Reasons and preparations for holding the conference:
The continuous armed and cultural struggle of the various classes and groups in southern Kurdistan since 1931, despite its ebbs and flows, led to the uprising of the spring of 1991 and the liberation of the Kurdistan Region. From its inception in 1953 until the spring of 1991, the Kurdistan Students Union, despite all obstacles and difficulties, never hesitated to struggle for the Kurdish people to reach this safe haven.
The period between the seventh and eighth conferences of the Kurdistan Students Union lasted more than 21 years. During this time, many changes occurred in the organization and structure of the union, and several conferences were held at different times to reorganize and better align it with local and regional developments, the last of which was the Spring Uprising of 1991. After the uprising and the stabilization of the situation in the Kurdistan Region, [the following was held]. Kurdistan Democratic Party Its eleventh conference was held in 1993, coinciding with the Kurdistan National Council elections, prompting the Kurdistan Students Union to convene its own conference. This decision was particularly influenced by the Kurdistan Democratic Party's unification conference, which necessitated the reorganization of all mass organizations and unified parties.
At the sixth meeting of the Kurdistan Democratic Youth and Students Union on March 10, 1993, it was decided to hold the "Freedom Conference" at the headquarters of the Kurdistan Students Union Secretariat in the Sheraton building in Erbil. It was also decided to add 13 members from all branches to the Executive Committee, which consisted of the following gentlemen:
1- Luqman Ismail and Bashar Hamid - Duhok Branch - Nineveh
2- Reber Ahmed Khaled and Khanzad Ahmed Abdul - Erbil Branch
3- Aram Mohammed Abdullah, Arkan Tahsin Sadiq and Jalal Mohammed - Sulaimaniyah Branch
4- Omar Sharif and Salam Hussein Abdullah - Kirkuk Branch
5- Sasan Awni and Mustafa Salim Hamd Amin - Salahaddin University Committee
6- Gohdar Ismail - Secretariat Office Headquarters
The secretariat office after the uprising looked like this:
1- Abdullah Khalouali - Secretary
2- Rifaat Saeed Mohammed Amin - Member of the Secretariat Office
3- Feryad Shafie Mohammed, known as Feryad Barzani - Member of the Secretariat Office
4- Adel Ali, also known as Adel Boutani - Member of the Secretariat Office
5- Kurdistan Berdawood Qadir - Member of the Secretariat Office
6- Ibrahim Mustafa Muhammad - Member of the Secretariat Office
7- Haji Abdul Rahman Darwish - Member of the Secretariat Office
8- Dzwar Faiq - Member of the Secretariat Office
The branch officials were as follows:
1- Reber Ahmed Khaled - Erbil Branch Manager
2- Haji Abdulrahman - Head of the Sulaymaniyah branch
3- Azad Faiq Ghafoor, also known as Dzwar Faiq – Head of Kirkuk Branch
4- Ibrahim Ismail - Head of the Refugee Branch
5- Ibrahim Mustafa Mohammed – Head of the Duhok-Nineveh Branch
Following these changes and based on the above decisions, the Azadi (Freedom) Conference was held from October 16-20, 1993 in Erbil, with 793 delegates in attendance, under the slogan (Science - Peace - Reconstruction), in the presence of the President. Masoud BarzaniPresident Barzani, a representative of the Political Bureau, the Minister of Education, and the President of Salahaddin University all delivered speeches at the conference.
The conference delegates were distributed among the students and youth to elect the two organizations, and as for the Kurdistan Students Union, the following names were elected to the executive committee:
1- Sasan Osman Avni - Secretary
2- Henkaw Abdullah Khan - Head of Public Relations
3- Nazim Rashid - Public Relations Department
4- Kohdar Ismail - Head of Media Department
5- Reber Ahmed Khaled - Erbil Branch Manager
6- Amin Othman - Head of the Sulaymaniyah branch
7- Ali Awni Nemat - Media Department.
8- Tavke Omar Rashid – Media Department
9- Mustafa Salim - Head of Organization Department
10- Shaker Abu Bakr Aziz - Organization Department
11- Fares Omar - Head of the Duhok-Nineveh Branch
12- Shino Amin Mansour - Head of Kirkuk Branch
13- Suleiman Harni's team - Head of the Finance Department
14- Dilshad Shahab - Head of the Salahaddin University Committee
15- Tariq Jaafar Faily - Organization Department
Reserve members of the Executive Committee:
1- Abdullah Majeed
2- Arshad Haito, known as Arshad Baltah
3- Bashar Hamid
The student union branches consisted of: Erbil, Kirkuk, Sulaimaniyah, and Duhok-Nineveh. On August 18, 1993, a decision was made to open a branch at Salahaddin University. On February 1, 1996, the Akre branch was opened. Also on February 1, 1996, it was decided to open a branch in Soran.
Conference Management:
On October 23, 1993, in the presence of all members of the Executive Committee, the members of the Secretariat Office were elected in this manner in Erbil, and the Secretary was elected from among the members of the Secretariat Office:
1- Sasan Othman Awni - Secretary
2- Henkaw Abdullah Khan - Member of the Secretariat Office and Head of the Relations Department
3- Kohdar Ismail - Member of the Secretariat Office and Head of the Media Department
4- Mustafa Salim - Member of the Secretariat Office and Head of the Organization Department
5- Suleiman Harni, member of the Secretariat Office and Head of the Finance Department
Following the Azadi Conference, the first branch officials were as follows:
1- Faris Omar, also known as Faris Barwari, is the head of the Duhok branch in Nineveh.
2- Reber Ahmed Khaled - Erbil Branch Manager
3- Shno Amin Mansour – head of the Kirkuk branch, is considered one of the first women to assume responsibility for branches in the history of the Kurdistan Students Union.
4- Amin Othman – Head of the Sulaymaniyah branch
5- Shaaban Shaaban Ahmed - Head of the Akre branch
6- Faisal Sadiq Tawfiq – Head of the Soran Branch
Sources and footnotes:
1- Irfan Aziz Aziz, Kangaroo and Kanfa, Kiti Qatabiyani Kurdistan, Chapi, (Hawler-Chakhani) ڕۆژهەڵات-2012), no. 104.
2- Sasan Aouni, Kurdistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Technology and Technology, (Holler-Chakhani Ministry of Foreign Affairs - 1998), 175-176..
3- Heman Sirchao, no. 177.
4- You will find a place in the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Kurdistan. Jumarah 1772, Hehuller, Yehkishma, 17 Tishrei Hekhemi 1993, LL 1, 4.
5- Luqman Ghareeb, Shahid Haji Abdullah Hamman Qanaghi, in his book, “Zafi Qutabian and Lawani of Kurdistan”, (Holler - 165.
6- Irfan Aziz, Sirjawi Bishu, no. 109.
7- Haman Sarjava, LL. 109-117.
8- This is the story of how many people are talking about how Indian Kurdistan is. The Name of the People of Kurdistan, Hikati Qutabian and the Lawani of Kurdistan Democracy, Building 48, Huller, October 1993, no. 3.
9- Sasan Ahoni, Saharchavah Pishu, LL. 194, 193, 234, 240, 241.
