MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATIONDIRECTORATE GENERAL OF INFORMATION

THE HISTORIC STATEMENT OFREVOLUTIONARY COMMAND COUNCIL

ON THE PEACEFUL DEMOCRATICSOLUTION OF THE KURDISH ISSUE.

The

Rev

olut

iona

ry C

omm

and

Cou

ncil,

in

ast

atem

ent

issu

ed o

n 11

Feb

ruar

y 19

70,

anno

unce

da

com

plet

e an

d co

nstit

utio

nal

settl

emen

t of

th

eK

urdi

sh i

ssue

. T

he h

isto

ric

anno

unce

men

t w

asm

ade

by t

he P

resi

dent

of

the

Rep

ublic

and

Cha

ir-

man

of

the

R

CC

ove

r B

aghd

ad T

elev

isio

n an

dra

dio

netw

orks

. T

he f

ollo

win

g is

the

tex

t of

th

est

atem

ent:

"The

fi

rst

'rais

on

d'et

re'

of t

he

July

17

Rev

olut

ion

was

that

it

cam

e to

exp

ress

the

dis

gust

of a

ll m

asse

s ag

ains

t th

e ca

uses

and

the

ca

user

sof

the

Jun

e de

feat

and

to

refl

ect

Iraq

's

popu

lar

cons

ensu

s in

co

ndem

ning

th

e fo

rmer

on

e-m

anre

actio

nary

reg

ime

on a

ccou

nt o

f its

co

ntri

butio

nto

tha

t na

tiona

list

orde

al —

a c

ontr

ibut

ion

it m

ade

thro

ugh

its d

efea

tist

rol

e, c

ompl

ete

isol

atio

n fr

omth

e pe

ople

and

utt

er i

mpo

tenc

e in

sol

ving

a h

ost

of n

atio

nal

issu

es t

hat

wer

e gn

awin

g at

the

str

uc-

ture

of

the

nati

onal

set

up.

"The

so

lutio

n of

suc

h is

sues

co

nstit

uted

th

ene

cess

ary

and

inev

itabl

e st

ep t

o a

dete

rmin

ed b

idto

mob

ilize

all

hum

an a

nd

mat

eria

l en

ergi

es

ofIr

aq

and

com

mitt

ing

them

, w

ithou

t an

y di

stra

c-tio

n, t

o th

e pl

ace

whe

re t

hey

natu

rall

y be

long

—pr

imar

ily i

n th

e fr

ontli

nes

of t

he b

attl

e of

des

tiny

of t

he A

rab

natio

n."T

here

upon

, th

e R

evol

utio

n, r

ight

fro

m

its

3

firs

t da

ys,

set

for

itsel

f th

e ta

sk o

f ac

hiev

ing

the

nati

onal

uni

ty o

f th

e pe

ople

of

Iraq

wit

hout

any

dist

inci

on o

n ac

coun

t of

rac

e, l

angu

age,

re

ligio

nor

so

cial

bac

kgro

und.

It

has

also

ta

ken

upon

itsel

f th

e ta

sk o

f ac

hiev

ing

all

nece

ssar

y co

nditi

ons

polit

ical

, so

cial

and

ec

onom

ic —

for

up

hold

ing

this

un

ity

so t

hat

Iraq

co

uld

addr

ess

itsel

f w

ithal

l its

pos

sibi

litie

s an

d po

tent

ials

to

the

natio

nalis

tba

ttle

of d

esti

ny.

In t

he e

yes

of t

he

Rev

olut

ion,

this

bat

tle

of d

estin

y re

pres

ents

th

e pe

ak o

f th

ebi

tter

his

tori

c st

rugg

le b

etw

een

impe

rial

ism

, Zi

o-ni

sm

and

thei

r ev

il de

sign

s ag

ains

t th

e A

rab

hom

elan

d on

the

one

han

d an

d th

e lib

erat

ion

and

deve

lopm

ent

of t

he A

rab

natio

n an

d its

st

rugg

lefo

r th

e at

tain

men

t of

its

hum

anit

aria

n pr

ogre

ssiv

ego

als

on t

he o

ther

.

"Des

pite

the

he

avy

lega

cy

of

com

plic

ated

prob

lem

s w

hich

the

Rev

olut

ion

inhe

rite

d ri

ght

from

its f

irst

day

, it

pers

iste

d fi

rmly

and

unw

aver

ingl

yon

th

e ro

ad o

f li

bera

ting

Ira

q fr

om

the

hang

o-ve

rs o

f im

peri

alis

m,

corr

uptio

n an

d po

litic

al a

ndso

cial

op

pres

sion

. It

al

so

wen

t on

w

orki

ng t

opr

ovid

e -a

ll co

nditi

ons

nece

ssar

y fo

r bu

ildi

ng a

new

Ir

aq

char

acte

rise

d w

ith

actu

al

equa

lity

inri

ghts

and

obl

igat

ions

as

wel

l as

in

oppo

rtun

itie

sam

ong

all

coun

trym

en.

Thi

s w

ill b

e a

new

Ira

qw

here

al

l av

enue

s ar

e la

id o

pen

to t

he

mas

ses

thro

ugh

a si

ncer

e,

colle

ctiv

e,

nati

onal

co

mm

it-

men

t to

th

e te

rrit

oria

l un

ity

of t

he

hom

elan

dan

d th

e un

ity

of i

ts

peop

le

and

maj

or

basi

cob

ject

ives

na

mel

y na

tion

al u

nity

, li

bert

y an

dso

cial

ism

.

"The

sol

utio

n of

the

Kur

dish

iss

ue i

n Ir

aqw

as

in

the

fore

fron

t of

th

e na

tion

al p

robl

ems

conf

ront

ing

the

Rev

olut

ion.

