The statement reads: 

Today, we commemorate the 34th anniversary of 20th century's most heinous crime. We honor the innocent lives brutally shot in mass graves, and people who die from hunger and thirst in deserts and prisons. 


On this occasion, we remind everyone that despite searching for the missing and mass graves, identifying the martyrs, and repatriating Anfal remains to the Kurdistan region. Yet, international recognition of the Anfal genocide, further compensation of the survivors, and restoring the villages and places destroyed by the atrocity have not been satisfying in regard to the material and human casualties wrought upon our people and regions of Kurdistan during the Anfal campaign. 

We confirm PUK's constant efforts to realize the aforementioned demands and prevent the recurrence of such a crime against our nation. We do our best in the political and diplomatic centers to protect our enshrined constitutional rights and work to implement ungranted rights. Such affairs require dialogue and discussion, and not empty words that lead to escalation and bringing a new destructive disaster to our nation.

On this appealing occasion, we reaffirm our promises to address the problems and consequences of the Anfal genocide.

Political Bureau
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan