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London 10-11/10/1998
On 10-11/10/1998, under banner of Independence
for Kurdistan and by invitation from the preparation committee of
Kurdistan National Congress, the fourth Kurdistan National Congress
was held in London. The congress was wonderful and successful from
all points of view (despite attempts from some to hinder its path yet
again). An administrative committee for the congress was formed and
made up of Mr Jawad Mella, Mr Cankurd, Mr Hama Rashid Haras and Mr
Sirwan Kawsi.
The Congress opened with a minute of silence
in commemoration of all those martyrs who have died for the sack of
the Kurds and Kurdistan, and for our martyred comrade Rahbar Jalal
Mamish, Secretary of the Kurdistan National Congress in Finland.
The opening speeches of the congress in
English:
In the first session of the first day
10/10/1998, speech were made by: Mr. Jawad Mella, General Secretary of
the Kurdistan National Congress; Dr. Jemal Nebez, the First Councilor
of the Congress; Mr. David McDowall, British Writer, (Author of A
Modern History of the Kurds); Mr. Bruce Kent, Researcher of the
Kurdish problem, from Britain. Miss Sonia Watts, Researcher of the
Kurdish problem; Mrs Miria Kultalahti, widow of the late Rahbar Jalal
Mamish, from Finland; Ms. Karen Dabrowska, Writer and Journalist
specialising in Kurdish and Middle East affairs; Mr Jeremy Corbyn,
Member of Parliament, Britain.
There was a large public presence of foreign
guests, friends of the Kurdish people from Britain and other
countries.
During this session Lord Jeffery Archer sent a
phone message congratulating and wishing success to the congress.
Next, the following letters and phone messages
of congratulations to the congress from Kurdish and foreign
organisations and dignitaries were read:
Mr. Toni Blair, The Prime Minister of Britain,
Mrs. Margaret McDonagh of the British Labour Party; Mrs. Elisabeth
Johnson of the British Liberal Democrats Party; Lord Hylton, member of
the British House of Lords, Baroness Cox, member of the British House
of Lords; Mr Stan Newns, member of the British Parliament; Mrs Ann
Clwyd, member of the British Parliament; Mrs. Clair Short, member of
the British Parliament & Minister for Overseas Development; Mr M.
Whitlam, General Secretary of the Red Cross; Dr. Mirella Galletti,
Italian Researcher of Kurdish affairs; Mr David Adamson, British
Writer and author of The Kurdish War and 1964 Division; Professor
Khalil Rashidian and Professor E. W. Anderson, Durham University;
Madam Joyce Blau, Lecturer of Kurdish language, Sorboune University;
Mr Michael Jackson of Channel 4, British TV; Mr Muhammad Al-Fayed,
owner of Harrods stores; Dr. Carlo Boldrini, President of Kurdish
Cultural Association, Italy; Madam Laura Shrider, Italian writer and
specialist in Kurdish affairs for 25 years; Mrs July Green of the
American National Geographic Society; Madam Ann Barnet, Journalist and
Researcher of Kurdish affairs, Switzerland; Mr Liveo Sousa, Italy; Mr
Muhammad Ali of the British organisation CARDERI.
The congress received a lot of messages by fax
and phone from the committees of the Kurdistan National Congress
inside the homeland, from various towns and regions of Northern,
Southern, Eastern, Western and Red (Armenia and Azerbaijan) Kurdistan,
in addition to the following letters:
A letter from Sheikh Abdulmalik Firat (from
Northern Kurdistan), Grandson of Sheikh Saeed Piran leader of the
Kurdish revolution of 1925.
A letter from Sheikh Dara Baba Ali (from
Southern Kurdistan), Grandson Sheikh Mahmood, The King of Kurdistan
1919-1924.
A letter from Mr Ali Ghazi (from Eastern
Kurdistan), Son of Ghazi Muhammad, President of Kurdistan Republic of
1946.
A letter from Mr Hoshang Sabri (from Western
Kurdistan), Son of the great patriot and activist Apo Osman Sabri
1905-1993.
