At the outset, my delegation would like to stress that its participation in today’s meeting and general discussion about the so-called International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under Internatio…
I requested the floor on a point of order when my European Union colleague began his statement, but
you allowed him to continue before giving me the floor, Mr. President.
I have only one correction to make of my colleague. It is one that we have made time and again, but since no one listens, we wi…
At the outset, my delegation would like to stress the Syrian Arab Republic’s commitment to cooperating with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and its Technical Secretariat, in line with its obligations derived from joining the Chemical Weapons Convention in 2013.
My co…
My delegation aligned itself with the consensus on resolution 75/264 because as a general rule we support cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in areas that serve the objectives laid out in the Charter of the United Nations, which is the common denominato…
First of all, we would like to thank the facilitators for their efforts.
I take the floor to state that, with respect to resolution 75/260, we disassociate ourselves from the term “key populations” in paragraph 8 and from paragraph 11.
My country has always been committed to respecting the sovereignty of States and non-interference in their internal affairs. We have supported attempts to impose security and stability on any unstable place in the world given our belief in and the value of dialogue in international relations.
Conse…
My delegation has taken note of the report of the Secretary-General (A/75/1) on the work of the Organization. Let me make the following remarks in my national capacity.
His Excellency the Secretary-General gave a valuable and transparent presentation yesterday (see A/75/PV.51) and addressed most of…
My country stresses that the threat of cybercrime is worsening day by day due to the increasing use of information and communication technologies by criminal networks and terrorist groups to achieve their criminal and terrorist goals, thereby impacting the stability of States, their infrastructure a…
We are today commemorating an important historic event that changed the face of the world as we know it: the seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, whose victims we recall.
The Second World War was unprecedented in its cruelty and scope, representing a grave catastrophe for a…
The delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic would like to express its position on sub-item (b) of agenda item 130, which is before the General Assembly, and resolution 75/16, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation”.
My country’s delegation joined…
Before I make a statement on behalf of my
country, I want to inform the General Assembly that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Walid Al-Moallem, passed away this morning. My country has lost one of the most important pillars…
The Syrian Arab Republic believes that it is important for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to fulfil its mandate in line with its statute. Nuclear non-proliferation is one of the fundamental pillars and national priorities of my country, Syria, in word and deed. My country was among th…
My delegation took note of the report of the Human Rights Council (A/75/53) and would like
to reiterate its position with regard to item 4 of the Council’s agenda, entitled “Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention”, which shows a confrontational approach within the work of the …
With regard to the inclusion of the item “The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity”, my delegation reiterates its position, as expressed at the sixty-second and sixty-third plenary meetings of the seventy-fourth session, h…
My country abstained in the voting on resolution 74/307. We are not convinced that the procedures that took place last Friday and led to the non-consensual adoption of the resolution were sound. The results of the vote on the non-consensual resolution reflected a lack of support for the resolution. …
I have requested the floor to inquire about the procedural rules governing the issue of the letter sent by a number of Member States on the draft resolution contained in document A/74/L.57, which, as you will recall, Mr. President, the General Assembly did not adopt by consensus once the silence pro…
As you know, Mr. President, my country voted in favour of resolution 74/306, and I sincerely, from the bottom of my heart, would like to thank the co-facilitators, from Afghanistan and Croatia, for the
efforts that they have made to achieve the final form of the resolution. I thank them also for th…
This is the third time that we have come to this Hall and witnessed disappointing actions by some States in manipulating our procedures to undermine the informal dialogue process on the responsibility to protect. Those States have requested the inclusion of agenda item 130, entitled “The responsibil…
The Syrian Arab Republic remains convinced that the request to include the item entitled “The situation in the temporary occupied territories of Ukraine” on the agenda of the General Assembly is a politicized request that reflects the desire of some countries to escalate the situation in that territ…
The Syrian Arab Republic continues to believe that the inclusion of the item “The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine” on the agenda of the General Assembly was and remains a unilateral, irresponsible and politicized step reflecting the desire of certain Governments to escal…
