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This crime is considered a genocide by all international legal standards. Iraq is a party to the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and to other human rights agreements.

On the 38th anniversary of the disappearance and killing of the Barzanis from the forced resettlement camps in Qushtapa, Harir and Soran, we honour and pray for their pure souls and we never forget this tragedy.

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq announced the end of the current spring session of Parliament, and the start of a one-month Parliament recess. The summer recess is usually two months long, from the start of July to the end of August, but this year the recess was delayed and the spring session was extended by a month until 31 July.

Committees worked on several bills and also discussed the current dangerous wave of the Coronavirus and the 12th grade high school exams.

Dr. Faiq said to the new Consul General Mr. Robert Palladino that the Kurdistan Region views its relations with the United States with great importance, and pointed to America’s effective role in supporting the stability of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq.

Deputy Speaker Hawrami congratulated Consul General Palladino on his posting in Kurdistan Region and wished him success. He said, "The Kurdistan Region and Kurdistan Parliament appreciate our historic partnership and friendship with the United States, and the United States’ support for the people of Kurdistan at many stages."

Deputy Speaker Hawrami explained the political and legislative efforts to draft the Kurdistan Constitution, and Kurdistan Parliament’s resolve that Kurdistan Region should have its own Constitution and that within it the rights of the ethnic and religious components be protected.

Speaker Faiq and HB Patriarch Louis Sako discussed the current situation in Kurdistan Region, the peaceful coexistence between all ethnic and religious communities, and the steps in the drafting of the Kurdistan Constitution.

We thank Belgium’s House of Representatives for their recognition of the genocide against the Yazidis, and we thank each and every member of the Belgian Parliament who voted on this important issue that shook humanity’s conscience.

On the holy occasion of the Feast of the Sacrifice (Jezhni Qurban, Eid Al-Adha), I warmly congratulate all Muslims in Kurdistan, Iraq and around the world.