Letters from Kurdistan Democratic Party-Iraq,
Kurdistan Socialist Party-Iraq, Kurdistan Democratic Party-Turkey,
Kurdish Democratic Party-Syria, Professor Sheikh Muhammad Saleh Gabori,
General Secretary of the Islamic Party of Kurdistan, Sheikh
Abdulrahman Dura (Founder of the Kurdistan Islamic Movement), Mr
Hussein Yezdanpena, General Secretary of the Union of Revolutionaries
of People of Kurdistan, Mr Rekar Ahmad, General Secretary of the
Kurdistan Liberation Party, Sheikh Derwesh Hasso, President of the
Yezidi Centre in Germany, Mr Selah Rashid, Representative of the
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Germany, Mr Hashim Karimi, Leading
member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party-Iran, Mr Khalid Dlear, Member
of the preparatory committee of the Kurdish National Congress, held in
Sulaimania on 4-5/12/1997, Mr Saman Shali, Leading member of the
Kurdish National Congress in North America, Mr Chalak Juanroii,
President of the American Friends of the Kurds, Leaders of the
Socialist Union of Kurdish Students in Europe (SOKSE), Dr Khaje Yeshar,
Journalist (previous chief of the Kurdistan Liberation Flag Party), Mr
Memed Tanreverde, President of the Kurdish Community Centre in Germany
(Eurokurd), Mr Marwan Ali, Secretary of the Western Kurdistan
Association in Holland, Mr Mahmood Akko, Secretary of the Western
Kurdistan Association in Germany, Mr Dlear Rashid, President of the
Kurdish Centre in America, Mr Abdulqader Muhammad Amin, Chief Editor
of the Barzan newspaper in the USA, Mr Peshrawi Saed Ibrahimi & Mr
Abdulmumin Dashti, Editors of the Sako newspaper in Germany, Mr Braem
Farshi, Manager of the Kurdish Theater Kocher in Germany, Sheikh Omar
Gharib, Kurdish scholar from Pakistan, Mr Khalid Yunis Khalid, Writer
and Researcher, Professor Baram Rasul, Mr Ibrahim Ja'fary, Mr Hawre
Zandi, Kurdish Radio in Sweden, Dr Jamshid Haideri, Famous Kurdish
Artist Kader Dilan, Dr Arshad Maruf, Dr Shaban Muzuri, Dr Kamal Ali,
Mr Amjad Shakaly from Sweden; Dr Khorshid Rawanduzi, Dr Salah Jmor
from Switzerland; Mr Abdulrahman Rahim from Denmark; Mr Abdi Muhamad,
Mr Haji Sheikhani, Mr Waisi Zawitai, Mr Muhamad Salim Hasan from
Holand; Mr Hasan Zand, Mr Abdullah Chwartai, Mr Hallo Muhamad, Mr Jaza
Chingiani, Mr Abdulrahim Ayaz, Dr Nashmil Qasemlou, Miss Aso Agacha,
President of Hinbun organisation,Mrs Hanne Kuchler, Journalist, and Mr
Abbas Ali from Germany; Sheikh Dara Jalal Al-Hfid, Mr Wria Saleh, Dr
Alan Kader, Dr Michael Ali, Dr Ashti Karim from Austria; Dr Abdullah
Pashew, Poet, Mr Faraj Wahab from Finland; Dr Kamel Majid from Qater,
Dr Faisal Khalaf from Moscow; Dr Ali Kilch, Mr Kawa Hasan from France;
Dr Fazil Al-Zahawi, Mr Hawre Bakhawan, Solicitor, Mr Baram Manu, Anwar
Othman, Solicitor, Mr Haji Haji Ibrahim, Mr Hallo Ahmad Kurda, Dr.
