PUK bloc emphasizes supporting and rebuilding Halabja Governorate

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) bloc in the Council of Representatives issued a statement regarding the 34th anniversary of Halabja's tragedy.

In five points, PUK stressed the need to support the people of Halabja Governorate, as follows: 

As we commemorate this tragedy, we affirm to:

1/ Classifying the bombing of Halabja with chemical weapons as a crime against humanity and genocide and compensation for the affected must become an obligation on the country.

2/ Halabja must be addressed as a governorate practically. Must also consider it the 19th Iraqi governorate after completing legal, administrative, and necessary procedures related to this file.

3/ Both Regional and Central Governments must allocate budgets for rebuilding Halabja and upgrading its semi-destroyed infrastructure.

4/ Providing treatment for the injured and exporting those whose treatment requires hospitalization in advanced hospitals in the rest of the world.

5/ Giving more importance to the level of the injured, the file of missing children, as a result of the committed crime.

The Kurdish people, despite their repeated exposure to many genocides and ethnic cleansing over the ages, were, still and will always look forward to a common life with the rest of the components in which tolerance, coexistence, and peace prevail as it emphasizes brotherhood and cooperation.

PUK bloc in Council of representatives

Halabja Massacre 

During the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War, chemical weapons were used by the Iraqi government forces in the Kurdish governorate of Halabja in Southern Kurdistan. read more
 
The attack killed between 3,200-5,000 people and injured around 7,000 to 10,000 more, most of them civilians; thousands more died of complications, diseases, and birth defects in the years after the attack.  



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