UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba’s
meeting with PKK terrorist "Ferhat Abdi Şahin", who commands the so-called
"Syrian Democratic Forces" dominated by the PKK/PYD/YPG terrorist
organization, to sign an "Action Plan" at the UN Office in Geneva without
the knowledge of the members is a grave incident which we strongly condemn.
Following the said incident, necessary demarches have been immediately made
to the UN authorities. There can be no explanation for the UN, which should
be at the forefront in the fight against terrorism, to strike a deal with a
terrorist organization. This act also constitutes a clear breach by the UN
of its own resolutions on terrorism.
The UN’s confirmation that the terrorist organization PKK/PYD/YPG has
committed against children the gravest violations of international law and
international humanitarian law, including the forceful recruitment and use,
is important in terms of revealing once again the track record of the
terrorist organization in this regard. It is, however, utterly unacceptable
that the UN has taken a terrorist organization with blood on its hands as
an interlocutor to address this problem.