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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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