Universala Esperanto-Asocio
The Universala Esperanto-Asocio ( UEA ), or World Esperanto Federation , is the largest umbrella organization of Esperanto speakers with around 5500 members and aims to spread the international language and promote more justice in the field of languages. It was founded in Switzerland in 1908 . Today it is based in the Dutch city of Rotterdam and employs between 7 and 9 people there, some of them part-time. Duncan Charters from Great Britain has been the chairman since July 2019 . The UEA has both individual members and affiliated regional associations.
The following objectives are listed in the statutes of the UEA:
- the spread of the international planned language Esperanto
- work towards solving the language problem in international relations and facilitate international communication
- to facilitate all kinds of intellectual and material relationships between people, regardless of differences in nationality, race, sex, religion, political opinion or language
- to develop a strong feeling of solidarity among its members and to develop understanding and respect for other peoples among them
Structure and tasks
Individual members register directly at the UEA central office or via the UEA representative in their own country. As an individual member, you receive the yearbook and, depending on the contribution, the Esperanto magazine . The World Federation has 5,424 individual members in 119 countries (according to the yearbook; as of May 31, 2005). The national affiliates represent approximately fifteen thousand people.
Members under the age of thirty are automatically also members of the TEJO youth section and receive their magazines.
In addition, national Esperanto associations from 63 countries are affiliated with the World Federation, whose members operate as affiliate members.
The highest decision-making body of the World Federation is the Komitato ("committee", association council), which meets annually at the Esperanto World Congress . The elected representatives of the individual members and the representatives of the regional associations sit in the Komitato . The Komitato elects the board with the chairman. The terms of office are three years.
The Board appoints a General Manager to run the Central Office and directors for additional offices as required. The editor of the member magazine is also determined directly by the board. The general manager appoints the remaining employees.
Services
The Hector Hodler library with the archive is located in the central office .
The UEA supports the Esperanto Academy as well as specialist conferences on interlinguistic topics.
The association wants the program natives dialogues strengthening of exchanges between promoting indigenous peoples.
Publications
The UEA publishes the monthly Esperanto , other periodicals and a yearbook, and is a book publisher. The publications of the World Association include Esperanto-language fiction, books on the history of the Esperanto movement and materials for regions with particularly few Esperanto speakers, e.g. B. a dictionary Esperanto- Arabic .
Esperanto World Congress
The World Esperanto Congress (in Esperanto: Universala Kongreso de Esperanto , UK) organized by the UEA takes place annually. The first congress took place in Boulogne-sur-Mer in France in 1905 , in the last few years in Buenos Aires in 2014 and in Lille in 2015 . In 2016 it will take place in Nitra . Seoul was selected for 2017 .
The congress deals with current topics that have to do with Esperanto and international communication. There is also a scientific, cultural and tourist program. During the Congress, various Esperanto organizations hold their annual general meetings and other meetings.
history
At the end of 1907 Esperantists around Hector Hodler and his magazine Esperanto sent a circular regarding a worldwide organization of Esperanto speakers. After all, there were so many responses to a later inquiry by Hodler by April 28, 1908 that he dared to found a Universala Esperanto-Asocio . April 28th is the founding day, information about the foundation was published on May 1st, 1908 in the Esperanto magazine. Until his death in 1920, the young UEA, a society with individual membership, experienced several statutes and reforms, and it was not possible to achieve a balance with the (already existing) national Esperanto associations.
At the Esperanto World Congress in Helsinki in 1922 , the first substantial cooperation agreement was reached with the national associations; the treaty established an overarching organization for all (politically neutral) Esperanto associations. In a difficult process from 1932 to 1936/1947, the World Federation became an organized cooperation platform for the regional associations, even if there were still individual members. Internacia Esperanto-Ligo was a special organizational development at times .
Today's UEA was not formally founded until 1947, as the successor organization to the old UEA from 1908 and the Internacia Esperanto-Ligo . The World Federation has had its main office in Rotterdam since 1955, and the current statutes were notarized in 1980.
During the Cold War, Esperanto associations were banned in some Eastern Bloc countries (especially 1949–55) or were not allowed to join the World Esperanto Federation for a long time. It was not until 1989 that the World Federation was able to accept the Esperanto Association of the Soviet Union (at the same time as two Baltic associations).
Germany and the UEA
The German Esperanto Federation has been a regional association of the UEA since 1934 and again since 1955. The Esperanto Association in the Kulturbund of the GDR joined in 1976.
Alongside Japan and France , Germany is traditionally one of the strongest member countries. The last world congress in Germany to date took place in Berlin in 1999 under the patronage of Roman Herzog .
Regional associations of the UEA
According to the UEA, the total of 63 regional associations have around 20,000 individual members (no figures are available from some countries).
Two thirds of the individual members of the World Federation live in Europe. The UEA website lists delegates from 120 countries.
