letopis sazu 2011

Institute among our Austrian colleagues who care about friendly relations withSlovenia.We held some consultations in connection with the use of Slovenian and foreignlanguages in Slovenian universities. We are discovering that the otherwiseunavoidable internationalization of tertiary studies may also bring unfavourableconsequences. We are concerned about the unjustified restriction of the rightsof Slovenian students and the risk of lag in the development of Slovenian professionaland scientific terminology. It is possible to prevent much of this by appropriatepolicies. The universities or their faculties themselves must play a key rolein safeguarding language rights and legitimate interests. Discussions, the aim ofwhich is to produce some kind of memorandum on the use of Slovenian in professionsand science, (will) continue.2011 was an election year. Unfortunately, there were fewer openings than required.Nevertheless, it is a pleasure to greet three new Associate, three new Fulland five new Corresponding Members. Let me again remind you of our (new)possibility to elect advisers, who can offer valuable assistance in our projects.With their knowledge and experience, they add essential qualities; their associationwith the Academy can give them additional authority in their own specialfield of expertise and at the same time enhance the influence of the Academy.We have begun discussions on possible internal reorganization of the Academy.We have set a time framework because we wish to agree on possible changesin the structure of the Sections before the start of procedures for the next election,i.e., in the next 8 months. As you know, our plan is to restrict ourselves to such reorganizationsas can be achieved by modifications of the statute. For the time beingwe do not want to touch upon the Law on SASA. For this task, we have expanded theexisting statutory commission, which now includes representatives of all Sections.Next year, more precisely on 12 th November 2013, we are organising a festiveceremony on the 75 th anniversary of SASA. Last year, a working group for preparativearrangements was appointed. The group has already started working.As you may recall, two years ago we froze our plan to prepare a statement onhuman rights violations in the former State. Not all Academy members seemed tobe pleased with the decision. Last year, I was invited to speak at the European Dayof Remembrance of Victims of Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes. I also respondedto a request to take part in an international conference on the possibilitiesand meaning of reconciliation in Celje and Ljubljana. The speeches, which I gavein my own name, have been printed. Despite efforts to achieve reconciliation, inwhich numerous distinguished individuals from various parts of the society tookpart, the atmosphere, because of unclarified, unevaluated actions of the authorities,remained unchanged, or appears even more uneasy than in previous years.There is no doubt that such a situation is to the detriment of the country and thenation, as well as individuals. Perhaps it would be right for the Academy to con-28