In response to what the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom has said today, which is similar to what she has said in previous meetings in which the situation in Syria has been discussed, I would like to reaffirm yet again that asking questions is the right of all parties concerned as long…
At the outset, my country, the Syrian Arab Republic, rejects and denounces the systematic practices, as seen on the part of the permanent delegations of the United States of America, France and the United Kingdom. Those practices exploit the Chamber provided by the Security Council in order to denig…
The Syrian Arab Republic regrets the continued tendency of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2019/509) to give primacy to political considerations over human rights issues, thereby failing to provide an objective perspective on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic. The recent developments on th…
My delegation joined the consensus on the adoption of resolution 73/321, on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). At the same time, we would like to reaffirm that the responsibility for financing UNDOF must be borne by Israel, the occupying Power, which caused the establishment of…
The Syrian delegation rejects the systematic behaviour of some States to diminish the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which is above all a military mandate, in accordance with Security Council resolution 350 (1974), and not a political one. We wish to confirm that…
At the outset, my delegation would like to express its deep thanks and appreciation to the representatives of the permanent delegation of the friendly Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for the transparent and balanced process they carried out successfully and in a professional manner, which led to tod…
My country’s delegation has joined the consensus on resolution 73/296, entitled “International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief”. Such acts of violence are dangerously on the rise, which requires us to adopt a more serious and effective stance to ensure t…
The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic once again condemns in the strongest terms the illegitimate and immoral decision of the President of the United States of America with regard to Israel’s so-called sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Arab Golan. It constitutes a flagrant violation of inter…
The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic was the first to call for the return of all refugees to their home country, Syria. The Syrian Government was the first to constantly call for the return of all refugees to their homes. Those who impede their return are not the Syrian Government. Everybody k…
When I used the word “hypocrisy”, I was referring to a number of countries. They know who they are, and they bear the main responsibility for the humanitarian suffering in my country. The references that you, Mr. President, made to practices such as torture, the use of chemical weapons and so forth …
My country’s delegation would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for the initiative of holding this high-level meeting on multilateralism and diplomacy for peace.
We also align ourselves with the statement delivered by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of …
I would like to say at the outset that the Syrian people continue to be the victims of developments in the Security Council and the hypocrisy of certain countries that do not want to end the crisis in Syria but prefer to manipulate terrorism, invest in armed terrorist groups and impose an economic e…
At the outset, my delegation would like to stress that its participation in today’s meeting and in this open debate on the so-called International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under Internationa…
The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic wishes to express reservations about the allocation of financial resources to the United Nations Monitoring Mechanism for the Syrian Arab Republic, as set forth in document A/73/686/Add.1, part V. My country’s position is based on the fact that the Mechanis…
We did not wish to ask for the floor once again. However, the response delivered just now by the representative of the Government and State of Qatar compelled us to ask for the floor a second time.
We say to our responding colleague, first, that we should be called representatives of the Syrian Ara…
The Syrian Arab Republic welcomes the adoption of resolution 2462 (2019) and looks forward to a genuine international and collective commitment to its implementation. The credibility and the effectiveness of the United Nations in implementing such a resolution depend primarily on the implementation …
My delegation reaffirms its steadfast position with regard to agenda item 67, entitled “The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine”.
The Syrian Arab Republic remains convinced that the request to include this item on the agenda of the General Assembly was a unilateral and poli…
My delegation joined the consensus on resolution 73/279, entitled “Special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019”. We also joined the consensus in favour of section XIV of the resolution, entitled “Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and ot…
Our statement today is in line with the position that my country expressed in the statement that we delivered during the 40th plenary meeting, held on 26 November, on agenda item 128, in particular sub-item (d), entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States”.
Based …