T

hat

was

all

the

mor

e so

bea

ring

in

m

ind

that

th

e in

abil

ity

ofth

e fo

rmer

reg

imes

to

unde

rsta

nd t

he i

ssue

— o

rra

ther

the

lac

k of

gen

uine

des

ire

on t

he p

art

ofth

ose

regi

mes

to

ta

ckle

th

e is

sue

and

sugg

est

soun

d so

lutio

ns

to i

t —

alo

ng w

ith e

xplo

itat

ion

by

impe

rial

ism

, its

co

llabo

rato

rs

and

its

agen

tsha

ve a

ll le

d to

fur

ther

com

plic

ate

the

issu

e to

ade

gree

w

here

it

appe

ared

so

met

hing

lik

e in

so-

lubl

e. T

hat

was

esp

ecia

lly

so a

fter

vio

lenc

e fo

ra

num

ber

of y

ears

no

w,

has

take

n th

e pl

ace

ofde

moc

ratic

, fr

ater

nal

and

obje

ctiv

e di

alog

uedi

ctat

ed

by t

he n

atur

e of

the

nat

iona

l is

sue

and

the

legi

timat

e an

d ju

st

righ

ts t

his

issu

e ca

rrie

sto

a s

ectio

n of

the

Ir

aqi

peop

le.

Rig

ht

from

its

fi

rst

days

, th

e R

evol

utio

nw

orke

d fo

r ta

ckli

ng t

his

nati

onal

iss

ue i

n a

spir

itpe

rmea

ted

with

a s

ense

of

self

res

pons

ibili

ty

and

the

utm

ost

limit

of

adhe

renc

e to

th

e re

volu

-ti

onar

y de

moc

ratic

pri

ncip

les.

The

R

evol

utio

n w

hich

no

uris

hes

on

the

theo

reti

cal

head

spri

ng

of t

he

Ara

b B

aath

Soc

ia-

list

Par

ty b

elie

ves

that

na

tiona

list

righ

ts

are,

in

thei

r es

senc

e,

dem

ocra

tic

righ

ts.

Am

ong

thei

rob

ject

s is

to

re

vive

cu

ltur

al

heri

tage

, la

ngua

gean

d, t

radi

tion

and

enjo

y fr

ee

expr

essi

on

of w

ill,

The

co

nsol

idat

ion

of t

hese

ri

ghts

am

ong

vari

ous

nati

onal

itie

s,

espe

cial

ly

thos

e liv

ing

in t

he

sam

eho

mel

and,

req

uire

s th

e fi

ndin

g of

mea

ns f

or o

r-ga

nisi

ng r

elat

ions

be

twee

n su

ch n

atio

nali

ties

in

am

anne

r he

lpfu

l to

the

up

lift

of

all

of t

hem

.

All

proj

ects

an

d pl

ans

that

hav

e fo

r th

eir

purp

ose

unde

rmin

ing

ties

and

sow

ing

diss

ensi

ons

amon

g su

ch n

atio

nalit

ies

can

be o

f no

ser

vice

to

the

com

mon

int

eres

ts

of t

hese

na

tiona

litie

s.

On

the

othe

r ha

nd,

the

orga

nisa

tion

and

cem

enta

tion

of

nati

onal

an

d hu

man

tie

s ca

nalis

ing

them

to

serv

e th

e ca

use

of p

rogr

ess

furn

ish

the

requ

ire-

men

ts

of t

he

unit

y of

nat

iona

l lif

e in

an

atm

os-

pher

e pe

rvad

ed

with

na

tion

al

frat

erni

ty

and

peac

e. "Im

bued

by

th

ese

prin

cipl

es,

the

7th

Re-

gion

al

Con

vent

ion

of

the

Ara

b B

aath

So

cial

ist

Par

ty w

hich

too

k pl

ace

late

in

1968

an

d ea

rly

in 1

969

took

the

ste

p of

for

mul

atin

g th

e P

arty

'sid

eolo

gica

l po

sitio

n on

thi

s na

tion

al

issu

e an

ddr

ew u

p th

e lin

e of

sol

utio

n to

the

rev

olut

ion

and

the

revo

luti

onar

y au

thor

ity.

T

hat

was

inc

lude

d

6

in t

he

reso

luti

on

rele

ased

on

the

w

indi

ng u

p of

that

con

vent

ion.

Am

ong

othe

r th

ings

, th

ose

reso

-lu

tion

s sa

id:

"The

co

nven

tion

st

ress

ed

that

th

equ

esti

on o

f th

e na

tion

alis

t am

biti

ons

of t

he K

urds

in I

raq

take

s pr

ide

of p

lace

in

the

list

of p

rob-

lem

s co

nfro

ntin

g th

e A

rab

revo

luti

onar

y m

ove-

men

t. Se

vera

l ye

ars

have

el

apse

d w

ithou

t an

yso

und

solu

tion

bei

ng a

chie

ved

for

this

pr

oble

m.

Bec

ause

of

this

, an

d as

a

resu

lt of

ar

bitr

ary

atte

mpt

s to

sol

ve i

t, te

rrib

le

disa

ster

s an

d tr

age-

dies

hav

e de

scen

ded

upon

Ara

b an

d K

urdi

sh c

iti-

zens

al

ike.

