Dear colleagues and friends, We would like to inform you that the Macedonian PEN and the public in the Republic of Macedonia have been disturbed recently by the latest attempts for change of the constitutional name of our country. Some of the new proposals are direct attack of the national identity and harsh attempt for annulment of the lingual and cultural identity of the Macedonian people. The point of the negotiations and the latest proposal of the mediator in the Macedonian – Greek conflict about the name Mr. Matthew Nimetz with ideas for changes of the name of the Macedonian state, people and language urged us to remind you that The International PEN approved the following resolution at the 58th Congress in Rio de Janeiro held on December 2nd, 1992: “In accordance with previous resolutions of International P.E.N. about the Macedonian question, the 58th World Congress of P.E.N. recognizes the existence and high achievement of Macedonian literature and culture in general. Therefore, International P.E.N. supports the efforts of the Macedonian people to find their proper place in the international community and the basic right of this nation to have the name which has been used for centuries – Macedonians”. We believe that by reactualizing the resolution, you would again support the assessment of the International PEN and the stance of the Macedonian PEN in relation to this question, which is of vital importance for the Macedonian people, its culture, language and literature, but is also important for the existence of the cultural diversity in the World. MACEDONIAN PEN CENTRE PRESIDENT RISTO LAZAROV