June 29, 2011 Dear Members of Parliament: Please accept our warmest congratulations on behalf of KNC- NA on the auspicious occasion of your collective victory in the June, 2011 elections. Indeed once again the Kurdish constituency has given you a thumping victory and demonstrated that they wish to elect their own genuine voices in Ankara. …
June 15, 2011 (Los Angeles)- Since March 2011, The Kurds of Syria like other Syrians have taken to the streets, demanding democratic reforms and fundamental human and civil rights. Instead the response of the government has been massive and merciless suppression of their legitimate demands and total disregard for human life. We, members of the …
By: Zahida Efrini (Haji-Moustafa) KNC-NA 23rd Annual Conference, April 30, 2011, Calgary, Canada Rojbash. Good morning ladies and gentlemen and fellow youth. I would like to thank KNC-NA for giving me this opportunity to speak on behalf of the Kurdish youth from across the world. I am a Kurdish youth myself from the Syrian region. …
By Kurdish National Congress of North America April 30, 2011, Calgary, CA History of conflicts in the Middle East is as old as the region itself. The oldest and the most ignored conflict in the region for the past century has been the Kurdish conflict. Without their consent, the Kurds have been separated form each …
By Asad Khailany, Emeritus Professor Kurdish National Congress of North America, 23rd Annual Conference, April 30, 2011, Calgary, Canada The simple meaning of self determination is nations have the rights to establish their own governments on their own lands, adopt any system they wish; such as capitalist, Islamic, Jewish, communist, socialist, or any other system. …
KNC-NA Presidential Address 23rd Annual Conference April 29-30, Calgary, Canada Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome you to our 23rd annual conference. Special thanks to the chair of the conference and other conference committee members. The chair and his team of volunteers worked very hard to make this event happen. I understand it …
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By Aliashraf Mordai KNC-NA 23rd Annual Conference, Calgary, Canada, April 30, 2011 Kurdistan is located in the Middle East with 2/3 of world energy which is one of the most important geopolitical regions. With more than 500
By Mehdi Kordestani, PhD KNC-NA 23rd Annual Conference, April 29-30, 2011, Calgary, Canada A Greater United Kurdistan to include all of the separated Kurdish people and lands has been the ideal of many Kurds. Although this idealism is very natural, it has proven to be a very difficult goal to achieve, given the realities of …