Udenrigsudvalget 2018-19 (1. samling)
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THE FINAL RESOLUTION OF THE 15
th
ANNUAL EUTCC
CONFERENCE 2018
Wednesday & Thursday 5-6 December 2018, European Parliament, Brussels
THE KURDISH FACTOR IN WORLD POLITICS:
CRISIS, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
The Annual International Conference on the EU, Turkey and the Kurds was hosted by the EU
Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) in cooperation with the European United Left-Nordic
Green Left (GUE/NGL), the Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA), and the
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) groups of the European Parliament.
This conference was successfully held on 5-6 December 2018 in the European Parliament in
Brussels.
EUTCC RECOMMENDATIONS AND DEMANDS
The EUTCC endorses the vision of the Kurdish people to become an actor of policy towards
building stability in Middle East. Supporting Kurdish aspirations for peace and stability in the
Middle East will contribute to global peace as the various interrelated conflicts in the region
have global characteristics and ramifications. For that purpose, the EUTCC strongly believes
that there is an urgent need for change in the political outlook of European and other global
players with respect to the Kurds, and these powers must recognise the Kurdish people as a
major stakeholder in the Middle East and as an important non-state actor striving for peace and
stability in the region, rather than simply continuing to focus on state-based policy.
THE KURDS AND THE MIDDLE EAST: FROM FACTOR OF INSTABILITY TO
ACTOR OF STABILITY
1. The EUTCC calls upon the European institutions, EU member states, the United
Nations, His Holiness Pope Francis, and the United States to urge the Turkish
government to immediately release Abdullah Öcalan.
2. The EUTCC calls on the European Council to take diplomatic, political and legal
measures to compel Turkey to comply with international law concerning the ongoing
isolation of Abdullah Öcalan. Furthermore, the EUTCC asks again the European
Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (CPT) to immediately send a delegation to Imrali to visit Abdullah Öcalan.
3. The EUTCC calls on the Turkish government to end the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan
and the treatment of Mr. Öcalan as a political hostage, and calls for the resumption for
the peace talks between representatives of the Turkish state and those of the Kurdish
people.