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A National Advisory Commission for Pre-University Theological and
Religious Education, including representatives of the religious
denominations, the Religious Affairs Department and the Ministry of
Education, has been set up to supervise the application of the law
concerning religious education.
Furthermore, religions may organize the religious education of
their believers through any other means they deem necessary, with no
interference from the State.
In a spirit of inter-denominational tolerance, a major contribution
to the religious education of young people is the weekly programming by
the national television station, which provides up-to-date information on
the activities of the various religious groups in Romania and abroad.
Subsequent to the Revolution of December 1989, the Romanian State
initiated a series of measures to redress the abuses of the former
regime. One of these measures was Decree-Law No. 9, dated
31 December 1989, officially recognizing the Romanian Church United
with Rome (Greek-Catholic).
Decree-Law No. 126 of 24 April 1990 was adopted by the Provisional
Council of National Union to settle the matter of the property formerly
owned by the Romanian Church United with Rome. It stipulates that the
assets that were taken over by the State under Decree No. 358/1948 and
are currently State property are, with the exception of the landed
estates, returned to the Romanian Church United with Rome in their
present condition.
In conformity with this Act, a mixed commission composed of
representatives of the Government and of the Greek-Catholic Church
identified a portion of the Church’s former property. As a consequence,
the Government adopted Decree No. 466/1992, by which 80 buildings and
urban plots of land were restored to the Greek-Catholic Church.
Decree No. 126/1990 also specifies that a joint committee made up
of representatives of the clergy of both denominations will establish the
legal status of churches and of church halls that formerly belonged to
the Greek-Catholic Church and are currently administered by the Orthodox
Church."
SUDAN
42.
On 21 June 1994, the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Sudan
transmitted to the Special Rapporteur, for information, copies of
Constitutional Decrees Nos. 7, 8 and 9, issued by the Revolution Command
Council in 1993, a copy of the Religious Affairs and Wakfs* Act, 1980, and of
the Non-Muslims Marriage Act, 1926. These texts have been summarized or
quoted in the following paragraphs.
* Gift or bequest of goods or property to the Islamic State in perpetuity
for religious works or the public weal.