Letter to President Papoulias

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Προεδρικό Μέγαρο Ιούλιος 2009

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Υπ' όψιν τής Αυτού Εξοχότητος Καρόλου Παπούλια

Εξοχότατε κύριε Πρόεδρε,

Οι κάτωθι υπογράφοντες καθηγητές και ερευνητές πανεπιστημίων και ερευνητικών ιδρυμάτων της Ελλάδος, των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών και άλλων χωρών, μέλη του «Ελληνικού Ηλεκτρονικού Κέντρου», www.greece.org υποστηρίζουμε και προωθούμε την επιστολή η οποία απευθύνεται στον Πρόεδρο των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών κ. Ομπάμα: http://macedonia-evidence.org/obama-letter-gr.html. Ταυτοχρόνως απευθύνουμε έκκληση στην Ελληνική κυβέρνηση να γνωστοποιήσει στον Ελληνικό λαό, τα Ελληνικά και κυρίως διεθνή ΜΜΕ, Αρχηγούς κρατών και Πρεσβείες, την επιστολή που απευθύνουν περισσότεροι από 335 κορυφαίοι ακαδημαϊκοί Ιστορικοί και Αρχαιολόγοι από όλον τον κόσμο, οι οποίοι είναι ειδικοί ν' αποφανθούν για το συγκεκριμένο θέμα, προς τον Αμερικανό Πρόεδρο Μπαράκ Ομπάμα, προτρέποντας την κυβέρνησή του «να συμβάλει στον τερματισμό της παραχάραξης της ιστορίας από την π.Γ.Δ.Μ. και να διορθώσει τα λάθη της προηγούμενης κυβέρνησης του Τζωρτζ Μπους».

Την επιστολή προσυπογράφουν καθημερινώς και νέοι καθηγητές προερχόμενοι από τα πιο γνωστά και φημισμένα πανεπιστήμια παγκοσμίως από 17 χώρες συμπεριλαμβανομένης και της Ελλάδος. (Δείτε σας παρακαλούμε την ιστοσελίδα η οποία δημιουργήθηκε από τους ακαδημαϊκούς http://macedonia-evidence.org/ και το υποστηρικτικό υλικό που τη συνοδεύει http://macedonia-evidence.org/documentation.html ).

Σας παρακαλούμε να μεταφέρετε το αίτημά μας στην Κυβέρνηση και στα πολιτικά κόμματα της Ελλάδος καθώς η σοβινιστική πολιτική, η αδιαλλαξία, η προπαγάνδα, ο ακραίος εθνικισμός και οι προκλητικές ενέργειες της π.Γ.Δ.Μ. κλιμακώνονται καθημερινά. Όπως τονίζουν οι εν λόγω καθηγητές, «η κυβέρνηση των Σκοπίων πρέπει να καταλάβει ότι δεν μπορεί να οικοδομηθεί μια εθνική ταυτότητα εις βάρος της ιστορικής αλήθειας. Η διεθνής κοινωνία δεν μπορεί να επιβιώσει, όταν η ιστορία έχει αγνοηθεί, πόσο μάλλον όταν η ιστορία είναι κατασκευασμένη"! Αυτή η σοβινιστική πολιτική και ο ακραίος εθνικισμός δεν στηρίζονται πουθενά, όπως εμμέσως επισημαίνει και παραδέχεται ο ίδιος ο Γκρούεφσκι, απαντώντας σε ερώτηση για την επιστολή: "Οι Έλληνες δεν μπορούν να κάνουν τίποτε που θα επηρέαζε τα πράγματα", δηλαδή τα κατασκευάσματα.

Ζητούμε, μέσω της Εξοχότητά Σας, από την Ελληνική κυβέρνηση και τη Βουλή να πράξουν το αυτονόητο καθήκον τους. Οποιαδήποτε ονομασία η οποία περιέχει τον όρο «Μακεδονία» υπονοεί τη διεκδίκηση από τη γειτονική χώρα «Μακεδονικής» εθνότητας και γλώσσας, αλλά και εδάφους, δεδομένου ότι ποτέ μέχρι τη δημιουργία της «Λαϊκής Δημοκρατίας της Μακεδονίας» το 1944, δεν υπήρξε κρατική οντότητα με το όνομα Μακεδονία, ούτε λαός με το όνομα «Μακεδόνες». Η μακεδονική ιστορία και ο μακεδονικός πολιτισμός, όπως ανακοίνωσαν οι ακαδημαϊκοί στην επιστολή τους προς τον Πρόεδρο των ΗΠΑ, είναι τμήματα αδιάσπαστα της ιστορίας του Ελληνισμού. Κάθε σύνθετη ονομασία η οποία περιέχει τον όρο «Μακεδονία» για τη γείτονα χώρα αναιρεί την αξιοπιστία της παγκόσμιας διανόηση

Η ισχυρή και αναμφισβήτητη φωνή των ως άνω ειδημόνων υπέρ της Ελλάδος επιβάλλεται να αξιοποιηθεί από την ελληνική κυβέρνηση.

