A group of Iraqi Kurds have presented UN officials with a petition signed by 1.7 million Iraqis seeking a referendum on whether northern Iraq should be made an independent Kurdish state.
"The Kurds under international protection have been exercising de facto independence in South Kurdistan [northern Iraq] for the last 13 years and they do not wish to be controlled by an Arab-dominated Iraq," the group said at the United Nations' New York headquaters on Wednesday.
Aljazeera article"The Kurds under international protection have been exercising de facto independence in South Kurdistan [northern Iraq] for the last 13 years and they do not wish to be controlled by an Arab-dominated Iraq," the group said at the United Nations' New York headquaters on Wednesday.
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Delegation members said a decision on a referendum probably would have to wait until after scheduled 30 January elections as the country is now run by an unelected interim government, which includes Kurds.
Iraq's current leaders have ruled out a separate Kurdish state.
So has the UN Security Council, which has adopted several resolutions calling for the preservation of Iraq's territorial integrity.
Ah, democracy.
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