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Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief
13.8.2007
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August 13, 2007 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region (Iraq)
KRG Minister of Human Rights to Visit General
Security of Kurdistan Region
In order to be closely acquainted with the
prisoners’ situation and how they are treated, the
KRG Minister of Human Rights to visit the General
Security of Kurdistan Region. “Following the release
of the human rights watch’s report on the prisoners’
situation, KRG Minister of Human Rights decided to
visit the General Security of Kurdistan Region to be
closely aware of the treatment with the prisoners.”
Saifadin, the general director of General Security
of Kurdistan Region told PUKmedia on Monday. “We
respect human rights 100 percent , sometimes if
there were violations, as much as we are informed of
existence of inhuman behaviours with the detainees
and the prisoners ,we conducted measures and
investigations with those officials who done such
actions.” He added.
Kurdistan Information and Scientific Research
Center to be Declared
It is scheduled that on August the 14th, Kurdistan
Information and Scientific Research Center to be
declared.
The center, as it is mentioned in the center’s
definition, is a NGO and non-party agency and has an
independent identity. It is a center for strategic
research, paying attention to the developments of
Kurdistan region, the area, and the world. The
center delivers its works via conferences, seminars,
printings and internet .it is main office to be in
Erbil.
Because of the vital location of Kurdistan region
and it’s subject to the developments of the area and
the world, the center to research on all those
crises and the developments of the area and the
world and to investigate the impacts on the
Kurdistan region. The center to be established by
several specialized figurers in policy, economics,
geography, history, sociology, physics, and
environmental engineering. Financially, the center
to depend on the KRG’s aids those aids which donated
to it legally, and to reject all those aids which
reduce the center’s independence
The Article 140 Committee’s Meeting
Kaka Rash Sidiq, the head of Article 140 office in
Kirkuk told Kurdistani Nwe today August 13, that the
Article 140 committee will convene in Baghdad and it
is the first meeting for General Fahimi as the head
of the committee. He also declared that the
committee didn’t meet for several months because of
the withdrawing of Shahim Shbli, the former head of
the committee.
Sidiq also said that the main reason for this
meeting is that General Fahimi meets the members of
the committee and discusses the pervious works of
the Article 140 committee with the members.
Iran and Iraq signed an industrial agreement and
Kurdistan is not included
Both Iraqi and Iranian Industrial Ministries signed
an industrial agreement worth 1 billon dollars but
none of the projects will be implemented in
Kurdistan Region. A source in Industrial Ministry
told PUKmedia that this agreement doesn’t include
any projects in Kurdistan Region and all the
projects will be in Najaf, Dywania, Kut, Missan and
Mosul.
Choman District Commissioner Denies the Iranian
Warnings
Abdul Wahid Guani the commissioner of Choman
District/ Erbil Governorate, in a press conference
today denied the news which said that Iranian forces
had warned the inhabitants of border villages to
leave their homes.
”As a KRG, we refutate this news. We visited these
areas and we found that Iranian forces didn’t have
informed those people to leave their villages”, he
said. ”We will follow legal actions against those
who publish such rumors to terrify these areas
people”, he added.
Hawar: I am a Football Player not a politician
In a phone call with Kurdistani Nwe the Kurdish
player Hawar Mulla Muhammad, the Iraqi International
player declared that the whole world knows that he
is a Kurdish person and every one knows that he is a
football player not a politician.
“I don’t mind those who say Hawar isn’t a Kurd
because I am proud of my nation and I always remain
as a Kurdish person,” he added.
Concerning why he didn’t return to Iraq he said that
he was busy with his agreement with his new club but
in the following days he will return to Kurdistan.
Dindar Zebari: Resolution 1770 Supports the
Political Process in Iraq
Kurdistan regional government Coordinator to UN
welcomes the new U.N. resolution on crucial are as
national reconciliation, regional dialogue,
humanitarian assistance and human rights.
The new UN resolution 1770 (2004), highlights the
greater understanding that what happened in Iraq had
widespread effects not only for the neighboring
countries, but also for the world community. The
United Nations would be increasing its role and
looked forward to working in "close partnership"
with the Iraqi Government and people to encourage
national political dialogue, help with humanitarian
assistance and promote human rights. We hope the new
adopting resolution responds to the humanitarian
needs, and will consider ways and means to encourage
the international community to work collectively to
ease the suffering of refugees and displaced persons
in the whole country including those in Kurdistan
region. At same time, we welcome the new effort by
the UN organization and its members to increase the
numbers of international staff in Iraq, mainly in
those stable areas in the north and south of the
country, that are relatively secure enough, in order
to enhance the development of effective civil,
social and essential services, including through
training and conferences in Iraq (Kurdistan region)
when possible...
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