Jabar Kadir from Holland; Mr Izzat Othman, Engineer, Mr Abdulhalim
Mustafa from USA; Mr Burhan Mam Tawfiq, Dr Akram Muhamad Karim, Sheikh
Omar Barzanji, Atta Qaradaghi from National Kudish Cultural Centre in
Sulaimaniah.
The Kurdish Organisations and dignitaries who
participated in the KNC activities:
Dr Jemal Nebez, Councilor of the Kurdistan
National Congress, Mr Sirwan Kawsi and Mr Ali Rahimi, representing the
Kurdistan Independence Party; Mr Muhamad Qaradaghi, representative of
the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan-Iraq, Mr Cankurd, representative of
the Hevkari organisation in Germany, Mr Bakir Diko, from Kurdish Unity
Party in Syria, Sheikh Latif Mariwani, representative of (KAK), Mr
Bruska Ibrahim and Mrs Armgard Ibrahim, representing the Kurdish
Academy for Science and Art, Dr Muzafar Bartumah, representative of
the Kurdistan Islamic Party, Mr Shirko Zeinalush, Secretary of the
Western Kurdistan Association in Britain, Mrs Ghazal Sido,
representative of the Democratic Union of Kurdistan of Syria, Mr
Khasrew Saya representative of the Iraqi Labour Communist Party, Mr
Khalid Rashid, Director of the Kurdish Division of Swedish TV, Mr
Muhamad Juri, Director of the Kurdish Division in German Radio, Mr
Hama Rahid Haras of the Kurdish National Party, Mr Alan Kakaha,
representative of the Media newspaper in Canada, Dr Ahmad Babeker,
President of the Kurdish Cultural Centre in Canada, Mr Abu Tara, Chief
Editor of the Voice of Kurdistan newspaper in Austria, Mr Muhamad
Mahmood and Mr Sarteep Kader, representing Alai Islam magazine, Mr
Rizgar Saleh, Engineer, representative of Student and Youth Union of
Kurdistan, Mr Aziz Aqrawi (former Minister, General and leading member
of the Kurdish revolution of 1961-1975), Mr Atta Mufti and Salar
Hamarash, representing Peyam newspaper, Mr Omed Saeed Gewhar,
President of the Kurdish Children Association in Germany.
Also many Kurdish national dignitaries
attended the congress from all over the world amongst whom were:
Mr Qutbadin Ozar, Mr Muhamad Doran, Mr Ghafur
Amin, Dr Pola Khanaqa, Mr Farhad Khanaqa, Mr Walid Aso and Dr Kamal
Sido from Germany. Mr Khalid Kawan from USA. Miss Farida Jawary and
Miss Dalal Rasul from Red Kurdistan / Armenia. Artist Sherko Jalal
Mamish, Mrs Suzan Mamish, Dr Mamad Jamo, Mrs Zine Jamo, Mr Aksen Hasan
from France. Dr Izzat Sido and Artist Sardar Ali from Italy. Dr Jamal
Rashid Ahmad and Mr Latif Jamal Ahmad from Holland. Dr Sheikh Mazhar
Naqshabandi, Sheikh Asad Naqashbandi, Mrs Parwin Mushir Waziri, Mrs
Malika Smith, Mr Noori Noori, Mr. Shamal Ali, Mr Noori Bashir, Mr
Abdulqader Dabaghi, Mr Ali Karimi, Mr Aso Aziz, Mr Ibrahim Kader
Mustafa, Mr Muhamad Sali, Mrs Amina Dabaghi, Mrs Amin Kharazi, Dr
Rizgar Amin, Dr Aza Abdullah, Mr Abbas Salim, Mr Sherzad Jabrail,
Sheikh Mansour Al-Hafid, Sheikh Dara Jamil, Mr Hussein Kader, Mrs
Kwestan and Dr Sami Khafaf, Mr Shirwan Rashid, Artist Karim Rashid, Mr
Babaker Drai, Dr Mariwan Omar, Dr Kardo Khanaqa, Mr Sabah Ghalib, Mr
Taha Tawfiq, Mr Awat Mustafa, Mr Yekti Gulbaran, Mr Muhamad Jaza, Mr
Mushir Galali, Mr Karzan Krekar, Mr Sabah Yassin, Mr Ismail Lawa, Mr
Sarwar Mirza Ghafur, Mr Khalid Sheikh Al-Islami, Miss Shnow and Nigeen
Sheikh Al-Islami, Mr Lukman Muhamad, Mr Zara, Miss Nariman, Mrs Sophie
Tod, Mrs Khaje Ahmad, Mr Farhad Ahmad, Dr Ibrahim Abdallah, Mr Rashid
Ibrahim, Mr Orkhan Abdallah, Mr Shabaz, Zahid, Shemal, Dara, Zana,
Amanj, Rustam, Kamal, Khusraw and others.
