The 30th Congress, Online April 16-18, 25, 2021

1. Calls for the immediate reconstruction of the Nineveh walls in Mosul; and
2. Calls for the immediate return and restitution of all unlawful occupation and
   confiscation of Assyrian properties; and
3. Calls for the formal acknowledgment and reservation of the Assyrian political
   rights as “indigenous” people of Iraq; and
4. Calls for the preservation and protection of the Assyrian civil and economic rights
   in parallel with other Iraqi citizens, subject to no difference or discrimination
   when compared to other Iraqi citizens; and
5. Calls for the institution of Constitutional Amendments to grant Assyrians not only
   representation in the Iraqi Parliament as a religious minority, but as the
   indigenous people of Iraq; and
6. Protests the devastating impact of excluding the diaspora Iraqis in this year’s
   election proceeding; and
7. Calls for amending Iraqi laws to trigger and cause the reunification of the
   diaspora Assyrians with their homeland by admitting them as full citizens of Iraq,
   regardless of their birthplace, and issuing them Iraqi passports upon their
   application; and
8. Extends its appreciation to His Holiness Pope Francis for caring for the Middle
   East Christians and visiting with them in Iraq, causing new light to be shined on
   the Christian Assyrians, and bringing new focus to the issues in the Middle East;
   and
9. Extends its gratitude to His Holiness Pope Francis, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali alHusayni al-Sistani, and other religious leaders in Iraq, for meeting and discussing
   current issues that hopefully will lead to national unity among Muslims and
   Christians of Iraq as co-citizens; and

b) As it relates to Syria

1. Calls for the Assyrian Political Parties in Syria to have a unified stance in drafting the new constitution, where Assyrians will be recognized as the indigenous people of Syria with corresponding rights; and
2. Expresses its deep opposition to any and all forms of regional autonomy in Syria by any and all ethnic groups, which will inevitably lead to deepening of differences and escalation of conflicts; and

c) As it relates to Iran

1. Extends its gratitude to the Red Crescent of the Islamic Republic of Iran for helping our Assyrian people and others in the country of Iraq with humanitarian support.; and
2. Extends its gratitude to Hon. Yonatan BetKolia for tirelessly representing the Assyrians of Iran in the Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran for five terms, and serving as the Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance for ten years; and
3. Congratulates Mr. Sharli Enweya for his election, as the representative of Assyrians, to the Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran, where he is the successor to the oldest Assyrian representative seat in modern history; and
4. Extends it gratitude to His Holiness Pope Francis for supporting a peaceful and negotiated settlement of differences between the US and Iran, and his general support for peace and security in the region; and
5. Hopes that Assyrians of Iran, who like all other Iranians have suffered immensely due to the economic sanctions, will benefit from their removal as a result of normalization of relationships and improving economic conditions; and

d) As it relates to Turkey

1. Calls on the government of Turkey to appoint a commission to resolve the Assyrian land disputes in Turkey that have been outstanding since WWI; and
2. Calls for the immediate release of Clergyman Father Sefer (Aho) Bilecen, who is sentenced to twenty-five months; and
3. Calls on the government of Turkey to investigate the disappearance of Mr. Hurmuz Diril and his wife Simoni, the parents of Father Ramzi Diril; and

e) As it relates to Lebanon

1. Calls on the world governments to assist Lebanon to develop a sustainable economic recovery that will alleviate the social and economic suffering prevalent in Lebanon that has destroyed the country’s civic cohesion; and

f) As it relates to Armenia

1. Extends its heartfelt gratitude to the government of Armenia for formally recognizing the Assyrian genocide, and
2. Calls on the Armenian government and His Holiness Catholicos Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, to equitably resolve the dispute of the Assyrian church building, which was constructed by the Assyrians in the village of Golyaser Armenia, and return the church building to its rightful owners, which is the Assyrian Armenian community; and

g) As it relates to Russia

1. Brings to the attention of the government of Russia that the Assyrians in Iraq and Syria have suffered the most due to the armed conflicts, mayhem and insecure living conditions, and calls upon it to exercise its influence to remedy the Assyrians’ predicament; and
2. Calls upon Russia to exercise its influence in order to protect the rights of the Assyrians; and

h) As it relates to the United States of America