T

he

forc

es o

f im

peri

alis

m

and

reac

-ti

on

and

the

deta

chm

ents

of

agen

ts

and

oppo

r-tu

nist

s al

way

s ex

ploi

ted

that

is

sue

and

used

fail

ures

to

solv

e it

as a

mea

ns f

or i

nter

feri

ng

inIr

aq's

dom

estic

af

fair

s an

d br

ingi

ng

pres

sure

to

bear

upo

n it

side

by

side

wit

h co

nspi

ring

on

the

righ

ts

of

Ara

bs

and

Kur

ds

alik

e an

d in

flic

ting

the

grea

test

da

mag

e on

na

tion

alis

t, pr

ogre

ssiv

ean

d de

moc

rati

c po

sitio

ns

and

gain

s ac

hiev

edac

ross

lo

ng p

erio

ds o

f sa

crif

ice

and

join

t st

ru-

ggle

. T

he c

onve

ntio

n fu

rthe

r em

phas

ised

tha

t ou

rP

arty

w

hich

, in

its

st

rugg

le

and

polic

y st

ems

from

it

s na

tion

alis

t, hu

man

itar

ian,

so

cial

ist

and

dem

ocra

tic

ideo

logy

, ha

s al

way

s re

spec

ted

the

nati

onal

ist

ambi

tion

s of

the

K

urdi

sh

mas

ses

inth

eir

prog

ress

ive

nati

onal

sub

stan

ce,

cons

ider

ing

them

as

leg

itim

ate

hum

an

righ

ts.

The

P

arty

is

also

fu

lly

awar

e of

th

e st

rong

re

lati

onsh

ip b

et-

wee

n th

e ac

hiev

emen

t of

tho

se

legi

timat

e am

bi-

tion

s on

the

on

e ha

nd

and,

on

the

othe

r th

evi

gour

an

d so

undn

ess

of

the

adva

nce

of

Iraq

'spo

pula

r m

asse

s to

war

ds l

iqui

dati

ng

the

resi

dues

of

impe

rial

ism

, fu

lly

conc

entr

atin

g on

th

e na

-ti

onal

ist

batt

le

of d

esti

ny i

n Pa

lest

ine

and

pres

s-in

g on

w

ith

the

hist

oric

st

rugg

le

for

the

achi

evem

ent

of

Ara

b un

ity,

lib

erty

an

dso

cial

ism

."

As

such

, th

e R

evol

utio

n w

hich

pl

ainl

y ad

-he

res

to t

he

doct

rine

s an

d re

solu

tions

of

th

ePa

rty

has

conc

eded

to

the

Kur

dish

co

untr

ymen

the

righ

t of

enj

oyin

g th

eir

nati

onal

ist

righ

t an

dde

velo

ping

th

eir

natio

nalis

t ch

arac

teri

stic

s w

i-th

in

the

frem

ewor

k of

the

un

ity

of t

he

peop

le,

the

hom

elan

d an

d th

e co

nstit

utio

nal

set

up.

At

this

tim

e, t

he

Ara

b na

tion

is w

agin

g a

larg

e-sc

ale

stru

ggle

ag

ains

t im

peri

alis

m,

Zio

nism

and

loca

l re

actio

n —

a s

trug

gle

that

pl

aces

he

rin

the

fo

refr

ont

of s

trug

gle

mou

nted

by

peop

les

in t

he M

iddl

e E

ast.

As

the

stru

ggle

of

the

peo

ple

of

Iraq

, so

clo

sely

kn

it w

ith t

he

stru

ggle

of

the

Ara

b na

tion

, is

one

for

dem

ocra

cy a

nd f

or s

triv

-in

g ag

ains

t th

e fo

rces

of

re

actio

n bo

th

with

inan

d w

ithou

t th

e re

gion

, th

e R

evol

utio

n co

nsid

ers

that

th

e pr

imar

y ba

se o

f th

e A

rab-

Kur

dish

na

-

8

cion

al u

nity

in

Iraq

is

tha

t th

e K

urdi

sh n

atio

na-

list

mov

emen

t, lik

e its

A

rab

coun

terp

art,

is a

dem

ocra

tic

one

obje

ctiv

ely

dire

cted

ag

ains

t th

ose

reac

tion

ary

forc

es

them

selv

es.

In

Iraq

, th

eK

urdi

sh

mov

emen

t is

hel

d to

geth

er

wit

h th

eA

rab

libe

rati

on

mov

emen

t by

the

un

ity

of s

tru-

ggle

ag

ains

t im

peri

alis

m,

the

forc

es

of r

eact

ion

and

othe

r al

lied

and

subs

idia

ry f

orce

s.

It i

s al

sohe

ld

toge

ther

w

ith

the

stru

ggle

of

th

e A

rab

peop

le

by

trad

itio

ns o

f hi

stor

ic f

rate

rnit

y,

the

unit

y of

eco

nom

ic

inte

rest

s an

d co

ordi

nate

dde

velo

pmen

t of

th

e A

rab

and

Kur

dish

na

tion

a-lit

ies.

Any

act

of

upse

ttin

g th

is c

oord

inat

ion

will

nece

ssar

ily

infl

ict

dam

age

on

the

caus

e of

com

-m

on s

trug

gle

and

the

prog

ress

ive

nati

onal

res

ur-

genc

e in

ge

nera

l.

"Im

peri

alis

m

has

real

ised

th

at

the

unit

y of

Ara

b-K

urdi

sh

stru

ggle

ha

s th

e ef

fect

of

cem

ent-

ing

the

caus

e of

the

A

rab-

Kur

dish

li

bera

tion

mov

emen

t an

d en

abli

ng i

t to

sec

ure

impo

rtan

tpo

sitio

n in

th

e fa

ce

of

the

impe

rial

ist-

Zio

nist

-Is

rael

i ag

gres

sive

pla

ns i

n th

e re

gion

es

peci

ally

agai

nst

the

nati

onal

ist

batt

le o

f de

stin

y cu

rren

tly

ragi

ng i

n Pa

lest

ine

and

the

adja

cent

Ara

b co

unt-

ries

. C

onse

quen

tly,

the

im

peri

alis

tic

and

rene

-ga

de

orga

ns

soug

ht

desp

erat

ely

to

find

m

ore

than

one

rea

son

for

seve

ring

the

tie

s of

fra

tern

ity

9

betw

een

the

Ara

b an

d K

urdi

sh m

asse

s w

ith

the

obje

ct

of

wea

keni

ng

the

fron

t of

rev

olut

iona

ryna

tion

al s

trug

gle

in I

raq.

