After the Fifth Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union was held, the organization faced an emergency situation, and the main organizing committee was formed in Baghdad. Later, its activities expanded and the borders of its organizations included other areas, such that the status of the secretariat had been undermined. In order to solve this problem, the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party decided to form a (Central Organizing Bureau) from both sides. The headquarters of this bureau was in Baghdad and it was supposed to continue its work until the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union was held.
On March 11, 1970, the March 11 Agreement was signed between the leadership of the revolution and the Iraqi government. After the agreement, the activities of the Party and mass organizations entered a new phase. Under this agreement, the freedom of political and organizational work developed, the blocs that were controlling the party organizations faded away, the group that had separated from the Political Bureau, known as (Jalaliyun), returned to the Party, and a new phase of joint and public work began.
The Kurdistan Students Union took advantage of this situation and opened its branches in Baghdad and all other Kurdistan cities, and all Kurd students joined the organization's structures publicly.
The new situation pushed the Kurdistan Students Union to hold a new congress, as the Party had recently held its 8th Congress, and the Central Organizing Bureau of the Kurdistan Students Union decided to hold its Sixth Congress in order to reorganize itself and strengthen its ranks.
Initially, it was scheduled to hold the congress in the city of Sulaymaniyah, but it was later moved to the village of Nawprdan, where the 8th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party was held, and the requirements for the congress were present there, and the delegates were informed of this change and the holding of the congress through Al-Taakhi newspaper.
Holding the Congress:After the preparations, the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union began its work from July 15 to 18, 1970, in a free atmosphere in the liberated areas of the Aylul Revolution, in the village of Nawprdan in Erbil Governorate, under the slogan (Peace - Science - Brotherhood) and with the attendance of 475 delegates.
The first speech delivered was the speech of the leader Mustafa Barzani, and it was read by Brigadier General Aziz Akrayi. Dr. Mahmoud Osman read the speech of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
The Executive Committee was elected at the beginning of the congress's work as follows:
1- Adil Murad, known as Adil Faili
2- Anwar Abdullah, known as Anwar Rais
3- Ranj Nuri Shaways
4- Farhad Awni
5- Abdulqadir Muhammad Amin
6- Arif Tayfur
7- Nuri Aqrawi
8- Jarjis Hassan
9- Sabah Aqrawi
10- Saadi Khalil
11- Adil Lailani
12- Wazira Birdawd Qadir
13- Muhammad Haji
14- Yusuf Mawlud Al-Qassab
15- Osman Salih Osman, known as Osman Khoshnaw
16- Jalal Khoshnaw
17- Akram Ahmad
18- Izzadin Rashid Haji Badri, known as Shirko Sindi
19- Haji Muhammad Krit
20- Jawad Muhammad, known as Jawad Shirwani
21- Abdullah Muhammad, known as Abdullah Bawani
After discussing the topics of the congress and evaluating the draft program and internal regulations that were radically changed, the Executive Committee meeting was held on the 18th of the same month and the new secretariat was elected by the vote of the Congress Representatives:
1- Anwar Abdullah - President
2- Jarjis Hassan Abdullah - Vice President
3- Farhad Awni - Secretary
4- Jalal Salim Khoshnaw - Member of the Secretariat
5- Adil Fadhil Lailani - Member of the Secretariat
6- Ranj Nuri Shaways - Member of the Secretariat
7- Yusuf Mawlud Al-Qassab - Member of the Secretariat
In this congress, the leader Mustafa Barzani was unanimously appointed as the Honorary President of the Students Union.
The congress issued a number of important decisions and recommendations such as: developing Kurd culture. Opening educational courses for the Peshmerga. Support for the March 11 agreement. Determining the identity of students on scholarships Outside. Support for opening universities and institutes in Kurdistan. Opening seven branches of the Kurdistan Students Union in the designated areas, which are: Baghdad, Erbil, Mosul, Duhok, Sulaymaniyah, Kirkuk, and Diyala branches.
The Sixth Congress was not without obstacles as expected. When Anwar Abdullah was elected president, a number of Executive Committee members participated in the first meeting on the basis that he had received a larger number of votes, and that the number of members had increased unusually, and a number of Executive Committee members did not attend the first meeting of the Executive Committee in protest against that. These protests increased as the number decreased from 21 members to 15 members. According to the curriculum and internal regulations, if the majority of the Executive Committee members are not satisfied with the work of the president or his deputy, the elections can be repeated. Therefore, the Executive Committee met in February 1971 again without the attendance of Anwar Abdullah and Qadir Hamad Amin for new elections, in which Adil Murad Faili was elected as President of the Kurdistan Students Union. After a while, Jarjis Hassan and Adil Fadhil Lailani traveled Outside to study, and with the approach of the date of the 7th Congress, which was scheduled to be held in the year 1972, no one else was appointed to the Position of Vice President.
After the congress was held, and based on the March 11 agreement as stated in its fifth clause, the Kurdistan mass organizations became members of the central organizations. The Kurdistan Students Union became a member of the National Union of Students of Iraq, and the President of the Kurdistan Students Union became the Vice President of the National Union of Students of Iraq, and three members of the secretariat also became members of the Executive Bureau of the aforementioned union.
Sources:1- Irfan Aziz Aziz, Congresses and Conferences of the Kurdistan Students Union, First Edition, (Erbil - Rojhalat Printing House - 2012).
2- Sasan Awni, Kurdistan Students Union: Aspects of Struggle and History, (Erbil - Ministry of Education Printing House - 1998).
3- The 26th Anniversary Memory of the Sixth Congress of Our Union, Khabat Students Magazine, Organ of the Kurdistan Students Union, Issue 13, Third Cycle, July 1996 AD.
4- The Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Students Union of Iraq, Al-Taakhi Newspaper, Issue 496, Baghdad, Dar Al-Jahiz Press, Monday, July 27, 1970 AD, p. 3.
5- Hamasalih Farhadi, A Page from the History of the Kurdistan Students Union, Peshkawtin Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Students and Youth Democratic Union, Issue 27, early July 1992 AD.