Despite certain hesitations of some Slovenes – for different reasons existentially tied to SFRY - the response of Slovene minority in Italy and its two umbrella organizations, Slovene Cultural and Economic Association (SKGZ) and Slovene Community (SSk), after the military intervention of the Yugoslav army in Slovenia was unified; both signed appeals to the highest officials of the Italian state to recognize the independence of the Republic of Slovenia, a special headquarters of Slovenes in Italy was formed with the purpose of helping Slovenia, and all the chief organizations took part at the two major protest manifestations in Trieste and Gorizia. A lot was done in the spheres of media and finance, even joint activities with the Slovene minorities in Austria and Hungary were organized. Also important were the connections of the Slovene minority community with members of other minorities in Italy, as well as contacts with politicians at regional level. Provincial Committee of the World Slovene Congress for Friuli - Venezia Giulia took part at the constitutional session of the Slovene congress in Ljubljana, presided by Bojan Brezigar, a Slovenian living in Trieste. All these activities contributed to the recognition of Slovenia by the Republic of Italy on January 15, 1992..