We are the Roma Nation.

Not a minority. Not a social issue. A Nation.

We span borders we didn’t draw.

We speak languages we had to borrow.

We survive systems built to erase us.

And yet — we are still here. Proud. Resilient. Unbroken.

We are not asking to be included in someone else’s table.

We are demanding the right to build our own.

The right to self-determination is not a gift. It’s a right under international law —

and the Roma Nation deserves it.

The UN must recognize us, not as a fragmented people scattered across Europe,

but as a nation with the right to define our own future.

To live, to speak, to move — not under permission, but with sovereignty.

We don’t need charity.

We need recognition.

We don’t need celebration once a year.