life necessitated further new improvements. It became obvious that we could not go far or progress and make our people happy and prosperous within that existing Soviet System with a status independent within its borders but dependent on the Soviet System.

Dear Türkmens, it was the point in history that our ancestors had longed for. At that time, together with my colleagues, it was necessary for me to work to establish an independent state by day and night without tiring, and troubles were not able to deter me. On 26^th October, we called a convention of the Türkmenistan High Council. In the convention, the historical resolution of Türkmenistan, we explicitly and definitively declared the independence of the State of Türkmenistan. This is the content of the declaration:

THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF TÜRKMENISTAN AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE STATE

On 26 October, there was a meeting of The High Council of Türkmenistan; on the agenda of the meeting was the people’s notice of their will and wishes.

The Council made the essential decision to put into effect the expression of the independence of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Türkmenistan. In this resolution, certain crucial issues were resolved.

1. The State of Türkmenistan, within the borders of the USSR, is declared an independent, democratic state. The independence of Türkmenistan is based on great ideals – To establish the real national state of the Türkmen people, to provide basic rights and freedoms complying with the charter of the Universal Human Rights Declarations in the Constitution of Türkmenistan, as well as the other norms of