"The

R

evol

utio

n, u

nder

stan

ding

the

nat

iona

-lis

t is

sue

as

a co

mpo

nent

of

the

revo

luti

on

onim

peri

alis

m,

Zio

nism

an

d re

actio

n,

has

only

natu

rall

y, i

n ev

ery

step

it

took

in

the

dire

ctio

n of

solv

ing

the

Kur

dish

na

tion

al

issu

e,

adhe

red

toev

eryt

hing

tha

t le

ads

to t

he

cem

enta

tion

and

cons

olid

atio

n of

nat

iona

l an

d na

tiona

list

stru

ggle

agai

nst

thos

e in

hum

an f

orce

s co

mbi

ned.

"Aga

inst

th

is

sett

ing,

th

e ex

erci

se

by

the

Kur

dish

m

asse

s of

the

su

m

of

thei

r na

tiona

list

righ

ts

and

the

achi

evem

ent

of a

bsol

ute

equa

lity

in t

he

oppo

rtun

itie

s of

fre

e de

velo

pmen

t co

nsti-

tute

be

twee

n th

em t

wo

nece

ssar

y co

ndit

ions

for

the

unif

icat

ion

and

cem

enta

tion

of

nati

onal

str

u-gg

le

in

Iraq

ag

ains

t th

e en

emie

s of

peo

ple

and

the

enem

ies

of t

he A

rab

natio

n an

d th

e pe

ople

of

Iraq

na

mel

y im

peri

alis

m,

Zio

nism

and

re

nega

dere

acti

on.

It w

as b

y no

mea

ns a

coi

ncid

ence

tha

t th

eim

peri

alis

tic-Z

ioni

st-r

eact

iona

ry

cons

pira

cy

onth

e R

epub

lic

of I

raq

took

pla

ce a

t th

e sa

me

time

whe

n si

gns

of p

eace

had

be

gun

to

loom

la

rge

over

ou

r be

love

d no

rth,

th

anks

to

th

e si

ncer

e

10

ende

avou

rs

exer

ted

by

the

Gov

ernm

ent

of

the

Rev

olut

ion

and

the

sinc

ere

resp

onse

on

the

pa

rtof

the

le

ader

ship

of

Sd.

Mus

tafa

al-

Bar

azan

i.

"It

is n

o lo

nger

a s

ecre

t th

at t

he R

evol

utio

n,fo

r its

par

t, to

ok a

ll ne

cess

ary

step

s to

re

-es

tabl

ish

peac

e an

d se

curi

ty t

hrou

ghou

t th

e no

rth

of I

raq.

The

fol

low

ing

mea

sure

s ha

ve b

een

take

n.

A —

"R

ecog

nitio

n ha

s be

en e

xten

ded

to t

hela

wfu

l pr

esen

ce

of t

he

Kur

dish

na

tiona

lity

inac

cord

ance

w

ith

the

reso

lutio

ns

of t

he

7th

Re-

gion

al

Con

vent

ion

of t

he

Ara

b B

aath

So

cial

ist

Par

ty a

nd i

n ac

cord

ance

to

all

offic

ial

and

pres

sst

atem

ents

em

anat

ing

from

th

e re

volu

tion

ary

auth

orit

y. T

his

fact

will

be

fina

lly c

onse

crat

ed i

nth

e te

xt

of t

he

Inte

rim

C

onst

itut

ion

and,

sub

se-

quen

tly

in t

he t

ext

of h

e Pe

rman

ent

Con

stit

utio

n.

B

—

"The

R

evol

utio

nary

Com

man

d C

oun-

cil

has

appr

oved

the

est

abli

shm

ent

of a

Uni

vers

ity

in S

ulam

aniy

ah a

nd t

he e

stab

lish

men

t of

a K

urdi

shA

cade

my

of L

ette

rs.

It h

as a

lso

endr

osed

all

cul-

tura

l an

d la

ngua

ge r

ight

s of

the

Kur

dish

nat

iona

-lit

y. I

t or

dere

d th

at K

urdi

sh l

angu

age

be i

nstr

u-ct

ed a

t al

l sc

hool

s, i

nstit

utes

, un

iver

sitie

s,

teac

hers

trai

ning

in

stit

ute,

th

e M

ilita

ry

Col

lege

an

d th

ePo

lice

Col

lege

. A

ll K

urdi

sh

book

s —

sci

entif

ic,

lite

rary

and

pol

itica

l —

exp

ress

ive

of t

he n

atio

nal

11

and

nati

onal

ist

ambi

tion

s of

the

K

urdi

sh

peop

lesh

all

be g

iven

wid

e ci

rcul

atio

n.

Kur

dish

w

rite

rsan

d po

ets

shal

l be

ena

bled

to

foun

d a

fede

rati

onof

th

eir

own.

The

ir b

ooks

and

wri

tings

sh

all

bepr

inte

d an

d fu

ll op

port

unit

ies

shal

l be

m

ade

avai

labl

e to

the

m f

or d

evel

opin

g th

eir

scie

ntif

ican

d te

chni

cal

capa

bilit

ies

and

skill

s.

A p

ubli

sh-

ing

and

prin

ting

ho

use

in t

he K

urdi

sh l

angu

age

shal

l be

se

t up

an

d a

Dir

ecto

rate

G

ener

al

ofK

urdi

sh C

ultu

re c

reat

ed.

