Assyrian General Conference
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:57 pmLondon -- On the 7th of August, the Assyrian General Conference concluded in Baghdad.
This event was the first free Assyrian national conference in Iraq, and dedicated much of its time to addressing the concerns of the Assyrian people of Iraq as they relate to the finalization of Iraq's constitution, which is scheduled to be presented to the Iraqi national assembly for a vote on ratification on 15 August.
Many of the demands of the conference as expressed in its official statement echoed calls heard from other ethnic and religious groups for sensitivity to group rights in the new Iraq.
One of the most notable demands of the conference was for the establishment of a democraLondon -- On the 7th of August, the Assyrian General Conference concluded in Baghdad.
This event was the first free Assyrian national conference in Iraq, and dedicated much of its time to addressing the concerns of the Assyrian people of Iraq as they relate to the finalization of Iraq's constitution, which is scheduled to be presented to the Iraqi national assembly for a vote on ratification on 15 August.
Many of the demands of the conference as expressed in its official statement echoed calls heard from other ethnic and religious groups for sensitivity to group rights in the new Iraq.
One of the most notable demands of the conference was for the establishment of a democratic, pluralistic and federal system, and an "Assyrian Federal State in Nineveh's plain and in all the other historical places where [Assyrians] live and other national constituents and sects such as Turkman, Yezidis, Arabs, Shabak and Kurds".
The conference also demanded that Assyrian be taught as a national and historical language in all schools in Iraq as "educational heritage and cultural base of Iraq" and that an Assyrian symbol be inserted in the Iraqi flag.
Addressing the issue of religion's role in the future government of Iraq, the convention called for separation of religion from state and gender equality in all fields, stressing this point by setting the goal of emphasizing and raising the women's role in the political and educational process.
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tic, pluralistic and federal system, and an "Assyrian Federal State in Nineveh's plain and in all the other historical places where [Assyrians] live and other national constituents and sects such as Turkman, Yezidis, Arabs, Shabak and Kurds".
The conference also demanded that Assyrian be taught as a national and historical language in all schools in Iraq as "educational heritage and cultural base of Iraq" and that an Assyrian symbol be inserted in the Iraqi flag.
Addressing the issue of religion's role in the future government of Iraq, the convention called for separation of religion from state and gender equality in all fields, stressing this point by setting the goal of emphasizing and raising the women's role in the political and educational process.
KurdishMedia.com
This event was the first free Assyrian national conference in Iraq, and dedicated much of its time to addressing the concerns of the Assyrian people of Iraq as they relate to the finalization of Iraq's constitution, which is scheduled to be presented to the Iraqi national assembly for a vote on ratification on 15 August.
Many of the demands of the conference as expressed in its official statement echoed calls heard from other ethnic and religious groups for sensitivity to group rights in the new Iraq.
One of the most notable demands of the conference was for the establishment of a democraLondon -- On the 7th of August, the Assyrian General Conference concluded in Baghdad.
This event was the first free Assyrian national conference in Iraq, and dedicated much of its time to addressing the concerns of the Assyrian people of Iraq as they relate to the finalization of Iraq's constitution, which is scheduled to be presented to the Iraqi national assembly for a vote on ratification on 15 August.
Many of the demands of the conference as expressed in its official statement echoed calls heard from other ethnic and religious groups for sensitivity to group rights in the new Iraq.
One of the most notable demands of the conference was for the establishment of a democratic, pluralistic and federal system, and an "Assyrian Federal State in Nineveh's plain and in all the other historical places where [Assyrians] live and other national constituents and sects such as Turkman, Yezidis, Arabs, Shabak and Kurds".
The conference also demanded that Assyrian be taught as a national and historical language in all schools in Iraq as "educational heritage and cultural base of Iraq" and that an Assyrian symbol be inserted in the Iraqi flag.
Addressing the issue of religion's role in the future government of Iraq, the convention called for separation of religion from state and gender equality in all fields, stressing this point by setting the goal of emphasizing and raising the women's role in the political and educational process.
KurdishMedia.com
tic, pluralistic and federal system, and an "Assyrian Federal State in Nineveh's plain and in all the other historical places where [Assyrians] live and other national constituents and sects such as Turkman, Yezidis, Arabs, Shabak and Kurds".
The conference also demanded that Assyrian be taught as a national and historical language in all schools in Iraq as "educational heritage and cultural base of Iraq" and that an Assyrian symbol be inserted in the Iraqi flag.
Addressing the issue of religion's role in the future government of Iraq, the convention called for separation of religion from state and gender equality in all fields, stressing this point by setting the goal of emphasizing and raising the women's role in the political and educational process.
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