A/49/415/Add.1 English Page 13 62. The Government of Yugoslavia pointed out that the cultural activities of the members of the Bulgarian national minority were of a long-standing tradition and played a special role in the preservation and fostering of national identity. Cultural and artistic work unfolded through the cultural centres in Dimitrovgrad and Bosilegrad. There were two cultural and art societies of the Bulgarian national minority, as well as the "Hristo Botev" amateur theatre, which offered plays in Bulgarian. The municipal library of Dimitrovgrad has a stock of about 30,000 titles in Bulgarian, while the municipal library in Bosilegrad has about 14,000 titles. International cooperation was traditionally the interchange of cultural programmes and guest performances with cultural institutions in Bulgaria. 63. Bearing in mind what has been said above, it may be stated that the aforesaid States took measures to guarantee the right of persons belonging to minorities to equal participation in cultural activities. It is difficult to form an accurate estimate of guarantees of this right by those States because some of them (Denmark and Germany) described in detail the measures aimed at the promotion of this right, one State (Belarus) pointed out only some of those measures, while another State (Sweden) did not mention them at all. It may be stated, however, that the States guarantee equality of cultures and provide access to the culture of both the majority population and ethnic groups. C. The right to profess and practise their own religion 64. The Governments of Denmark and Germany pointed out that the members of the German minority in the rural communities belonged to the Evangelical-Lutheran Nordschleswigsche Kirche (North Schleswig Church), an evangelical free church under Danish law, which is financed by its own income and by funds from the Nordelbische Kirche (Protestant Church) in Germany. In the four towns in the area inhabited by the minority, the Government of Denmark met on a legal basis the personnel and material costs for four German parishes within the scope of the Danish national church. 65. Church activities of the Danish minority are organized by the Dansk Kirke in Sydslesvig (Evangelical-Lutheran Danish Church in South Schleswig). As a registered association under Germany law it is a free church, with 44 parishes and 24 pastors. It is independent of the North Elbe Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Germany and of the Folkekirke (national church) in Denmark, but cooperates closely with the Dansk Kirke i Udlandet (Danish Church Abroad), a private organization in Odense, Denmark. D. The right to use their own language 66. The Bonn/Copenhagen Declarations of 1955 contained provisions concerning the right of pertinent minorities to use their own languages. The relevant paragraphs of the Declarations read as follows: "Members of the two national minorities and their organizations may not be impeded in the spoken or written use of their chosen language. /...