Statelessness:
A Minority
Issue
- Eleventh
29-30
Speaker:
Dear
Amir
Makouei
president,
Speaking
your
from
the
dear Chairman,
as a representative
kind attention
is negatively
religious
minorities
ethnic/religious
NGO, Democracy
ladies
from
relations
and
Forum
on
Minority
Issues
2018
Defenders
for Azerbaijan
(DEFAZ)
and gentlemen!
the Azerbaijani
between
the
of the
ruling
Turkic
populations
but most
different
majority.
hidden,
ethnic
This
living
almost
taboo
populations
growing
in Iran,
types
as well
problem
like to take
I would
of problems
as between
is capable
of
that
ethnic
making
or
huge
conflicts of a type that have been earlier seen, for example, in Balkan.
This problem
can produce
statelessness
of so many
regarded
November
to one of the outstanding
affecting
Session
as early
forced
minorities
warning,
So, let us see what
population
being
the problem
movements
from
Iran,
subject
is that
if not
in larger
a solution
to researches,
can make
numbers
found
now
investigations
minorities
which
can finally
and then.
and further
so vulnerable
result
This would
in
be
studies.
to statelessness
arising
from
ethnic and/or religious conflicts:
The
to
reality
is that
move
to
interests
ethnic
other
or even
populations
locations
ethnic
to
land
in Iran have
mix
with
claims
other
been
forced
ethnic
and geographic
or programmed
populations.
maps
This
drawn
based
by the
has
ruling
produced
on disputed
systems
overlapping
ultranationalist
idealisms.
This has in turn escalated ethnic/religious
are
developing
problems
a simple
in negligence
have
made
word
such environment,
ethnic
ethnic
problems
These
directed
it comes
have
Ladies
attempts
the
of extra
mainly
that
minorities,
Iranian
in an attempt
outcomes
are part
nationalism
Persian
evident
have
in social
potential
hate,
ruling
to engage
of larger
disaster
media
for inter
risk increases
and
and
public
discourse.
and intra-ethnic
These
conflicts
ethnicity
doctrine
and other
ethnic
of the
plans
over
among
to fuel these
rights
weakened
other
inter
Republic
initiatives
and acts by the
minorities
into
or in
of Iran.
minorities
When
minorities
government.
in Iran have created
ethnic
minorities.
among
Iranian
tensions.
and intra-
and disunited
Islamic
and tension-breeding
monopoly
nationalism
opportunity
minority
are controlled,
and executive
ultra
is taking
and divert
deterrence
and its imposed
racism
government
of which
the lead for policy-making
Ultra-Persian
the
cleavages,
and tensions,
to the
become
forms
are
minorities
for a civil war.
Understanding
It sensitizes
but
polarized
tensions and disputes and hate speeches and discourse that
reactions
as well
in
as between
populations.
and gentleman,
Balkanization
Iran need
of Iran is not
a better
it. Tomorrow
disasters.
a fiction
and sincere
is too
Let us solve
late
for
problems
and the
dialogue
everyone
in peace
Iranian
to solve their
and
those
and unite
government
own
who
against
disputes
can
play
racism
plays
a key role
and problem.
a vital
role
here.
Now,
Minorities
it is time to do
in prevention
and polarization.
in
of such