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

Memorandum by Kurdish Children in Syria
To the United Nations’ Childhood
Organisation in Syria
Mr Muhammad Ben Edriss El-Elmi
Representative of the UN Childhood Organisation in Syria
Director of the UNISEF Office in Damascus
Dear Sir,
You are aware that the General Assembly of the UN
issued the declaration of the child’s rights on 20/11/1959
(to enable him to enjoy a happy childhood, for his benefit
and the benefit of the society…), and Syria was one of
the first countries to sign it. On the basis of the legal
and ethic requirements of that declaration, we the Kurdish
children in Syria appeal to you to intervene with the
Syrian government to respect its own agreement and
signature, and to protect our childhood and our rights as
stated in that declaration from the discrimination practices
carried out within the framework of a chauvinistic policy
towards our Kurdish people in Syria.
At the time that the declaration stated the necessity
(for a child to enjoy all the rights without discrimination
because of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political
views, ethnic origin or social background…) and also
stated the necessity (for a child to be protected from any
practices that may result in racial or any other kind of
discrimination…), the deprivation remains the basic
standard in dealing with the Kurdish children that are
born with discrimination attached to them with birth and
receives the shock of a bitter reality involving all Kurdish
families in general.
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