Assyrians for an expanded conference in Sweden

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Due to the serious developments on the Iraqi arena affecting the homeland as a whole and the bereaved Assyrian nation in particular, and because of the great increase in the Assyrian migration, many have noticed that the Assyrian political path which has been followed so far didn’t bring about the desired results after the demise of the former regime, due to several reasons with the most important being the divisions in the Assyrian speech in what concerns the two main factors to the Assyrian Cause: The identity and fate.



Thus it becomes obvious that the active Assyrian institutions in Iraq must increase their ties with the Diaspora Assyrians to the advantage of both Iraq and the Assyrian nationality, on the basis of equality in rights amongst the different factions of the Iraqi people, religiously and ethnically.



Hence, several meetings were held attended by activists and Assyrian factions from Iraq, the Middle East, and Diaspora which resulted in forming a committee representing the following parties:



1- The Assyrian General conference which includes the following:

The Assyrian Democratic Movement- Patriotic Stream.
The Yizidi Movement for Reform and Progress.
Assyria Liberation Party.
Assyrian Democratic Party.
Assyrian National Organization.
2- Assyrian Universal Independent Activists Forum

3- A Committee of Assyrian Intellectuals.



It has been decided that this group shall act as a preparatory committee for an Assyrian conference under the motto: “Assyria the pride of Iraq, Iraq homeland of the Assyrians”.



The meeting shall be held in Sweden soon to discuss the Assyrian situation in Iraq in order to bring about an Assyrian Front which will include all the institutions active in the national field, and the priorities of this front will be to ensure a secure future for the Assyrian people in their historic homeland, Iraq, by demanding equality in what concerns establishing regions and working on establishing an Assyrian region within the federal Iraq equally with other suggested regions and not within any of them, because the Assyrians are not second class citizens in Iraq and they are not any one’s subjects. This front has also amongst its goals, the recognition of the Assyrian identity in Iraq as an inclusive identity for the sons and daughters of the Assyrian nationality. These demands shall be followed up with both the Iraqi government and the international organizations.



The preparatory committee considers every Assyrian institution and individual responsible before the Assyrian people concerning its fate and the fate of its inveterate culture, and eternal identity, therefore, the committee shall invite all the Assyrian political parties regardless of their political programs to attend this conference as it invites every Assyrian to support this conference and participate in exercising his/her Assyrian nationalism boldly and freely.



Note: The details of the conference (place, time, and discussion points) will be mentioned in the special invitations which will be sent to the guests by November 12, 2006 as maximum delay.



Ashur Giwargis

Media spokesperson for the preparatory committee of the conference



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