The first important act of the Congress was the ratification on September 29, 1898, of the independence proclamation of June 12, 1898, at Kawit, Cavite.
The clashes between Croats and the Serbian-dominated national army began about four months ago, shortly after Croatia issued an independence proclamation on June 25.
The proclamation was modelled on a similar independence proclamation issued during the 1803 rebellion by Robert Emmet.
The flag's original symbolism was enumerated in the text of the independence proclamation, which makes reference to an attached drawing, though no record of the drawing has surfaced.
Special delegates associated with the movement also read copies of the independence proclamation from appointed places throughout the country at 2 PM on that same day.
The so-called 'social revolutions' following the independence proclamation were challenges to the Dutch-established Indonesian social order, and to some extent a result of the resentment against Japanese-imposed policies.
Additionally, he indicated, Cairo wished to "coordinate" its position with the United States, which has rejected the P.L.O.'s independence proclamation.
We can expect the Navy in our skies within hours of the independence proclamation.
He stressed that Serbs would never accept the independence proclamation by Republic of Kosovo: "They cannot force us to be part of the independent Kosovo.
The Slovenian President, Milan Kucan, said that "no one challenged" Slovenia's right to secede or the validity of the independence proclamation issued by the republic's Parliament.