Με σεβασμό,

Κοινοποίηση:

Mr. Kostas Karamanlis - Prime Minister of Greece

Ms. Dora Bakoyanni - Foreign Minister of Greece

Mr. George Papandreou - Leader of PASOK

Ms. Aleka Papariga- Leader of KKE

Mr. Alexis Tsipras- Leader of SYRIZA

Mr. Alecos Alavanos - Parliament Leader of SYRIZA

Mr. George Karatzaferis - Leader of LAOS

Mr. Stelios Papathemelis - Leader of DIMOKRATIKI ANAGENNISI

Mr. Mikis Theodorakis

Μέλη του Ελληνικού Κοινοβουλίου

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Angelakis, Andreas, Ph.D., Water Resources Engineer, President of EUREAU, 127 Rue Colonel Bourg, B-1140 Brussels; Researcher, NAGREF, Heraklion, Greece

Antikas G. Theodore PhD. Visiting Onassis Prof. University of Washington History Department, Seattle WA - USA

Antoniou, E. George, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Montclair State University, USA

Arkas, Evangelos, PhD. CEO, Prometheus Technologies Inc.

Arvanitoyannis, Ioannis, S., Ioannis S. Professor, Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, University of Thessaly, Magnessia, Greece

Avtgis, A. Theodore Ph.D. Coordinator, Corporate/Organizational Graduate Program Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies West Virginia University Morgantown, USA

Bacalis Naoum, PhD Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece

Balopoulos, V. Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Barbas, John, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA USA

Berbas, Stavros, Prof. Mathematics Department University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. USA

Bertakis D. Klea, MD, Professor and Chair, Family and Community Medicine University of California, Davis USA

Billis, Euripides, PHD, Assistant Professor National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Bitros, C. George, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece

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Boundas, Constantin, V., Professor Emeritus, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada

Bourdias, Evangelos, Professor Dep. of Enviroment Dimokrition University, Xanthi - Greece

Cacoullos Theophilos, Prof. Emeritus, University of Athens

Constantelos, Demetrios, J., Ph.D., D.D. Charles Cooper Townsend Sr. Distinguished Professor of Ancient and Byzantine History and Religion, Emeritus; Didtinguished Research Scholar in Residence, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, N.J. 08240 – USA

Damianou, Pantelis, Professor Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

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Dritsas, Eleftherios, Ph.D., Greek language educator, Nuclear Electrical Enginer, Paso Robles, California, USA

Episcopos, Athanasios, Associate Professor, Athens University of Economics & Business, Athens, Greece

Gatzoulis, Nina, Professor (Lector) Languages, Cultures and Literature University of New Hampshire, USA

Gekas, Vassilis, Professor of Transport Phenomena Technical Univeristy of Crete, Chania currently on sabbatical leave to Cyprus, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol - Cyprus

Gerogiannaki-Christopoulou Maria, Dr., Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Analysis Department of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural University of Athens

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Daglis, Ioannis, A PhD Director of Research Institute for Space Applications & Remote Sensing National Observatory of Athens. Greece

Damianou, Pandelis, Professor Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

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Economides, Spyros, Professor, Department of Management, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, USA

Economou, Thanasis, Senior Scientist Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Efthymiou N. Pavlos, Professor, Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GREECE

Farsolas, James J., Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, Coastal Carolina University, Conway-Myrtle Beach, SC, USA

Fezoulidis, Ioannis, Professor Department of Radiology Larissa University Hospital, GREECE

Foudopoulos Panayotis E., PhD Electrical Engineer, N.T.U.A., ATHENS, GREECE

Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Maria, PhD., Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tuffs University, Medford, MA., USA

Fytrolakis Nikolaos, Professor NTUA, Athens - GREECE

Giannopoulos George, Professor Biology University of Patras - GREECE

Gatzoulis, Nina, Lector Languages, Cultures and Literature University of New Hampshire, USA

Georgakopoulos Anastasios, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Department of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New

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Georgantzas, Nicholas, C., Professor, Management Systems and Director, System Dynamics, Consultancy, FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, New York, NY, USA

Gerogiannaki-Christopoulou Maria, PhD., Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Analysis Department of Food Science and Technology Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Halamandaris Pandelis, Ph.D., Ed.D. (HC), Professor Emeritus, Brandon University, Deputy Director, the University of Manitoba Centre for Hellenic Civilization, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Hatgil, Paul, Professor Emeritus University of Texas, Austin, TX 220 Austin, TX 78747 USA

Hatzinikolaou, Dimitris, Associate Professor Department of Economics University of Ioannina, IOANNINA, HELLAS

Ioannidou, Hariklia, Grace Professor of Ancient Greek and Papyrology, Head of Department of Greek, Demokritus University of Thrace, Greece

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Kakouli-Duarte, Thomais, Ph.D., Lecturer and PI, Molecular Ecology/Nematology, Carlow Institute of Technology, Ireland.

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Karagiannides, Iordanis, Assistant Researcher David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA USA

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Katsios Stavros Associate Professor Chairman of the UL Supervisory Committee DFLTI- Ionian University, Megaro Kapodistria, Corfu, Greece

Kefalides, Nicholas A., MD, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine-Emeritus and Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Kitridou, Rodanthi, C., MD, FACP, MACR Professor Emerita of Medicine (Rheumatology) USC Keck School of Medicine, USA

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