" says "All people have the right of
self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their
political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural
development."

By the art.1 of the "Covenant" and by Italian law n.340 of 1971 the Venets
people have the right to self-determination, and, from this point of view,
of total independence from Italian Republic. Instead, art.5 of Italian
Constitution says that the " The Republic, one and not divisible" but the
art.2.2 of the Covenant says that

"Where not already provided for by existing legislative or other
measures, each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to take
the necessary steps, in accordance with its constitutional processes
and with the provisions of the present Covenant, to adopt such laws or
other measures as may be necessary to give effect to the rights
recognized in the present Covenant."

that obligates the Italian Republic to a reform of Italian Constitution
that will give us total freedom. In fact art.10 of Italian Constitution
say "The Italian law must conform to international laws generally
applicated."

During the last years the reform of Italian Constitution was a continuous
exercise of Parliament, but too often Italian Government ignores it and
its fundamental principles.

That stated, for the moment the law says that Venet people can have their
self-government, determine their political status and freely pursue their
economic, social and cultural development, but can not declare the
independence from Italian Republic or Self declare an independent
Republic. In fact the majority of Venet would choose independence if
they know that it is possible, but we actually ask only the sovereignty in
our territory as a sovereign Government in a Sovereign Territory as an
independent State inside Italian Republic.

No juridical difficult can be oppose to this point, and we ask the reform
of Constitution Italian Republic must do, to give us complete right to
self-determinate.

On July 24th, 1999 some Venets start the Venets self-determination with the
constitution of the Venet Nation. They were immediately recognized by
others Venet.

July 27th, 1999 the Venets people self-determinate some basic
Institutions like an Institute for the Venet tongue, a Registration Office
with the rules to obtain the Venet citizenship (it is enough to be resident
in the territory at least for 10 years to obtain the citizenship).

By a press agency sent to thousand of recipients, July 30th, 1999 the
Venets self-determinations was said public to the world.

July 31st, 1999 the popular assembly of Venets citizens declared the
Institution of their Self-Government, with a direct democratic election of
members of Government, still actually composed of two ministers said
"Caomistri".

The Self-Government can act inside the limit of Human Right respect
designed by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the
said Covenant. This Covenant acts as a Constitution limit for the
Venet Government if in a normal peace situation.

The institution of self-government was made without the intent of separation
from Italian Republic, and the demonstration is that during August and
September the self-government asked to be recognized by Italian
Institution as a Sovereign Government of Venets people inside Italian
Republic. The demand was sent direct to High Charge of Italian Republic
and State, with a receipt copy to thousands of Venets citizens, but the
Italian representatives seem to be not reachable or absent.

It's necessary here that I make it clear that the Italian Republic is not
the Italian State and Government. This concept is clear in the article 5
of Italian Constitution that say " The Republic, one and not divisible,
recognize e promote the local autonomy; in the services that depend from
the State ..... " that means that the State does not make anything and
instead must "adequate the princips and method of its legislation to
autonomy and delegation exigence". By preview of the law n.142 of 1990
local autonomy are regional or metropolitan area, and they have a self
Government.

The Italian State must make the devolution of territorial govern to local
Government, but absolutely must promote the Self Government of Venet
People still in a Unity of Italian Republic: this is clearly due by art.73
of U.N. treaty that say:

" Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities
for the administration of territories whose peoples have not yet
attained a full measure of self-government recognize the principle
that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories are
paramount, and accept as a sacred trust the obligation to promote to
the utmost, within the system of international peace and security
established by the present Charter, the well-being of the inhabitants
of these territories, and, to this end:
[..]
b. to develop self-government, to take due account of the political
aspirations of the peoples, and to assist them in the progressive
development of their free political institutions, according to the
particular circumstances of each territory and its peoples and their
varying stages of advancement;
"

Still actually the Venets's Government does not put in discussion the
Italian Unity, we do not work actually to make an independent republic as
this is recognized to be a crime by Italian Republic, we just want our
self government that is preview by law and by U.N. Chart as an Independent
State of a the Italian Republic.

The Venet Government is acting as an Independent State inside the Italian
Republic and European Union, but unfortunately we must declare we do are
not respected by Italian State and Republic in violation of U.N. Treaty,
and with a censorship that is against Human Rights, European Human Rights
Covenant (art.10), Maastricht Treaty of European Union (art.F.2) and the
same Italian Constitution (art.21).

A recent reform of the "regional statute" put the Venets citizen
under the deep menace to see the art.2 of Law n.340 deleted, and this is a
heavy violation of the obligation to "promote" the self-determination that
the Italian Republic has.

