Letter at UN. representative Mr. Staffan de Mistura in Iraq

UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10017
P.O.Box 5859


Wiesbaden ( Germany) – ADO —

To the Honorable Staffan de Mistura

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, UNAMI,

We, the Undersigned, are writing to express our deepest concern and growing alarm at the deteriorating situation of our Assyrian (Chaldean Syriac) people in Iraq.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude for the work and commitment of the United Nations to a democratic Iraq; and particularly your deep concern for the plight of minorities.

It is essential to underline that we are an indigenous people, which constitute not only a religious community but also an ethnic and a linguistic minority, known under various denominational names (Assyrian, Chaldeans, Syriacs…), covering different historical, cultural and ecclesiastical aspects of one nation and united, de facto and for many centuries, in a common cause.

It is highly urgent that United Nations take all necessary measures and concrete actions to:
– Protect and guarantee the safety of the Assyrian (Chaldean Syriac) and to improve their security situation;
– Provide needed and sufficient assistance to all Assyrians (Chaldeans Syriacs) and other minority refugees, mainly in neighbouring countries and to facilitate their return and resettlement safely in their homeland;
– Support and call for the involvement of the Assyrians (Chaldeans Syriacs) and other minority groups (Turkmen, Yezidis, Shabaks, Mandeens….) in the reconstruction and administration of their land and villages in order to preserve their cultural, religious and ethnic identity.

We would like to express our support for our people in its aspirations for autonomy in their ancestral areas in Iraq.

We expect that the United Nations takes part in such process along the Iraqi parliament and other organizations to secure the rights of Assyrian (Chaldean Syriac) people and to implement the demands for an autonomy in the Iraqi constitution and as well as in the regional Kurdish constitution.

We appeal to you hoping for your support and begging that you use your political and moral responsibility to help the suffering Assyrians (Chaldeans Syriacs) Christians.

Most Respectfully,

Sabri Alkan


Assyrian Democratic Organisation (ADO)
Assyrian Federation in Europe (ZAVD)
Assyrischer Jugendverband Mitteleuropa (AJM) – Germany
Tur Abdin Federation in Holland
Assyrische Jongeren Federatie in Holland
Institut Assyrien d’Europe (INASE) – Bruxelles