Kurdistan and The Kurds A Divided Homeland and a Nation without ...

Chapter VI
Kurdistan National Congress - A Tool
For A Kurdish State
The Kurdistan National Congress was established on
14 April 1984. It has to be mentioned that first people
who called for the idea of a Kurdistan National Congress
were a group of freedom loving Kurds in the front line
of which were Dr Jemal Nebez, General Aziz Aqrawi,
Dr Muhammad Saleh Gabouri, Sheikh Latif Sheikh Al-
Islami and the author.
From 19 to 20 / 8 / 1989 the first conference of the
KNC was held in London. On 30 – 31 / 8 / 1991 the
second conference of the KNC was held also in London.
On 18 – 19 / 9 / 1996 the third conference of the KNC
was held in Paris. On 10 – 11 / 10 / 1998 the fourth
conference of the KNC was held again in London. This
last one was the most important because the members of
the conference discussed the project of the constitution
and it was amended after its official approval.
The aim of the KNC is to carry out political and
diplomatic work for the independence and establishment
of a Kurdish state on the whole land of Kurdistan. This
cannot be achieved without a central authority for the
Kurdish nation gathering all the Kurdish parties,
organizations and political, scientific, intellectual and
social Kurdish personalities, and including the regional
Kurdistan governments and parliaments under one
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