The Slovak National Council's Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Nation ( sk, Deklarácia Slovenskej národnej rady o zvrchovanosti Slovenskej republiky) was a resolution of the

Slovak National Council The Slovak National Council ( sk, Slovenská národná rada (SNR)) was an organisation that was formed at various times in the 19th and 20th centuries to act as the highest representative of the Slovak nation. It originated in the mid-19th century ...

on 17 July 1992, by which members of the Council demanded Slovakia's independence although it was not a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. This event was part of a process, which finished with the

dissolution of Czechoslovakia The dissolution of Czechoslovakia ( cs, Rozdělení Československa, sk, Rozdelenie Česko-Slovenska) took effect on December 31, 1992, and was the self-determined split of the federal republic of Czechoslovakia into the independent countries o ...

and creation of an independent

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

on 1 January 1993. The text of the declaration in Slovak: English translation:

References

* Political history of Slovakia Declarations of independence 1992 documents 1992 in Czechoslovakia 1992 in Slovakia July 1992 events in Europe {{Politics-stub