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Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief
26.9.2007
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September 26, 2007 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region (Iraq)
Geneva: Head of the Iraqi Delegation Asks
International Recognition of Kurdish Genocide
A joint delegation form KRG and the Iraqi federal
government ministries of human rights headed by Dr.
Shwan Mohamed Aziz, KRG Minister of Human Rights,
visited Switzerland to participate in the meetings
of UN Council of Human Rights on September 24th .
“It is scheduled that the Iraqi delegation to talk
about the decisions of Iraqi High Criminal Court
concerning Anfal case and to discuss the
international recognition of Anfal genocide against
Kurdish people with UN in the coming days.” KRG
minister of human rights said.
PUK Delegation Meets with Italian Deputy PM
Mala Bakhtiar, active member of PUK politburo and
supervisor of PUK Foreign Office, arrived at Rome in
frame work of the PUK Delegation’s visit to several
European countries. The delegation will meet with
several senior Italian officials, including Italian
Deputy PM,Francesco Rottely, Italian minister of
culture, president of Margarita Party and other
high-ranking officials.
On EU Budget, Czech Republic Companies to
Implement Several Projects in Kurdistan
A delegation headed by Mr. Dara Muhammad Amin, KRG
Minister of Environment, visited Czech Republic on
Sept 24, and met with officials from Ministry of
Environment, and Ministry of industry there.
KRG, Minister of Environment had asked Czech
officials to carry out projects in Kurdistan.
Several projects were discussed during the meeting.
“We have discussed several projects such as
Environment survey and arranging training courses
for Ministry of Environments’ cadres. It was decided
that Czech companies would cooperate with us while
the budget would be granted by EU, “KRG, Minister of
Environment added.
Iranian Artillery Bombardment of Kurdistan Region
Border Areas
The Iranian artillery bombarded at 4.30 pm on
Wednesday, (Bardi Teshy Res) Mountain and its
surroundings in the border area of Haji Omaran
district, PUKmedia correspondent said in the area.
The bombardment targeted (Darband) village, situated
20 km on the Iraqi side of the border, and 5 km away
from Choman district, without causing any human or
material or damages, and it’s still going on, the
correspondent added.
Kurdistan Region Parliament Delegation to
participate in Rome international conference
To participate in Rome international conference,
speaker of Kurdistan Parliament Adnan al-Mufti
headed a delegation, including Awni Bazaz, Muhammad
Ismail and Dr. Rozhan Abdul Qadir, Kurdistan MPs as
well as Dr. Bakhtiar Amin head of international
alliance organization for Justice, Mrs. Safia al-Suhail
member of Iraqi Parliament and Tariq Jawher Sarmami
media Consultant, arrived yesterday in Rome ,capital
of Italy.
The role of Iraqi Federal council and establishing
The Implementation of Article 140 was Stressed on
in Two Meetings of PUK Delegation in France
Following the arrival of PUK’s delegation to France
under supervision of Mala Bakhtiar, active member of
politburo and Sherko Othman member of the external
relations, Franc’s Socialist Party on 24-9 organized
a lunch banquet in honor of PUK’s delegation.
Mauris Bord, secretary general of Socialist Party
for the presidency of the international affairs,
Kareem Pakzad, member of the international relations
department, in charge of middle-east department, the
active member on the Kurdish group in International
Socialist Organization and also Joseph Tuma from the
relations department attended the banquet.
Mala Bakhtiar shed light on the major development in
Iraq in confronting terrorism. The importance of the
implementation of the constitutional items was
stressed on.The same day the delegation was received
by Piere Moskovitch, national secretary of socialist
party of France who is also supervisor of the
international relations of the party, former
minister of the state for external affairs and
current member of socialist group in the French
Parliament.
In an interview, the implementation of Article 140
was stressed and the current situation of Iraq,
Kurdistan and the region were explained. Before
that, on 23-8 the external relations bureau of PUK
in France organized a meeting for Mala Bakhtiar
where a large number of Kurds were present.
Delegation from Halabja City Visits KRG Minister
of Higher Education and Scientific Research
KRG Minister of Higher Education and Scientific
Research, Dr. Edris Hadi ,received a delegation from
Halabja city ,including the city’s acting -governor
and several officials of the area accompanied by a
number of Kurdistan region parliament MP’s.
The delegation asked opening a university in the
area. KRG Minister of Higher Education and
Scientific Research on his side considered the
demand as their legitimate right, stressing the
formation of a committee for discussing opening a
university in their area in addition of opening
college of Education in Halabja in the coming years
in cooperation with Sulaimaniyah
University.
Commander of Rescue Battalion of KRG Interior
Ministry was Assassinated
Commander of Rescue Battalion of KRG Interior
Ministry was assassinated near his home by several
unknown militants in Kifri district.
The late commander, Ali Samin was assassinated by
several unknown militants using muffler pistols near
his house in Kifri district, a close source told
PUKmedia on Tuesday.
PUK politburo announced a statement and condemned
the crime, asking that those criminals who committed
the crime to be drawn in front of law.
KRG Minister of Health Visits Kirkuk
KRG minister of health, Dr. Ziryan Othman, visited
Kirkuk today to see the situation of cholera
outbreak in the city and made a tour to Kirkuk
general hospital and inquired about the situation of
the victims.
He also met with Kirkuk governor, Abdul Rahman
Mustafa, to discus ways of dealing with the disease
and controlling it in the city. Speaking to the
reporters, Dr. Ziryan Othman said that cholera
outbreak has been controlled in Sulaimaniyah and
that yesterday only 7 cases were recorded, today
reduced to 5 cases.
Concerning those cases that were not recorded in
Kirkuk city, KRG minister of health said that Kirkuk
hospitals receive 80-100 patients infected with
diarrhea, vomiting and nearly 6-8 cases of cholera
disease, saying that until now 1500 has been
recorded.
He expressed the support of KRG for Kirkuk city to
control the outbreak. KRG minister of health
criticized the Iraqi ministry of health for ignoring
Kirkuk city regarding the dieasse, indicating that
the Iraqi government allocated 30 million dollars
for dealing with the disease but the Iraqi ministry
of health didn’t paid attention to Kirkuk
completely.
He also appreciated the role of President Talabani,
KRG, and the Iraqi government for presenting their
full support to overcome the disease. Dr. Ziryan
Othman also said that theirs is a plan by doctors
without borders organization to build a hospital in
Kirkuk for dealing with the emergency cases of
terrorist attacks.
PUKmedia com
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