BY
DECLARATION
OF
LONDON
WHEREAS the Kurdish people have throughout history been
denied recognition as a nation among the other of the world.
AND WHEREAS the Kurdish people have for one
hundred years demanded that their right to self-government should be upheld;
and by cultural expression, political activity and costly conflict, the Kurdish
people during this period have often shown their settled intention to prove the
fullness of their claim;
AND WHERES the interests of other nation have
prevailed, particularly by reason of the suppression of Treaty of Sevres of
1920 by the Treaty of lausanne in 1923, and further by the consequences of the
Treaty of Ankara in 1926.
AND NOTWITHSTANDING these facts the political
will of the Kurdish people has been manifested by necessary rebellion and
conflict, which have however failed to achieve freedom, unity and justice for a
nation too long suppressed:
NOW THEREFORE the KurdLand Homeland
movement DECLARES to the family of nations as follows:
The Kurdish people demand for themselves those rights and freedoms which
other nations expect, value and possess;
The Kurdish people demand the unity of purpose from their leaders and
reconciliation of opposing views, which until now have continued to harm the
interests of the nation;
The Kurdish people by their economic contributions to the prosperity of
other nations have shown their competence to develop the rich resources of
KurdLand;
The Kurdish people by their historic sufferings have embellished the pattern
of their independence, resilience and endurance with their blood;
The Kurdish people have the same right to a national homeland as do such
other nations as the Jews, the Armenians, the Belarusans and the Ukrainians;
and without detriment to the rights of other nations, the Kurdish people
require only that their rights to a homeland should be conceded as a fact, and
as a fact that homeland should become established;
AND FURTHER the KurdLand Homeland Movement declares
in the name of all Kurdish people to the whole family of nations that these
principles are a valid claim in international law and will be expressed as
follows:
All conventions, treaties and agreements on human rights adopted by the
family of nations or by the majority within the family of nations on the basis
of their justice and truth and their congruence with universal human nature
shall be adopted by KurdLand;
All traditional religions of the Kurdish region shall be freely promulgated
and practised without detriment to any of them or of any minority among their
believers;
All traditional rights and customs of the Kurdish people shall be honoured
and preserved by law, save that no contravention of international provisions on
human rights shall be upheld;
All development of the natural resources of KurdLand shall be carried out
with respect for the ecological constraints upon economies which international
conventions, treaties and agreements on the environment enshrine;
All claims to territory shall be advocated, defended and pursued by
non-violent means so far as possible, save that the Kurdish people insist
absolutely on their right to a homeland and will no longer tolerate any
diminution of that claim.
AND
HENCEFORTH the Kurdish Homeland Movement will make clear the vision of freedom,
justice, unity and prosperity from the eminence of those values of independence, resilience and endurance which have always justified the Kurdish nation’s
rightful claims, and all this we declare to the family of nations with goodwill
to all and in fear of none.
DONE AT LONDON,THIS 15TH DAY OF JULY, AND
TWOTHOUSAND
On behalf of the Kurdish Homeland Movement
SARDAR PISHDARE
