We also aim at further supporting the international fairs in all aspects in order to attract international companies to our Region. We have to work to expand the international appeal of the Kurdistan Region’s fairs. These efforts will encourage trade movements and help to create jobs and business partnerships.
The KRG Ministries should each review their staff lists and end the issue of disguised unemployment. In this way we can make job opportunities available to new graduates and to the youth.
Reviving the agricultural sector
Unfortunately, so far we have not been able to guarantee food security for our people. However, the KRG considers reviving the agricultural sector to be a very important task, and we will do our best to help achieve food security for our people through encouraging domestic production and depending less on imported agricultural products. We must achieve self-sufficiency and protect domestic produce in this vital sector.
We will work to transform the Kurdistan Region society from consumers to producers. This will be achieved through developing the agricultural, industrial and trade sectors. This will take time, but we must begin by building a foundation for it first.
Social progress, human rights, and ethnic/religious tolerance
We are taking steps to renew and rebuild a contemporary society, but we are also facing the threat of losing some of our cultural, historical and traditional values. Although we are using new technologies in our daily lives, we have not always made the best use of them. Some of these technologies have created and enhanced social problems.
In order to better understand each other and prolong the culture of peaceful coexistence that we have achieved, we must rely on a national dialogue to discuss current social issues. We must use dialogue to build a unified voice on the protecting the future of our society and preserving our culture. We must try to protect our society's valuable traditions and national history from the misuse of technology and from misinterpreting new ideas and concepts.
We will also work to further strengthen democracy and human rights, especially the rights of women and children, by protecting them from domestic violence and empowering women through allowing them to assume better and more effective roles in the KRG.
One of our main goals will be protecting fraternal relations and coexistence in the Region and further encouraging respect for all religions and ethnic groups. We must take care to protect the valuable cultural and social norms and traditions of our society.
We say it frankly that the majority of our people are Muslims. The Religion of Islam is part of our valuable traditions and we will not allow anyone to misuse freedom to disrespect Islam. However, at the same time we will not allow religion to be used for political reasons to attack the principles of democracy. For us, religion is a force to encourage peace and fraternity among people, not to create enmities and differences. Accordingly, we will also not allow anyone to disrespect other religions in the Kurdistan Region.
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