The right to independence

Every nation has the right to independence which first of all gives them the opportunity to preserve their originality. If throughout the history people had not tried to conquer their independence we wouldn’t today have 191 member-states of United Nations. However, these states, which “yesterday” were fighting themselves for their own independence, do not want to accept the independence of other nations which have the same historic rights to it. Of course each case is unique but it does not mean that we can give privileges to ones and deprive these privileges the others.

They say that breaking of territorial integrity somehow threatens the prosperity of the country. In my opinion it only threatens the imperial ambitions of some state leaders who do not want to recognize the independence of other nations – the willingness of others to exist separately frightens them. In this regard I am wondering if these states have the right to declare themselves to be democratic ones. A mature democracy is not afraid of separatism. We should understand that we are not there for state, the state is there for us. When this understating comes to some leaders of some states then there will not be any fears concerning the recognition of independence of others.

When we are speaking about the human rights we should not forget that each person must have a freedom of choice in everything. The HUMAN BEING has the right to arrange his/hers political, economic, social and cultural development by himself/herself therefore he/she has the right to independently create his state.

But today unfortunately we can see an opposite picture. Certain states have the right to live independently – others do not. Certain states have the right to participate in the Olympic Games under their own flags the others are deprived of this right. These facts bring me to understanding that today there is an acute need to push the limits, but first of all the limits of our consciousness.