The Declaration of the Kurdistan National Congress KNK

(Endorsed 26th May 1999, Founding Assembly; Amended 23rd August 2000, Second Assembly; 17th December 2001, Third Assembly; 21 December 2002, Fourth Assembly; 14th May 2006, Sixth Assembly; 13th-14th December 2008, Ninth Assembly.)

Foreword
We the representatives of parties, political, social and cultural organizations and patriotic individuals of Kurdistan, assembled on the 26th May 1999, and signed this declaration, for the purpose of forming a higher body of the Kurdish people to protect the interests and unity of the nation of Kurdistan.

The Colonial Occupied Status of Kurdistan:

Kurdistan is an international colony in the Middle East. To the great cost of the Kurdish people Kurdistan remains divided into four parts by the repressive colonialism of the states of Turkey, Iran and Syria. The Kurdish nation is oppressed by these occupying and colonialist states and is denied all national and democratic rights. Likewise the policies of war, annihilation and denial continue to be pursued through various distinct means all over Kurdistan.
The official borders of the new Iraq present an opportunity to reclaim rights: within Federal Iraq a Federal Kurdistan. However the policies and position of the de facto central federal Iraqi government in general towards Kurdistan and the national rights of the Kurdish nation are potentially dangerous. For this reason a greater national awakening must be achieved.