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Facing the ultimate "either or" presented  I declare my freedom to find my own say of (neither nor) "NO!", but also (both and) "YES!"

"Another world is possible. where the choice is between war or peace, between memory or oblivion, between hope or despair, between the grey on one side and the whole rainbow on the other side. One world where many worlds can exist. It is possible for an "YES!" an incomplete unfinished "YES!" to be born out of a "NO!".
An "YES!" that gives humanity hope back, so that we day by day can rebuild the complex bridge that connects thinking and feeling" ....
                           Marcos, from the mountains in Southeast Mexico, 1999

FINAL STATEMENT of the CONFERENCE to REBUILD CIVIL SOCIETY in the IRAQ
SEPTEMBER 18 2004

 Iraq has turned into an international battlefield, this war put the entire region in a crisis, it has also jeopardized the people’s safety and all aspects of life. Tens of civilians are falling dead on daily basis because of this war without having anything to do with it. Terrorism and terrorist acts are marching towards the residential areas, workplaces, markets and everywhere in the Iraqi society. Poverty, deprivation, and the lack of job opportunities are other results of destroying civility in Iraq.

 Human liberties are also threatened. The violations of essential human rights are increasing such as the freedom of speech and expression, and even the freedom of dress code. Furthermore, other violations are increasing such as torture of prisoners, terminating or detaining of hundreds of opponents with false accusations under various pretexts such as spying, or the support of terrorism. In addition to the women situations which have gone backwards where very clear violation to women rights are committed besides imposing degrading laws in different regions on women in order to return them to the domestic realm! All these situations revealed dark prospect for the Iraqi society.

 Terrorism cannot be confronted with terrorism. Terrorism should be confronted socially and politically rather than the use of military and secret intelligence methods.  Millions of Iraqis are victims of the ongoing war and conflict between America and political Islam and Baath remnants, consequently people who have no interests in this conflict are paying the price with their lives. The continuation of these situations deepens the political and economical crisis day by day and threatens the entire society of an ethnic, tribal, and religious war. What happens today in Najaf and yesterday in Falujah, Samarra and other different regions of killings, damages and violations of human rights are the examples that will be imposed on the Iraqi society.

 We declare throughout our conference as parties, organizations, trade unions, and political individuals, women, labour and professional activists, our responsibility towards the Iraqi society, the security, decent and prosper life for everyone who resides and lives in Iraq regardless of their ethnic, religious, genetic, or political background.

 The re-organization of civility of the Iraqi society that involves many issues such as bringing back life to all aspects of the Iraqi society, securing safety, maintaining human rights and civil liberties, and securing the minimum living standards are the tasks that should be put on the shoulders of all powers that include the support of human beings in their platforms. We, the delegations to this conference, parties, organizations, individuals, and trade unions, who gathered in this conference or even those who did not get the chance to attend it, promise the full cooperation to apply the above mentioned principles in this statement. Furthermore, we assure our commitment to the conference agenda, and agree upon working towards expanding the front of reorganizing civility by calling on other organizations or individuals who have not attended the conference to become part of this reorganizing civility front.

Abroad Network of Representatives of the Union of Unemployed in Iraq
Federation of Workers’ Councils and Unions in Iraq
Electricity and Distribution in Basra Trade Union
Federation of Workers’ Union in Moqdadyiah
Khalil -Trade Union of Accountants
South Gas Company Trade Union
Union of Unemployed in Basra
Union of Unemployed in Moqdayiah

Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq

Alan Center for Democratic Culture
Association of Athletes’ Rights
Association to Defend Homeless Families in Basra
Centre to Defend Children’s Rights in Kurdistan
Chaldean Democratic Union Party
Democratic Establishment Party
Democratic Left Movement
Free Democratic Assembly
Free Iraq Institution
Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party
Worker-Communist Party of Iraq

Dr. Ali Dawood Salom-Lecturer in international law
Wsam Shakir Hamid-Medical Practitioner
Rashid Tawfiq Abdul Qadir-engineerer
Shahab  Ali Shahad