The Vietnamese and Belorussian communities in the Czech Republic will have
their own representatives on the government’s Council for National
Minorities, the outgoing coalition agreed on Wednesday. The news was
released by the human rights commissioner Monika Šimůnková. Until now,
representatives of both communities took part as guest attendees. Adam
Kalita, of the NGO Pahonia, will represent the Belorussians, while Huu
Uyen
Pham, of the NGO Van Lang, will represent the Vietnamese community. The
new members will be able to help form legislation regarding minorities.
Until now 12 minorities were represented: Bulgarian, Croatian, Hungarian,
German, Polish, Roma, Ruthenian, Russian, Greek, Slovak, Serbian, and
Ukrainian.