A w

eekl

y ne

wsp

aper

and

a m

onth

ly

mag

azin

e sh

all

be

publ

ishe

d in

the

Kur

dish

la

ngua

ge.

Kur

dish

pr

ogra

mm

es

ofth

e K

irku

k T

elev

isio

n St

atio

n sh

all

be

incr

ease

dun

til

a te

levi

sion

st

atio

n ex

clus

ive

for

Kur

dish

lang

uage

be

set

up.

C -

- "A

s an

act

of

reco

gnis

ing

to t

he K

urds

thei

r ri

ghts

to

revi

ve t

heir

tra

diti

ons

and

nati

onal

days

and

in

orde

r th

at

the

who

le o

f th

e pe

ople

mig

ht

join

w

ith

Kur

dish

fe

llow

-cou

ntry

men

in

obse

rvin

g th

eir

days

, th

e R

evol

utio

nary

C

om-

man

d C

ounc

il ha

s de

clar

ed

Naw

rooz

D

ay a

s a

Nat

iona

l D

ay t

o be

ob

serv

ed

thro

ugho

ut

the

Rep

ubli

c of

Ir

aq.

D —

The

Rev

olut

iona

ry C

omm

and

Cou

ncil

has

prom

ulga

ted

the

Gov

erno

rate

s L

aw

whi

chpr

ovid

es

for

dece

ntra

lisa

tion

of

th

e lo

cal

adm

i-ni

stra

tion

an

d ap

prov

ed

the

crea

tion

of

th

e

12

Gov

erno

rate

of

Duh

ok.

E —

Fur

ther

, th

e R

evol

utio

nary

C

omm

and

Cou

ncil

issu

ed

gene

ral

amne

sty

to a

ll ci

vilia

nsan

d m

ilita

ry

pers

onne

l w

ho j

oine

d in

act

s of

vio

-le

nce

in t

he n

orth

so

as t

o re

mov

e al

l ve

stig

es o

fth

e fo

rmer

an

omal

ous

pass

ive

cond

itio

ns

and

ushe

r in

the

fea

ture

s of

new

nat

iona

l lif

e ba

sed

ondu

rabl

e fo

unda

tion

for

the

att

ainm

ent

of g

ener

alse

curi

ty

and

com

preh

ensi

ve

nati

onal

fr

ater

nity

.

The

mas

ses

of I

raq,

Ara

bs a

nd K

urds

alik

e,ha

ve

gree

ted

wit

h su

ppor

t an

d ac

clam

atio

n th

ere

solu

tions

an

d m

easu

res

of t

he

Rev

olut

iona

ryC

omm

and

Cou

ncil

—

som

ethi

ng

whi

ch

crea

ted

cond

ition

s fa

vour

able

for

go

ing

ahea

d w

ith

the

task

s of

ac

hiev

ing

the

loft

y go

als

that

ha

vebe

com

e th

e ob

ject

of

the

peop

le's

con

sens

us a

ndon

whi

ch t

he

peop

le's

will

, po

wer

an

d w

ord

beca

me

unite

d.

"In

view

of

the

abov

e,

the

Rev

olut

iona

ryC

ounc

il in

itiat

ed

cont

acts

with

the

le

ader

ship

of

Sd.

Mus

tafa

al-

Bar

azan

i, le

ader

of

the

Dem

ocra

ticPa

rty

of K

urdi

stan

an

d vi

ewpo

ints

w

ere

thus

exch

ange

d.

All

beca

me

conv

ince

d of

th

e ne

ce-

ssity

of

ace

ptin

g an

d im

plem

enti

ng t

he

cont

ents

of

this

st

atem

ent.

"The

Rev

olut

iona

ry C

omm

and

Cou

ncil

affi

rms

13

its

dete

rmin

atio

n to

de

epen

an

d br

oade

n al

lef

fect

ive

mea

sure

s fo

r ac

hiev

ing

the

full

mea

nsof

cul

tura

l an

d ec

onom

ic r

esur

genc

e an

d ge

nera

lde

velo

pmen

t in

the

Kur

dish

are

a, s

eeki

ng i

n th

efi

rst

plac

e to

ena

ble

the

Kur

dish

mas

ses

to e

xer-

cise

th

eir

legi

timat

e ri

ghts

an

d as

sure

th

eir

actu

al

part

icip

atio

n in

ea

rnes

t en

deav

ours

to

buil

d a

hom

elan

d an

d st

rugg

le

for

the

fulf

ilmen

tof

its

maj

or n

atio

nali

st g

oals

. T

here

upon

, th

eR

evol

utio

nary

Com

man

d C

ounc

il ha

s re

solv

ed o

nth

e fo

llow

ing:

1 -

- T

he K

urdi

sh l

angu

age

shal

l be

, al

ong-

side

with

the

Ara

bic

lang

uage

, th

e of

ficia

l la

ngu-

age

in

area

s po

pula

ted

by

a K

urdi

sh

maj

orit

y.T

he

Kur

dish

la

ngua

ge s

hall

be

the

lang

uage

of

inst

ruct

ion

in t

hese

ar

eas.

Ara

bic

lang

uage

sh

all

be t

augh

t in

all

scho

ols,

whe

re t

he

Kur

dish

lan

-gu

age

is t

he l

angu

age

of i

nstr

ucti

on

whi

le

the

Kur

dish

la

ngua

ge s

hall

be

taug

ht

in

scho

ols

thro

ugho

ut I

raq

as a

sec

ond

lang

uage

wit

hin

the

lim

its

stip

ulat

ed

by l

aw.

