MESOP : URGENT CALL BY MECHRIC – MIDDLE EAST CHRISTIANS TO UN

PRESS RELEASE – June 29, 2014 – “Mesopotamia’s Christians, including Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs & other

communities, are calling for a UN deployment in the Nineveh Plain in Northern Iraq under Chapter 7.”

Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.

We the undersigned members of Middle East Christians Committee (MECHRIC) and other Middle Eastern Christian Organizations convened on the Capitol Hill on June 26th 2014 to highlight the plight of Christians in the Middle East have been deeply troubled by the anarchic crisis caused by the invasion and occupation of Mosul and Nineveh Plain and some Iraqi cities by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

This is particularly grave news for the vulnerable and the already oppressed Christian community that now credibly fears it will be targeted for extermination by such Islamic extremists who are branded for being inhuman and brutal. We call on the International Community, US Administration, Government of Iraq, and the Regional Government of Kurdistan to mount an immediate and decisive response to purge Mosul and Nineveh Plains of ISIS militants and to provide immediate humanitarian

aid and protection to those impacted by violence.

We strongly urge United States and European Union to petition The United Nations Security Council to address this crisis to issue resolution under Chapter 7 to deploy

international forces to secure our community in Nineveh Plain and Mosul of Iraq. The current situation in Iraq and in many other Middle East countries have become tragic for the Christians as they face the risk of extinction in the land of cradle of civilization. If the Western World and in particular United States of America want Christians to be part of the Middle East community, it is now time to act and save them.

Bethnahrin Patriotic Union Iraq

Syriac National Council of Syria

Federation of Syriac Associations in Turkey

Universal Syriac Union Party Lebanon

European Syriac Union

Bethnahrin Women Union

Suryoyo American Association

Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council

Iraqi Christians Advocacy and Empowerment Institute

Assyrian American National Federation

World Council of Cedars Revolution

World Maronite Union

Coptic Solidarity

For more information, please contact:

Joseph T. Kassab President, Iraqi Christians Advocacy and Empowerment Institute (ICAE)

Email:

JKassabICT@aol.com

Phone (248) 882-1912

William Youmaran President, Assyrian American National Federation (AANF)

Email:

wyoumaran@yahoo.com Phone (630) 400-5162