The members of the SIMEC Working Group on the Kurdish Question reviewed latest developments regarding the situation of the Kurdish people with representatives from the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, PDKI (an SI member); from the Kurdistan Democratic Party, KDP, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, PUK, of Iraq; and from the People’s Democracy Party, Hadep, from Turkey, at a meeting of the Group held in Brussels on 16 March, hosted by the Parti Socialiste, PS of Belgium.
The Group, whose mandate reflects the International’s commitment and engagement on matters affecting the Kurds, agreed at this meeting, among other initiatives, on the sending of a mission to Northern Iraq to evaluate at first hand the situation there, including the implementation of the Washington Agreements between the KDP and PUK and prospects for the Kurdish areas in that region. The holding of a Socialist International Conference on the Kurdish Question during 2002 was also agreed. List of Participants.
Chair of the Working Group
Conny Fredriksson(Sweden, SAP)
Socialist International
Luis Ayala
AUSTRIA
Social Democratic Party of Austria, SPÖ
Karl Schramek
BELGIUM
Socialist Party, PS
Etienne Godin
Hervé Parmentier
Simone Susskind
FRANCE
Socialist Party, PS
Karim Pakzad
Alain Chenal
GERMANY
Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD
Wolfgang Weege
IRAN
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, PDKI
Khosrow Abdollahi
ITALY
Democrats of the Left, DS
Gianfranco Brusasco
SWEDEN
Social Democratic Party, SAP
Morgan Johansson
SI Secretariat
Latifa Perry
Guests:
IRAQ
Kurdistan Democratic Party, KDP
Hoshyar Zebari
Dilshad Miran
Burhan Jaf
IRAQ
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, PUK
Mohammad Ismail
Ahmed Bamarni
TURKEY
People’s Democracy Party, HADEP
Ahmet Türk
Sirri Sakik
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