The Damascus Declaration (Arabic: إعلان دمشق) was a statement of unity by Syrian opposition figures issued in October 2005.
It criticized the Assad regime as "authoritarian, totalitarian and cliquish," and called for "peaceful, gradual," reform "founded on accord, and based on dialogue and recognition of the other.
"[1] The five-page document was signed by more than 250 major opposition figures as well as parties "both secular and religious, Arab and Kurdish.
[2][1]The statement called for a "fair solution for the Kurdish issue in Syria in a way insures the equality of Kurds with all other Syrian citizens".
[citation needed] Twelve members of the Damascus Declaration National Council were sentenced to two and a half years in prison in October 2008.