Article 8

Forms of facilitating cultural development of the Italian and Hungarian ethnic communities and measures for the preservation of the cultural heritage in the ethnically mixed areas, which is particularly linked to the historical presence of the ethnic communities.

Article 10

The Government shall establish the Council for Culture as a deliberative body.

The Government shall appoint the chairperson and one third of the members on the nomination by the minister, one third on the nomination of the Cultural Chamber of Slovenia and professional associations of cultural workers who are not members of the Chamber and have more than 100 members, and one third on the nomination of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pools in the field of amateur cultural activities organised for the area of the state and of the Italian and Hungarian ethnic communities.

The number of members of the Council, the duration of their term of office and the method of their work shall be defined by the Government with the Act of the establishment of the Council.

Source: Report submitted by the Republic of Slovenia pursuant to Art. 25 Para. 1 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
http://www.humanrights.coe.int/minorities/Eng/FrameworkConvention/StateReports/2000/slovenia/slovenia.html#annex2