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"and the new country will immediately apply for admission into the United Nations and other international organizations " Once Montenegro is a UN member or they are assigned a prefix block from the ITU (either one) then it will be added to the DXCC list. Currently many of the YU6 - Montenegro Amateur Radio operators are using the 4O (four Oscar) prefix. As of this moment that prefix is still allocated to "Serbia & Montenegro". Once an official announcement has been made by the UN or ITU that is the official start date for DXCC purposes. For your information the population of Montenegro is just over 600,000. The callbook lists just fewer than 70 Amateur Radio operators in Montenegro. I think less than 10 seem to be QRV. I'm glad to see YT6A seems to be organizing some immediate activity! See you in the pileups! Bernie McClenny, W3UR Now more than ever - you need The Daily DX and The Weekly DX - to keep up with the DX news from around the globe! Editor of - The Daily DX <-- two free weeks http://www.dailydx.com/order.htm - The Weekly DX <-- free sample http://www.dailydx.com/weekly2.html - How's DX http://www.dailydx.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter W2IRT Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 16:35 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx-news@njdxa.org> Subject: [DX-NEWS] Montenegro's independence Just an FYI from the day's news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060603/ap_on_re_eu/montenegro_independence PODGORICA, Serbia-Montenegro - Montenegro's parliament declared independence for the tiny Balkan republic Saturday, forming a new European state and dissolving what was left of the former Yugoslavia. The assembly adopted a declaration of independence, verifying the results of a May 21 referendum in which Montenegrins supported a split from Serbia by a slim margin. The document envisages Montenegro as a "multiethnic, multicultural and multireligious society ... based on the rule of law and market economy." After the assembly meeting, authorities raised a red-and-gold Montenegrin flag over the parliament building and played the ancient Montenegrin anthem "Oh, The Bright May Dawn" as fireworks exploded in the sky. The declaration says Montenegro's strategic national goal is integration into the European Union and NATO, and the new country will immediately apply for admission into the United Nations and other international organizations. (Once admitted, this will fulfill DXCC entry criteria item 1A , so get those amps fired up and those databases edited! Luckily, this will be an easy All-Time New One :-)). Wonder what the new prefix(es) will be? Cheers, Peter, W2IRT ---------------------------------------------------------- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options ----------------------------------------------------------
