137 KB59 KB199420252017Klemenčič, Matjažletnik:27številka:4str. 731-742ISSN:1408-5348COBISSID_HOST:23568136URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-CHRBF3N8slSocietá storica del LitoraleZgodovinsko društvo za južno PrimorskoAnnales. Series historia et sociologiabinternational communityhistoryindependenceinternational recognitionmednarodna skupnostmednarodno priznanjenarodne manjšineosamosvojitevSlovene emigrantsSlovene historySloveniaSlovenian indigenous minoritiesSlovenijaslovensko izseljenstvozgodovinaVloga pripadnikov slovenskih avtohtonih manjšin v sosednjih državah in slovenskih izseljencev v osamosvajanju Slovenije|The author attempts to answer the question to what extent the activities of the Slovenians in neighboring countries and Slovenian emigrants contributed to their new home countries recognitions of the independence. On the basis of original archival sources, newspaper articles and available literature it was confirmed that the international community at the crossroads of the 1990s, did not favor the emergence of new nation-states. The Slovenians living outside the Republic of Slovenia were at that time practically the only ones on which the Slovenians from Slovenia in those crucial moments could rely. As a result, Slovenian politicians then asked the representatives of the Slovenian minorities and Slovenian emigrants for the support and co-operation in all important steps. These were the key moments in their efforts to infl uence the policy in the new home countries to recognize the independence of Slovenia. Members of indigenous Slovenian minorities in neighboring countries and Slovenian immigrants of all generations then showed a lot of interest in Slovenia and a high degree of unity in seeking the recognition of Slovenian independence by their new homelands. Although the international recognition of Slovenia was primary not the result of their pressure on the governments of the countries of their settlement, it is necessary to recognize the achievements of these communities that affected the policies of their countries towards SloveniaAvtor članka poskuša odgovoriti na vprašanje, koliko so aktivnosti zamejskih Slovencev in slovenskih izseljencev prispevale, da so njihove nove domovine priznale neodvisnost Slovenije. Na podlagi originalnih arhivskih virov, časopisnih prispevkov in dostopne literature ugotavlja, da so pripadniki slovenskih avtohtonih manjšin v zamejstvu ter slovenski izseljenci takrat pokazali veliko zanimanje za Slovenijo in so v prizadevanjih za priznanje slovenske neodvisnosti s strani njihovih novih domovin pokazali visoko stopnjo enotnosti. Čeprav priznanje Slovenije primarno ni bilo rezultat njihovih pritiskov na vlade držav njihove poselitve, je treba priznati dosežke teh skupnosti, ki so vplivale na politiko svojih držav do SlovenijeTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaZgodovinsko društvo za južno Primorsko