2 —

T

he

shar

ing

of

our

Kur

dish

br

othe

rsin

go

vern

men

t an

d no

n-di

scri

min

atio

n be

twee

nth

e K

urds

and

oth

ers

in t

he a

ssum

ptio

n of

pub

lic

offic

es

incl

udin

g se

nsiti

ve a

nd i

mpo

rtan

t po

sts

inth

e st

ate

such

as

ca

bine

t po

rtfo

lios

, ar

my

com

-m

and,

etc

., ha

ve b

een

and

still

rem

ain

amon

g th

e

14

impo

rtan

t ob

ject

ives

w

hich

th

e R

evol

utio

nary

Gov

ernm

ent

seek

s to

ach

ieve

. T

he R

evol

utio

nary

Gov

ernm

ent,

in a

ppro

ving

thi

s pr

inci

ple,

st

ress

esth

e ne

cess

ity

of w

orki

ng f

or

its f

ulfi

lmen

t in

an

equi

tabl

e ra

tio

with

due

reg

ard

to t

he p

rinc

iple

of

effi

cien

cy,

the

prop

orti

onat

e di

stri

buti

on

ofin

habi

tant

s an

d th

e in

iqui

ties

whi

ch h

ad b

efal

len

our

Kur

dish

bro

ther

s in

the

pas

t.

3 —

In

view

of

the

stat

e of

ba

ckw

ardn

ess

whi

ch i

n th

e pa

st,

affl

icte

d th

e K

urdi

sh n

atio

na-

lity

from

th

e cu

ltur

al

and

educ

atio

nal

stan

d-po

ints

, a

plan

sha

ll be

wor

ked

out

to m

ake

good

that

bac

kwar

dnes

s. T

his

is t

o be

ach

ieve

d by

:A

— S

peed

ing

up t

he i

mpl

emen

tati

on o

f th

ere

solu

tions

of

the

R

evol

utio

nary

Com

man

d C

ou-

ncil

conc

erni

ng

the

lang

uage

an

d th

e cu

ltur

alri

ghts

of

th

e K

urdi

sh p

eopl

e an

d pl

acin

g un

der

the

juri

sdic

tion

of

the

Dir

ecto

rate

G

ener

al o

fK

urdi

sh

Cul

ture

an

d In

form

atio

n th

e ta

sk

ofpr

epar

ing

and

stee

ring

ra

dio

and

tele

visi

on

pro-

gram

mes

co

ncer

ning

Kur

dish

na

tion

al

issu

es.

B —

Rei

nsta

ting

all

stud

ents

who

wer

e di

s-m

isse

d or

wer

e co

mpe

lled

to l

eave

the

sch

ool

onac

coun

t of

the

ci

rcum

stan

ces

of v

iole

nce

in

the

area

reg

ardl

ess

of t

heir

age

s or

pro

duci

ng a

con

-ve

nien

t re

med

y fo

r th

eir

prob

lem

.C

— B

uild

ing

mor

e sc

hool

s in

the

Kur

dish

15

area

, el

evat

ing

the

stan

dard

s of

sch

ooli

ng

and

educ

atio

n an

d ad

mit

ting

, in

ju

st

prop

orti

ons,

Kur

dish

st

uden

ts

to

univ

ersi

ties

, m

ilit

ary

colle

-ge

s, e

duca

tion

al m

issi

ons

and

fello

wsh

ips.

4 —

In

the

adm

inis

trat

ive

unit

s,

popu

late

dby

a

Kur

dish

m

ajor

ity,

of

ficia

ls

shal

l be

fr

omam

ong

Kur

ds o

r fr

om a

mon

g pe

rson

s w

ell-

vers

edin

th

e K

urdi

sh

lang

uage

pro

vide

d th

e re

quir

ednu

mbe

r is

ava

ilab

le.

App

oint

men

t sh

all

be m

ade

of t

he p

rinc

ipal

of

ficia

ls —

Gov

erno

r, Q

aim

aqam

,Po

lice

Com

man

dant

, Sec

urit

y D

irec

tor,

etc

. W

ork

will

pro

mpt

ly c

omm

ence

to

deve

lop

stat

e m

achi

-ne

ries

in

the

are

a in

con

sult

atio

n w

ith

the

Hig

hC

omm

itte

e su

perv

isin

g th

e im

plem

enta

tion

ofth

is s

tate

men

t in

a

man

ner

assu

ring

su

ch

im-

plem

enta

tion

an

d ce

men

ting

nati

onal

un

ity

and

stab

ilit

y in

the

are

a.

5 —

The

G

over

nmen

t co

nced

es

to

the

Kur

dish

peo

ple

its

righ

t to

set

up

stud

ent,

yout

h,w

omen

and

te

ache

rs

orga

nisa

tion

s of

its

ow

n —

such

or

gani

satio

ns

to

beco

me

affi

liate

d in

th

eco

rres

pond

ing

nati

onal

Ira

qi o

rgan

isat

ions

.

A —

The

ope

rativ

e pe

riod

of

para

s (1

) an

d(2

) of

the

R

CC

's r

esol

utio

n N

o. 5

9 da

ted

Aug

ust

5,

1968

, sh

all

be e

xten

ded

righ

t up

to

the

da

teof

the

iss

uanc

e of

thi

s st

atem

ent

and

shal

l ex

tend

16

to a

ll of

tho

se w

ho t

ook

part

in

the

ac

ts o

f vi

o-le

nce

in t

he K

urdi

sh

area

.

B

—

Wor

kers

, of

ficia

ls

and

empl

oyee

s —

both

civ

ilian

and

mil

itar

y—sh

all

retu

rn t

o se

rvic

ew

ithou

t th

is b

eing

aff

ecte

d by

cad

re r

estr

icti

ons.

