"Létezik, bár keveset hallat magáról..."
“It Exists, Though It Is Little Heard Of...”

The Nationality Committee of the Slovak National Council (1968–1971)

Summary/Abstract: One of the achievements of the Prague Spring was the establishment of the Nationalities Committee of the Slovak National Council. Although, contrary to the aspirations of the national minorities, the Committee, which was established in October 1968, was not set up as a representative body of the nationalities but as a simple parliamentary committee, its formation was attached high hopes to. Its primary task was to draft a proposal for a nationality law. This paper reviews the Committee's activities in this field and its work during the two and a half years of its existence. The political reconstruction and the normalisation regime under the name of Gustáv Husák not only prevented the drafting and adoption of the Nationality Act, but also the Nationality Committee itself was dissolved in March 1971. Thus, for 55 years now, ethnic minorities in Slovakia have been waiting in vain for the adoption of the Law on the Status of Nationalities.

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