Africa
- Benin : Benina Esperanto-Federacio, founded in 1996
- Burundi : Associacion Nationale d´Esperanto au Burundi, founded in 2005
- Democratic Republic of the Congo : Demokrata Kongolanda Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1963, 456 members
- Ivory Coast : Kotdivuara Esperanto-Asocio, founded 1983, 100 members
- Cameroon : Asocio pri Esperanto en Kameruno, founded in 1991,
- South Africa : Esperanto-Asocio de Suda Afriko, founded in 1962, 54 members
- Togo : Unuiĝo Togolando por Esperanto, founded in 1987, 300 members
- Chad : Chada Esperanto Asocio founded in 2005
America
- Argentina : Argentina Esperanto-Ligo, founded in 1941, 140 members
- Brazil : Brazila Esperanto-Ligo, founded in 1907, 652 members
- Chile : Ĉilia Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1978
- Costa Rica : Kostarika Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1953, 34 members
- Canada : Canada Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1958, 150 members
- Colombia : Kolombia Esperanto-Ligo, founded in 1966
- Cuba : Kuba Esperanto-Asocio, founded 1979, 100 members
- Mexico : Meksika Esperanto-Federacio, founded in 1903, 20 members
- Peru : Perua Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1975
- Uruguay : Urugvaja Esperanto-Societo, founded in 1924, 30 members
- USA : Esperanto-Ligo por Norda Ameriko, founded in 1952, 700 members
- Venezuela : Venezuela Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1912, 32 members
Asia
- China : Ĉina Esperanto-Ligo, founded in 1951, 1144 members
- Hong Kong : Honkonga Esperanto-Asocio,
- India : Federacio Esperanto de Barato, founded in 1982, 150 members
- Indonesia : Centro de Esperanto-Studoj, founded in 2005,
- Iran : Irana Esperanto Asocio, founded in 1993, 49 members
- Israel : Esperanto-Ligo en Israelo, founded in 1949, 160 members
- Japan : Japana Esperanto-Instituto, founded in 1919, 1355 members
- Korea : Korea Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1920, 250 members
- Pakistan : Pakistana Esperanto-Asocio, founded 1978, 450 members
- Philippines : Esperanto Asocio por Filipinoj, founded in 2006,
- Taiwan : Tajvana Esperantista Asocio, founded in 1990,
- Vietnam : Vjetnama Esperanto-Asocio, founded 1956, 610 members
Western Europe
- Belgium : Belga Esperanto-Federacio, founded in 1962, 1013 members
- Denmark : Dana Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1908, 210 members
- Germany : Germana Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1906, 1600 members
- Finland : Esperanto-Asocio de Finlando, founded in 1907, 400 members
- France : Espéranto-France, founded in 1898, 1001 members
- Greece : Helena Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1927, 108 members
- Great Britain : Esperanto Asocio de Britio, founded in 1904, 481 members
- Ireland : Esperanto-Asocio de Irlando, founded in 1970, 63 members
- Iceland : Islanda Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1950, 93 members
- Italy : Itala Esperanto-Federacio, founded in 1910, 910 members
- Luxembourg : Luksemburgo Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1971, 101 members
- Malta : Malta Esperanta-Societo, founded in 1961, 40 members
- Netherlands : Esperanto Nederland, founded in 1994, 405 members
- Norway : Norvega Esperantista Ligo, founded in 1911, 235 members
- Austria : Austrian Esperanto Association, founded in 1935, 72 members
- Portugal : Portugala Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1972, 101 members
- Sweden : Sveda Esperanto-Federacio, founded in 1906, 600 members
- Switzerland : Swiss Esperanto Society , founded in 1902, 170 members
- Spain : Hispana Esperanto-Federacio, founded in 1947, 285 members
Central and Eastern Europe
- Albania : Albana Esperanto-Ligo, founded in 1991
- Armenia : Armenia Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1991, 86 members
- Bosnia-Herzegovina : Esperanto Ligo de Bosnio kaj Hercegovino, founded in 1949, 100 members
- Bulgaria : Bulgara Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1907, 140 members
- Estonia : Esperanto-Asocio de Estonio, founded in 1922 and 1988, 62 members
- Georgia : Kartvelia Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1990
- Croatia : Kroata Esperanto-Ligo, founded in 1945, 250 members
- Latvia : Latvia Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1988, 100 members
- Lithuania : Litova Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1919 and 1988, 960 members
- Macedonia : Makedonio Esperanto-Ligo, founded in 1957, 45 members
- Poland : Pola Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1945, 820 members
- Romania : Esperanto-Asocio de Romanio, founded in 1907 and 1990, 120 members
- Russia : Rusia Esperantista Unio, founded in 1921, 150 members
- Slovakia : Slovakia Esperanta Federacio, founded in 1997, 200 members
- Slovenia : Slovenia Esperanto Ligo, founded in 1937, 150 members
- Czech Republic : Ĉeĥa Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1969, 850 members
- Ukraine : Ukrainia Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1989, 194 members
- Hungary : Hungarlanda Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1902 and 1960, 1348 members
Oceania
- Australia : Aŭstralia Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1939, 190 members
- New Zealand : Nov-Zelanda Esperanto-Asocio, founded in 1910, 55 members
See also
literature
- Peter G. Forster: The Esperanto Movement. Mouton, Haag et al. 1982 ( Contributions to the sociology of language 32, ISSN 1861-0676 ), (Tls. Also: Hull, Univ., Diss., 1977: A sociological study of the Esperanto. ).
- Marcus Sikosek (Ziko van Dijk): The neutral language. A political history of the Esperanto World Federation . Skonpres, Bydgoszcz 2006, zugl. Utrecht, Univ., Diss., 2006, ISBN 978-83-89962-03-4 .
Web links
- UEA
- Terminologia Esperanto-Centro (TEC) Terminology center of the UEA