The

civ

ilian

s am

ong

them

sha

ll be

put

to

use

inth

e K

urdi

sh a

rea

wit

hin

the

lim

its

of i

ts r

equi

re-

men

ts. A

— A

bod

y of

spe

cial

ists

sha

ll be

co

nsti-

tute

d to

wor

k fo

r up

lift

ing

the

Kur

dish

ar

eain

all

sphe

res

as q

uick

ly a

s po

ssib

le a

nd f

or c

om-

pens

atin

g it

for

w

hat

has

desc

ende

d up

on

it i

nth

e pa

st

num

ber

of y

ears

. A

n ad

equa

te

budg

etis

to

be s

et a

side

for

thi

s pu

rpos

e. T

he b

ody

inqu

estio

n sh

all

oper

ate

unde

r th

e ju

risd

icti

on o

fth

e M

inis

try

of

Nor

ther

n A

ffai

rs.

B —

The

eco

nom

ic p

lan

shal

l be

dra

wn

upin

suc

h a

way

as

to a

ssur

e eq

ual

deve

lopm

ent

tova

riou

s pa

rts

of I

raq

with

du

e at

tent

ion

to

the

Kur

dish

ar

ea.

C

—

Pen

sion

sa

lari

es

shal

l be

m

ade

for

the

fam

ilies

of

tho

se w

ho m

et

wit

h m

arty

rdom

in

the

regr

etta

ble

circ

umst

ance

s of

ho

stili

ties

from

am

ong

the

mem

bers

of

the

Kur

dish

ar

med

mov

emen

t an

d ot

hers

as

wel

l as

to

the

pers

ons

who

bec

ame

disa

bled

or

defo

rmed

as

a re

sult

of

17

thos

e co

nditi

ons.

Thi

s is

to

be e

nact

ed b

y a

spe-

cial

leg

isla

tion

on t

he p

atte

rn o

f ot

her

legi

slat

ions

in

forc

e. D —

Spe

edy

effo

rts

shal

l be

mad

e to

pro

-vi

de r

elie

f to

str

iken

and

nee

dy p

erso

ns t

hrou

ghth

e ac

com

plis

hmen

t of

ho

usin

g pr

ojec

ts

and

othe

rs

assu

ring

w

ork

to

the

unem

ploy

ed.

App

ropr

iate

in

ki

nd

and

cash

su

bsid

ies

shal

lal

so

be

mad

e av

aila

ble

and

reas

onab

le

com

pen-

satio

n of

fere

d to

tho

se s

trik

en p

erso

ns w

ho n

eed

help

. T

his

all

is t

o be

ent

rust

ed

to

the

Hig

hC

omm

itte

e. E

xclu

ded

from

th

is s

hall

be t

he

per

sons

cov

ered

by

the

abov

e pa

ras.

8 —

The

inh

abit

ants

of

Ara

b an

d K

urdi

shvi

llage

s sh

all

be r

esto

red

to t

heir

for

mer

pl

aces

of h

abit

atio

n. A

s to

the

vi

llage

rs

of a

reas

-whe

reho

usin

g un

its

cann

ot b

e se

t up

and

whi

ch

are

take

n ov

er b

y th

e G

over

nmen

t fo

r pu

blic

uti

lity

purp

oses

und

er l

aw,

they

sha

ll be

re

settl

ed

inne

ighb

ouri

ng

area

s an

d du

ly

com

pens

ated

.

9 —

Spe

edy

mea

sure

s sh

all

be t

aken

to

impl

emen

t th

e A

grar

ian

Ref

orm

L

aw

in

the

Kur

dish

are

a an

d am

endi

ng i

t in

suc

h a

man

ner

as g

uara

ntee

s th

e li

quid

atio

n of

feu

dali

st

rela

-ti

ons

and

the

acqu

isiti

on b

y al

l pe

asan

ts o

f ap

pro-

pria

te

plot

s of

lan

d si

de

by

side

w

ith w

aivi

ng

18

for

them

ag

ricu

ltur

al

taxe

s ac

cum

ulat

ing

over

the

year

s of

unf

ortu

nate

ho

stili

ties.

10 —

It

has

been

agr

eed

to

amen

d th

eIn

teri

m

Con

stit

utio

n as

fo

llow

s:A

- -

The

peo

ple

of I

raq

is m

ade

up o

f tw

opr

inci

pal

natio

nalit

ies;

th

e A

rab

natio

nalit

y an

dth

e K

urdi

sh

nati

onal

ity.

T

his

Con

stit

utio

n co

n-fi

rms

the

nati

onal

rig

hts

of t

he

Kur

dish

pe

ople

and

the

righ

ts o

f al

l m

inor

ities

wit

hin

the

fram

e-w

ork

of I

raqi

uni

ty.

B —

The

fol

low

ing

para

sha

ll be

add

ed t

oA

rtic

le

(4)

of

the

Con

stit

utio

n:

Th

e K

urdi

shla

ngua

ge

shal

l, al

ongs

ide

wit

h th

e A

rabi

c la

ng-

uage

, be

an

offic

ial

lang

uage

in

the

Kur

dish

are

a.C

—

The

ab

ove

shal

l be

co

nfir

med

in

th

ePe

rman

ent

Con

stitu

tion.

11 —

The

bro

adca

stin

g st

atio

n an

d he

avy

wea

pons

sha

ll be

ret

urne

d to

the

gov

ernm

ent

—th

is b

eing

tie

d up

to

the

impl

emen

tati

on o

f th

efi

nal

stag

es o

f th

e ag

reem

ent.

