The Concluding
Statement
of
the Assyrian General Conference
held
in
The Assyrians are the indigenous people of
Oh! You spirits in heaven…
Oh! You great Assyrian people…
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And on 7th of August 2005 the Assyrian General Conference concluded its sessions in this immortal day after two days of extensive discussions and debates concerning the current circumstances and political changes, and the position of the Assyrian people in the Iraqi political equation. This position which was neglected and marginalized for long decades full of sufferings and ethnical doubts as well as national expatriation.
These noble people were also charged with being agents for
the foreigners. All these false accusations were directed against these honest
people who expressed their strong wish to keep close to their homeland,
sticking firmly to their Assyrian National Identity. And insisting
perseveringly to take their place as a fundamental brick in building new
Oh! Assyrian struggling masses
The resolutions of the Assyrian General Conference are set to express the ambitions and expectations of our Assyrian people. These resolutions are well distinguished for being submitted daringly and clearly on both levels: Iraqi patriotic level and Assyrian National level. The sessions of the Assyrian General Conference resulted in the following:
On Political Level:
1- The Assyrian General Conference is with the unity of Iraqi people and land.
2-
3- The Assyrian General Conference emphasizes a complete sovereignty and
independence of
4- All Iraqis are equal before the law and in the law.
5- The Assyrians are the indigenous people of
6- The two rivers (Mesopotamian) culture and heritage are
properties of
protection is the responsibilities of all.
7- Depending on year 1921 in regards of demographic changes.
8- The Assyrian General Conference demands complete evacuation of all Assyrian
villages and lands which were arbitrary encroached and usurped, and to rebuild them
and compensate their original owners.
9- The Assyrian General Conference believes in a democratic, pluralistic and federal
system,
and the conference demands an
in all the other historical places where our people live and other national constituents
and sects such as Turkman, Yezidis, Arabs, Shabak and Kurds.
10-The Assyrian General Conference emphasizes the necessity of facilitating the return
of the emigrants to their homes and providing them with their needs in such a way to
establish their settlement and remove all sorts of injustice and oppression.
11- The Assyrian General Conference demands the International Community to condemn
the crimes committed against the Assyrian people by the governments that took part
in those crimes, and to oblige them to offer their apologies and compensate them.
12- The Assyrian Language should be considered as one of the official languages of the
State of
13- The Assyrian General Conference requires that the Assyrian Language should be
taught as a
national and historical language in all schools in
educational
heritage and cultural base of
14- The Assyrian General Conference demands inserting a historical Assyrian Symbol in
Iraqi Flag.
15- The Assyrian General Conference supports the separation of religion from state,
ensuring the respect and practice of all the religions in the society.
16- The Assyrian General Conference believes in the principles of the separation between
the three branches of authority (Legislative, Executive, Judicial), and emphasizing
the
17- The Assyrian General Conference believes in equality between man and woman in all
fields.
18- The Assyrian General Conference rejects all sorts of terrorism.
19- The Assyrian General Conference emphasizes complying with all the articles of the
International declaration of the Human Rights.
20- The Assyrian General Conference attempts to spread the Education of Peace, Justice
and Fraternity.
21- The Assyrian General Conference emphasizes the necessity of participation of all the
Iraqis sects in the process of drafting the constitution.
22- The Assyrian General Conference calls for the abolition of mass destructive weapons
in the
About The Internal Assyrian Affair:
1-Requesting Iraqi Government to provide suitable circumstances for the Assyrians to
return to their original
places north of
to organized oppression. The conference also demands dispatching letters to the
Assyrian and humanitarian organizations asking them to prepare the right
circumstances for
the Assyrian people to possess estate in
2-Employing Assyrian abilities in
existence in
3- The Assyrian General Conference instigates the Assyrian people to join all the firms
of the state, civilian and military .
4- Forming a committee consisting of parties representatives, churches and of
academic educated people to draft the national document (constitution of the Assyrian
Nation)
5- Forming an Assyrian economic committee to undertake the planning to activate the
economic part for the Assyrian National Effort.
6- Forming an independent media committee to deal with the Assyrian cause in general,
and to ask the central government for support.
7- Consolidating the Assyrian National Effort with highly qualified and competent
Assyrians who are deeply interested in the Assyrian case, this can be achieved by
forming a committee which would provide study opportunities available concerning
all specializations .
8- Forming a committee to undertake the process of coordinating the Assyrian Ballot for
the upcoming election.
9- Emphasizing and raising the women’s role in the political and educational process.
Throughout these resolutions we have founded direct, patriotic, brave and national program that require personal and objective abilities represented by the masses of the Assyrian support in order to implement it.
Long live our beloved homeland
All the glory and immortality for the great martyrs of
the Assyrian Nation.
Assyrian General Conference
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