The Statement of Mehdi Zana On the Occasion of the Washington Kurdish Institute’s KURDISH CONFLICT RESOLUTION FORUM At the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Washington, DC July 28, 1998 First of all, I would like to thank the Washington Kurdish Institute, the organizer of this conference, for bringing us together here today for a solution… Continue reading
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Should the U.S. Be an Arms Merchant?
By Kani Xulam March 31, 1998 [The following speech was made at Kay Center at American University Table Talk Series on March 31, 1998. The topic was, “The International Sale of Weapons: Should the U.S. Be An Arms Merchant?] My short answer is an emphatic no. But just as other campaigns that have taken the… Continue reading
Capital Area Peacemaker Award Acceptance Speech
By Kani Xulam March 31, 1998 [The International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program at American University gave its annual Capital Area Peacemakers Awards on March 31, 1998. Kani Xulam was among those who were honored.] I want to thank the members of the Community Action and Social Justice group for thinking of me as worthy… Continue reading
The European Parliament Resolution on Turkey
Adopted December 12, 1996 The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Turkey, A. gravely concerned about the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in Turkey, B. seriously alarmed by the initiatives of the parties which make up Turkey’s coalition government to restrict freedom of the press and control the… Continue reading