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

During this historic meeting in the town of Herne, a
number of Kurdish politicians and intellectuals gathered
on the occasion of the forty days anniversary of glorious
Kurdish uprising in Western Kurdistan and in a mourning
ceremony for the martyrs of the uprising there was a
minute of silence at the start of the conference, then the
Kurdish national anthem (Ay Raqib). This was followed
by a speech regarding the uprising by the conference
executive the activist Rizgar Qasim. Then Dr Jawad
Mella read the political report and Dr Alan Qadir read
the legal report. Then the questions by those present
were answered and the question of declaration of the
Government of Western Kurdistan and its constitution
was adopted and the suggestions in this regard were put
to voting.
The following decisions were made unanimously:
1. Declaration of the Government of Western Kurdistan
in Exile, the names and number of the members of
the government to be announced shortly after
consultations.
3. Adopting the project of constitution of the Government
of Western Kurdistan in Exile as suggested by the
preparatory committee and a legal committee was
formed from: the lawyer Bavi Shorish, Dr Alan Qadir
and solicitor Sulaiman Jaziry, to be formulated legally.
4. Adopting the announcement of the preparatory
committee of the Government of Western Kurdistan
as well as the political and legal reports with their
contents of suggestions in addition to the suggestions
of the audience as follows:
5. Officially asking the United Nations to send
international forces to Western Kurdistan in order to
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