12 —

A

Kur

d sh

all

be

one

of

the

vice

-pr

esid

ents

.13

—

The

G

over

nora

tes

Law

sh

all

beam

ende

d in

a m

anne

r co

nfor

min

g w

ith

the

sub-

stan

ce o

f th

is

stat

emen

t.14

— F

ollo

win

g th

e an

noun

cem

ent

of

the

19

stat

emen

t, ne

cess

ary

mea

sure

s sh

all

be t

aken

, in

cons

ulta

tion

with

the

H

igh

Com

mitt

ee s

uper

vis-

ing

its

impl

emen

tatio

n to

uni

fy

the

gove

rnor

ates

and

adm

inis

trat

ive

unit

s po

pula

ted

by a

Kur

dish

maj

orit

y in

ac

cord

ance

with

of

ficia

l ce

nsus

ope

-ra

tion

s ye

t to

be

mad

e. T

he s

tate

sha

ll en

deav

our

to d

evel

op t

his

adm

inis

trat

ive

unit

y an

d de

epen

and

broa

den

the

exer

cisi

ng b

y th

e K

urdi

sh p

eopl

eth

erei

n of

th

e su

m

of

its

nati

onal

ri

ghts

as

a

guar

ante

e to

its

enj

oym

ent

of s

elf-

rule

. U

ntil

this

adm

inis

trat

ive

unit

y is

ach

ieve

d,

the

Kur

dish

nati

onal

aff

airs

sh

all

be c

oord

inat

ed th

roug

h pe

rio-

dica

l m

eetin

gs b

etw

een

the

Hig

h C

omm

itte

e an

dth

e go

vern

ors

of t

he n

orth

ern

area

. A

s th

e se

lf-ru

le i

s to

be

achi

eved

wit

hin

the

fram

ewor

k of

the

Iraq

i R

epub

lic,

the

expl

oita

tion

of

nati

onal

rich

es i

n th

e ar

ea

will

nat

ural

ly

be

unde

r th

eju

risd

icti

on o

f th

e au

thor

itie

s of

thi

s R

epub

lic.

15 —

The

Kur

dish

peo

ple

shal

l sh

are

in t

hele

gisl

ativ

e po

wer

in

a m

anne

r pr

opor

tion

ate

to i

tspo

pula

tion

rat

io i

n Ir

aq.

"Kur

dish

co

untr

ymen

! T

hese

ga

ins

scor

edby

the

R

evol

utio

n w

ill b

e no

thin

g m

ore

than

a

step

for

th

e fu

ll ac

hiev

emen

t of

you

r na

tion

algo

als

in t

he s

hade

of

this

bel

oved

hom

elan

d an

dth

e un

ity

of i

ts g

reat

peo

ple.

His

tory

will

be

arw

itnes

s th

at y

ou d

id n

ot h

ave

and

neve

r w

ill h

ave

20

a si

ncer

e br

othe

r an

d de

pend

able

al

ly

as

the

Ara

b pe

ople

.

"Mas

ses

of o

ur g

reat

peo

ple!

It

is y

our

will

-po

wer

con

cern

ing

nati

onal

uni

ty w

hich

alo

ne w

illtr

ium

ph.

On

the

rock

of

your

ap

prec

iati

on

ofyo

ur

hist

oric

re

spon

sibi

litie

s sh

all

be

smas

hed

up a

ll en

deav

ours

mad

e to

und

erm

ine

your

coh

e-si

on

of s

trug

gle

You

r st

rugg

ling

mas

ses,

sh

edd-

ing

off

the

dust

of

the

intr

igue

s of

you

r en

emie

san

d th

e el

emen

ts h

avin

g gr

eedy

des

igns

on

you,

shal

l pr

ocee

d to

geth

er i

n on

e m

ass

over

flow

ing

with

pow

er,

cons

ciou

snes

s an

d de

term

inat

ion

for

wor

k an

d st

rugg

le,

to

com

e to

the

he

lp

of

the

maj

or

caus

e of

the

A

rab

nati

on,

the

Pal

esti

neca

use

and

to a

ttain

to

your

sub

lime

goal

s re

spec

-ti

ng u

nity

, lib

erty

an

d so

cial

ism

.

"Mas

ses

of o

ur

stru

gglin

g A

rab

natio

n!O

ne o

f th

e ch

apte

rs o

f th

e hi

stor

y of

thi

s st

rugg

l-in

g co

untr

y is

thu

s fo

lded

and

a n

ew b

righ

t on

eis

op

ened

by

th

e ha

nd

of

the

Rev

olut

ion

and

the

hand

of

all

free

st

ragg

lers

of

the

coun

try.

Thi

s is

a n

ew c

hapt

er w

here

onc

e m

ore

on t

his

good

lan

d ar

e re

new

ed t

he

cond

ition

s of

lo

ve,

peac

e an

d fr

ater

nity

be

twee

n tw

o na

tion

alit

ies

with

co

mm

on h

isto

ry

of s

trug

gle

exte

ndin

g fa

rba

ck i

nto

hist

ory.

Tod

ay,

tom

orro

w a

nd f

or e

ver,

thei

rs w

ill b

e th

e ho

nour

of

revi

ving

the

ir c

om-

21

mon

str

uggl

e to

des

troy

the

ene

mie

s of

the

tw

ona

tiona

litie

s,

the

enem

ies

of p

eopl

es a

nd

of h

u-m

anity

in

its

entir

ety,

na

mel

y im

peri

alis

m,

Zio

-ni

sm a

nd b

ackw

ardn

ess.

The

irs,

too

, w

ill b

e th

eho

nour

of

join

t co

ntri

butio

n to

bac

k up

hum

anst

rugg

le f

or l

iber

atio

n an

d ad

vanc

emen

t an

d fo

rpl

acin

g th

e ci

vilis

atio

n of

the

age

on

foun

datio

nsof

rig

ht,

equa

lity

and

just

ice

betw

een

all

peop

les.

Forw

ard

to j

oint

st

rugg

le,

join

t ho

pes

and

long

ings

an

d na

tiona

list

and

hum

an

join

t vi

c-to

ries

.

The

Rev

olut

iona

ry C

omm

and

Cou

ncil

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