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(New York) – Last week, Pari Ibrahim, an Ezidi activist and contributing writer for ÊzîdîPress, visited the United Nations Headquarters to discuss the plight of the Ezidi people with a number of officials, including meetings with the Office of the Special Advisor to the Secretary General on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect and a roundtable with officials from UNDP, UNICEF, OCHA, and the United Nations Department of Political Affairs.
United Nations officials expressed concern on the situation of the Ezidi people and the importance of protecting minority communities in Iraq and Syria. They noted the actions of United Nations agencies in the field, especially at refugee camps in Duhok.
Ms. Ibrahim is in the United States to discuss the situation of the Ezidi people and to garner support and funding for the Free Yezidi Foundation (www.freeyezidi.com). The Foundation is designed to protect the most vulnerable members of the Yezidi community, beginning with the establishment of an orphanage and post-trauma center.
United Nations officials applauded her efforts and offered advice on how to move the Foundation and the orphanage / post-trauma center forward.
êzîdîPress, 22th Nov 2014
