Latest briefing from the PYD, 18.01.14
Weekly News summary and events in the western Kurdistan
Headlines
- Geneva Conference 2.
- The first conference of the Organization of the Democratic Union Party PYD in Amude.
- Asia Abdullah: no one can deny the Kurdish people in Rojava.
- Women’s participation in the Geneva 2 meeting as a delegation.
- Educational and cultural events.
Details
Stockholm: The Democratic Union Party in Sweden calling the Kurdish people to participate in a protest, which will be held in the 18th of this month in the capital Stockholm to demand the inclusion of the Kurdish issue in the program of the Geneva Conference 2. The party organizes sit-in to send message of the Kurdish people to the international community, and pressure on the international decision-making centers to include the Kurdish issue in the Geneva Conference 2 and to be solved and not to allow Geneva 2 be Lausanne.
National coordinating body: National coordinating body decided to boycott Geneva 2 conference, in the conditions that are held out, the Commission called in a statement the public for consultation meetings with the largest number of political forces inside and outside Syria, in order to hold a democratic national conference which will restores the opposition position and role.
The statement noted that “the Russian and American sides bear a heavy responsibility in the current situation. the Russian side Did not make a little to no effort in order to do the Syrian authorities to take positive steps toward the Syrian society.
The statement noted that “the Russian and American sides bear a heavy responsibility in the current situation. the Russian side they have not did even a little effort in order to do the Syrian authorities to take positive steps toward the Syrian society. , And abandoned in the first Occasion of the triple main delegation of the Syrian opposition (the national coordinating body, the National Coalition, Kurdish supreme body), leaving the American mission to reductase opposition delegation voice to who is located in her side.
The first conference of the Organization of the Democratic Union Party PYD in Amude:
Hory culture center, Held the first conference of the Organization of the Democratic Union Party PYD, , In the presence of Asia Abdullah co-chair of the Democratic Union Party PYD and members of the party in the Amude where the conference resulted a number of decisions to activate its activities more effectively in Amude. The conference which was attended by 150 members, in addition to representatives of a number of political parties and civil society organizations, started with a minute of silence and then form of the five members elected to manage the work of the Conference.
And there was many speech, including the speech of Democratic Unity Party Sheikh Ale branch, party of the popular will, the Liberal Union, the Star Union in Amude city, and the families of martyrs Foundation, and they blessed the First Conference of the Democratic Union Party PYD in Amude.
Asia Abdullah: no one can deny the Kurdish people in Rojava
Asia Abdullah co-chair of the Democratic Union Party Confirmed during her speech at the Democratic Union Party conference which organized in Amude yesterday that “no one can deny the Kurdish people and we want tell to the force that is trying to distort the achievements and gains of the Kurdish people and work on the denial of the Kurdish people, we want to say the Kurdish people in Rojava has made his decision to manage itself without recourse to the authority of others. ”
With regard to the Geneva Conference 2 which will be held in 22 of January and the Kurdish issue, Abdullah noted “If Kurds participated in the conference with Independent delegation we will implement all the decisions issued by the Geneva Conference and we will work hard to implement, but in case been marginalized Kurds and their cause at the Geneva Conference 2 we will say to those attending the conference that you will take your decisions for yourselves and your decisions do not apply to us in Rojava, because any meeting or conference marginalizes Kurdish people and its cause, does not apply to us, and all should know this truth. ”
Women’s participation in the Geneva 2 meeting as a delegation:
Syrian women issued a final statement in Syrian women meeting, which took place in the period between 11-13 January in the Swiss city Geneva. The statement issued that the delegation of women’s must participate in the Geneva meeting and discuss the demands of the women. The meeting was organized by both the United Nations Commission for Women and the Dutch government. The meeting was held with the aim of Syrian women political participation in the conference, with the participation of Elham Ahmed, member of the Federation of Coordination Star and 45 Syrian women from Syria and abroad.
The meeting addressed the problems of women that suffer as a result of immigration, hunger, economic blockade, mercenaries support groups, and the war in the region.
Educational and cultural events
Al-Hasakeh: Nuri Dersmi Foundation opened center in the city of Al-Hasakah with the participation of dozens of people from the city and representatives members of the civil society organizations and independent personalities.
Dirbasiah: students of Tel Tamar and Dirbasiah city underwent official Kurdish language exams, which is a core subject in the syllabus, also underwent teachers in the city of Al-Hasakah exams for the Kurdish language to implement the decisions of the Teachers Union should be subject all teachers in the public schools for language exams.