In the evening of the first day of the
Congress the Kurdish artists Khalid Rashid, Dilshad Saeed, Hasan and
Nawroz performed in a Kurdish traditional concert celebrating the
Fourth Kurdistan National Congress, and the congress hall was crowded
with more than 300 of guests.
On the evening of the second day there was a
lecture in Kurdish by Dr Jemal Nebez entitled The Cause of Kurdish
People at Present and a Look into the Future, followed by questions
and discussions which lasted for four hours.
On the Second Day of the Congress 11/10/1998:
The Members of the Congress continued analysis
of the situation in Kurdistan and the following practical decisions
were taken:
1-
After discussion and alterations to the points of the constitution of
the Kurdistan National Congress, voting took place and it was approved
as the constitution to be implemented from this date forward.
2-
Since those present were but a small number of members of the
Kurdistan
National
Congress both inside and outside the homeland, the participants
voted to
deputise the General Secretary and Councillors of the congress to
chose
suitable candidates from those present and other members in
Kurdistan and
abroad to work in the various committees of the Congress as
stated in the
constitution.
3-
Forming a committee to follow up the question of establishing the
Kurdish
Government in
exile to carry out communications inside Kurdistan with
organisations
and dignitaries of Kurdistan, and giving them another chance
to explain
the necessity of forming the Kurdish Government in exile, and
inviting them
to participate in the fifth congress, which shall be dedicated
specifically
for the issue of announcing the Kurdish Government in exile,
which cover
all regions of Kurdistan to represent the Kurdish nation (40
million) on
international scene as a nation that has the right for
independence. Otherwise, at least for those organisations and
dignitaries
that has
certain connections, which prevent them from participating- not to
stand as an
obstacle in the path of the Kurdish state i.e. not to be hostile to
the Kurdish
state, even if they are not able to work for it.
4-
In additions to many Kurdish organisations affiliated to the Congress
the
membership of
the following organisations was approved: The Kurdish
Children
Organisation in Germany, The Kurdish Academy for Science and
Art in
Sweden, and the Kurdish Cultural Centre in Canada.
The Recommendations of the Congress:
1- The congress requests that all Kurdistan
organisations wherever they are, should solve the problems between
them peacefully through dialogue and to end the situation of internal
fighting.
2- The congress requests from the parties in
Southern Kurdistan to carry out free elections with more democratic
conditions such as the abolition of the 7% requirement ratio in order
to make it possible for wide range of political sectors to participate
in making of political decisions, and to give an opportunity to vote
to the Kurds in exile, and also (on the same election cards) carry out
a referendum among the Kurdish people to find out whether they want to
be as part of Iraq or to have their own independent Kurdish state.
3- The congress called for advantage to be
taken of the recent agreement in Washington to support peace and
stability, and to enhance it even more to insure the independence of
the Kurdish nation, that is by asking the USA to allow the use of
airports in Kurdistan to establish direct relations with the world
without the need for mediating with the neighbouring countries.
4- The congress thanks all dignitaries,
institutions and organisations that participated in its works or sent
messages by letters or by phone and especially to Mr Tony Blair, the
Prime Minister of Britain, the country which hosted the congress in
its capital London. The congress ended by the Kurdish national hymn
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