First Constituent Charter

The First Constituent Charter to the peoples of Belarus (Belarusian: Першая Ўстаўная грамата да народаў Беларусі, Pieršaja Ŭstaŭnaja hramata da narodaŭ Biełarusi) is a legal and political act issued by the Executive Committee of the Council of the All-Belarusian Congress on 21 February 1918 in Minsk (in the former Governor's House).

[3] On 21 February 1918, the Executive Committee of the Council of the All-Belarusian Congress addressed the peoples of Belarus with the First Charter, which stated: "Our homeland is in a new predicament... We are facing the fact that our land may be occupied by German troops."

The secretariat included Paluta Badunova, Jazep Varonka (chairman), Tamaš Hryb, Kastuś Jezavitaŭ, Vasil Zacharka, Pyotra Krecheuski, and Arkadź Smolič.

[5] The beginning, which fixed the text of the document, contained an image of a high sheaf with crossed scythes and rakes and the inscription on the rim: "PEOPLE'S SECRETARIAT OF BELARUS".

However, in late February, negotiations took place between the Secretariat and the German military administration, as a result of which the occupiers recognized the government of Jazep Varonka as a representation of the Belarusian population.