The founding members of the Commission on Press and Information of the World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples shall be those experts who had participated in the Mass Media Section of the 2nd World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples. By 30 September 1996, national organisations of the World Congress shall appoint Co-Chairmen on behalf of Finland, Estonia and Hungary and the Russia’s Finno-Ugrians to organise and co-ordinate the work of the Commission.1 Prior to the first plenary session of the Commission its organisational and procedural rules shall be temporarily set by the Co-Chairmen.
Soome-Ugri Kultuuride Arengufondi juhatuse Tartus toimunud istungil võeti vastu pöördumine Udmurdi Vabariigi Valitsuse esimehele P.Verðininile VII festivali korraldamisest 1998. aasta suvel Iþkaris. Paraku sõltub festivali saatus olulisel määral Moskvast saadavast toetusest.