Outside of the Sami Abdul-Rahman Park is the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) parliamentary building. This building hosts the elected representatives of the Kurdish people and is surrounded by offices for the various ministeries that run the Kurdish region under the new Iraqi federal system. The way is lined by Kurdish flags, which feature a red, then white, then green stripe with a yellow sun in the middle. This flag was originally used by the Mahabad Republic in the 1950s, but remains the enduring symbol of the Kurdish people today.