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Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief
5.10.2006 - update 1
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Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region (Iraq), October
5,
2006
200 million dinars for reconciliation committee
in Kirkuk.
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and other Kurdistan
political officials discussed the political
conditions in Kurdistan and Iraq problem.
In a meeting with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Dr.
Barham Salih and Kurdish Deputy Speaker Dr. Kamal
Kirkuki, and the Speaker of the Kurdish parliament
Adnan Mufti discussed the political conditions in
Kurdistan and Iraq, the draft of Kurdistan's
Constitution and its problems, and the steps of
implementing Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution.
Mufti voiced his disappointment over the slow
implementation of Article 140, but Dr. Salih
informed him that the committee had already
commenced their works and they have received 200
million dinars to facilitate parliamentarian their
works and activities.
Discussions were also held on drafting laws on
energy resources in Iraq, which the Iraqi national
assembly is supposed to issue in order to organize
the process of producing oil, minerals and other
resources.
Water project cost $27 million establishes in
Zakho
Tamar Ramadan, the Governor of Dohuk, paid a visit
to the Zakho district and the town of Batifa to
inspect the progress of local water projects.
Following his visit, the governor announced that the
strategic water project in Zakho is going to be
completed in 40 days, the project will dispense 3000
cube meter per hour and had been carried out on the
orders of the Prime Minister at a cost of 27 million
dollars.
He further added that the Batifa project had started
15 days earlier at a cost of $300,000 and would
dispense 250 cube meters per hour. In regards to the
construction in Azadi area in Zakho, the land has
been allocated and they were waiting for the
delegation of the United Arab Emirates.
In a part of his speech, the governor said, "5000
families outside Kurdistan Region have entered and
resided in Dohuk." The influx, he said, has created
inflation in the housing market.
50 illegal houses
Governor of Erbil has ordered that 50 illegal
houses, built on public land, be demolished in Ain
Kawa quarter of the city.
This has led to protests by residents of these
houses who are demonstrating in front of the
Presidency of Council of Ministers and plan to go on
hunger strike until their demands are met.
One of the protesters said, "while I was working, I
was informed by my family that police were going to
demolish our house, so where should we suppose to go
in this holy Ramadan, we have no place, besides we
have 400 students in this quarter, where should they
go. We have been told we will receive 200 meter of
land and $1000 but it's only an oral agreement, we
don't even know the location of the land. Therefore
I call on the Kurdistan Regional Government to help
and save us".
However, the mayor of Central Erbil argued that they
have been given one month to leave there current
homes therefore the police had the right to demolish
their houses. We have offered 250 square meter of
land and an amount of money in compensation. There
used to be130 illegal houses but now there are only
50 left. They [the residence of these illegal
houses] want to move to the Betwanay Taza quarter
however we do not want to differentiate between
people; these 50 houses want to impose conditions on
us to separate themselves from others who have
already moved. We refused their demands and
demolished their houses".
This latest crisis has happened amidst an
unprecedented boom in the Erbil housing market which
have seen land price rise to unimaginable levels.
Environment ministry staff training in USA
Kurdistan Minister of Environment decided to send
the staff on a special environmental-training course
in the United States.
Kurdish Regional Government's Minister of
Environment Dara Muhamed Amin met with Dr. Mouayad
Abdulrahman, quality control advisor in Council of
Ministries, and Dr. Saman Shali, president of the
National Congress of Kurds in America, local paper
reported last week.
They discussed the need of opening a number of
environmental labs to benefit from the experience of
other countries in the field of environmental
protection. Minister Amin decided to send the staff
on a special environmental-training course in the
United States.
In a different meeting with Kurdistan's Green Peace
president Anwar Abdulah, Minister Amin confirmed
cooperation and coordination between the ministry
and organizations working in the environmental
field.
UNDP conducts several activities in justice
education
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
delegates during a meeting to Kurdistan offered
assistance and support to promote the justice status
in Kurdistan.
During a meeting with Kurdistan's Minister of
Justice Affairs Azad Izzadin, UNDP delegates Ani
Marijan and Stepan Kanyan praised the stabled
security situation in the Kurdistan Region, and
offered cooperation and support to promote the
justice status in Kurdistan.
As an initiation to the cooperation, the delegation
has decided to establish an affluent library with a
variety of books and significant justice, political
and social reference materials. It also promised to
develop computer networking, create an electronic
library, and conduct workshops to develop the
constitutional awareness in the Kurdistan Region.
The Minister promised cooperation and support for
the projects.
Sarkis Agha Jan Seeks Autonomy for Chaldo-Assyrians
The autonomy should enable the Chaldo-Assyrians to
run their own affairs, and have their sons form
members of the police and security.
KRG's Minister of Economy and Finance Sarkis Agha
Jan has requested the Constitution of the regional
parliament grant autonomy to the Chaldo-Assyrian
minority in the Kurdish region, according to a
statement by Agha Jan published on the Ainkawa Web
site.
Agha Jan has also pointed out shortcomings related
to granting the rights of Chaldo-Assyrians in the
regional Constitution, and has asked for immediate
corrections to be made to rectify those
shortcomings.
The autonomy should enable the Chaldo-Assyrians to
run their own affairs, and have their sons form
members of the police and security.
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