Still, a recent law of Italian Republic recognized a dozen of
minority language in Italy, but not the Venet one that is talked by more
than 2 million people by admittance of Italian National Statical Institute
(ISTAT), and this is clearly a violation of fundamental right and a racial
discrimination. In fact, judges of Republic Tribunal refuse to respect the
Venet native language rights, and also some trial fundamental rights.

The Italian State is not promoting at all the Venet Self Determination,
and it's working against it.

By the Italian law and international pact it subscribed, Italy must:

1) give us the maximum help;
2) make public and help our self determination;
3) give us resource and money to make institutions;
4) leave us our natural and economical resources.

About the last point, now Italian State must find additional 40.000
millions dollars for his national bill, that is how much many Venets pay to
the central administration in form of direct taxes each year.

The actual behavior of Italian State works against the political authority
and supremacy we have on the Venet territory. Anyway we started to
self-pay the taxes last November 11th, 1999 by the burning of our fiscal
administration.

I want to stress We do NOT intend to separate from Italian Republic,
we do not put in question the national unity, we just want our human rights
written in the Italian law.

By this letter the Venet Self Government is asking to the recipient to act
in aid to our Self Determination process, asking the Italian State and
Republic to respect the International Law and the U.N. treaty.

We Venets have the right to keep autonomous foreign political
relationships, we have the right to build international community with
nation or State we prefer.

We made an autonomous law with a civil code and a penal code different
from those of Italian State and we have an autonomous fiscal
administration, but we are deprived of our right of public communication.

As a historically and democratic nation recognized by law, Venet people
have the juridical rights to represent itself inside U.N. and E.U..

As an European People we ask to have our autonomous members in European
Parliament as preview by Maastricht treaty. Our members must have the
Venet citizenship, not only the Italian citizenship by choose of Italian
political party. I'm sure that Prodi Romano in European Commission will
make any necessary arrangement to force Italian administration to respect
of E.U. treaty.

As a recognized people with a Self Government equivalent to a State, by
art.1 of U.N. Treaty we ask OUR OWN RAPPRESENTATIVE INTO THE U.N. ASSEMBLY
and we ask to the Assembly to recognize our rights.

At the moment we are enforcing ourself to grow up in our institution, and
we will make any economical and political action it will be necessary.

The systematical violation and of our Human Right and of treaty committed
by Italian State and Italian Republic is a violation of the peace and the
sacred obligation to promote to the utmost, within the system of
international peace and security establish, our self-determinations.

But it's obvious that this reality will force us to organize also our
security force and to make any act will be required to protect our ethnic
rights from this violations.

If international Community will not help us, we will be constricted to
take action that ideally we do not love, for example to make an autonomous
coin outside the Euro system.

Soon we will made regulation of mass media sector (both TV and radio) as
we have the right to do it.

I must here put in clear that from a legal point of view and by
international laws ONLY the Venets autonomous government can do by law
anything can do the Government of State. The Self-Government of Venets
people is like a State in the federal Italian Republic, on the models of
United States or Switzerland.

You must put attention not to make confusion between the Self Government
of Venet that we are and other self-styled organization that have not
recognition by Law and can also be consider subversive By Italian State.

For example, by law the "Veneto" Regional Government is NOT the government
of Venets people, instead it's the regional government of Italian State made
by Italian State without the consensus of Venets but only of italians in the
region : this imply that Veneto Regional Government of Italy can do ONLY
what is write in law and in his statute. If Veneto Region will ask to You
an autonomous presence You must denounce it to Italian State as it will a
menace to integrity of Italian Republic.

On the contrary, the self Government of Venets could do ANYTHING, even all
the international acts that the Regional Government can not do, with the
only limit indicated above.

Again, any appeal made by Self Styled "Serenissima State" or any
"Republic" that claim to be Venets, any question about our
number is the clear confirmation of the necessity of a instantaneous
referendum for self determination as Independent State or Republic.

We ask to any State, any European Government and to UN to control the
process of self determination of Venet with an instantly made referendum on
independence.

Only the self Government of Venets nation and people have the "Political
Statute" given by law, that means that it is not subjected to control or
limitation of no one Organism of Italian State.

As the Venets people government asked to Italian and regional institution
to transfer any powers to its government (decolonization), We ask to
international institution to look at the whole process so that to obligate
the Italian State to respect its law. So that the European Community.

We hope this will happen in peace.

The home page of Venet Government is

http://autogovernoveneto.8m.com/

and we will appreciate any feedback from You.

I greet You and say thanks for Your attention and for the effort Your
administration will do to promote this right of our nationalities, as this
is no more an internal affair of Italy.

Palmerini Loris
Charged of Foreign relationship by Venet Government.