I hope that you, Mr. President, will be patient and listen to our comments on the briefing by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.
The Government of my country has considered the thirty-ninth monthly report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/445). It expresses its concern and regret …
We would like to thank the Uruguayan presidency for convening today’s important meeting.
We have taken due note of the concept note on the protection of civilians and medical care in armed conflict (S/2017/365, annex), including on the implementation of resolution 2286 (2016). In that context, we r…
We are pleased at Uruguay’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month.
We have taken note of the report of the Secretary- General under consideration (S/2017/249), which contains information submitted by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violenc…
The representative of the occupying Power may be right. A reply should not be made to the accusations levelled at Israel. Israel is not being accused. We are speaking of facts. The State of Israel is only an occupying Power, the daily crimes of which compound those it has committed against the Pales…
First, we denounce the attempts of the representative of the United States to use this rostrum to justify its wanton aggression against Syria, which runs counter to the principles and objectives of the Charter of the United Nations and to its status as a permanent member of the Security Council. Thi…
First of all, my delegation wishes to thank both the Russian Federation and Bolivia for joining us in the convening of this urgent meeting.
At the very outset, I have a question for the Under- Secretary General, who said that the Syrian Government described the attack as “an aggression”, but he did…
At the outset, the Syrian Arab Republic condemns in the strongest possible terms the action by the United States of America that took place this past Friday morning, which was a planned act of aggression that stands in contradiction with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, as well a…
Concerning part I of resolution 71/272 B, my delegation has a reservation with regard to allocating funds to the United Nations Monitoring Mechanism for the Syrian Arab Republic. It is an unjustified decision that reflects well-known positions of some Member States that are inimical to my country. S…
Several members of the Security Council today made statements that have unequivocally further demonstrated that my country, Syria, is the victim of two simultaneous acts of aggression. The first involves the attack by the permanent members of the Council, and the second concerns the attack by proxy …
At the outset, my country regrets that the Security Council has been unable to denounce the terrorist bombing in Damascus on Saturday. The Council must assume its responsibilities and condemn the two terrorist attacks that took place in Damascus today. The Council’s work is hampered by several of it…
First, I would like to express our most heartfelt condolences on the passing of Mr. Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, a friendly State. We will always remember him and his positive spirit and wisdom, which we feel in every room of the Organization. May he rest in pe…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s important meeting. I would like to affirm Syria’s support for the Security Council’s credible and genuine efforts to combat terrorism, which reflects the international unanimity about the fact that today terrorism is one of the w…
We condemn Mr. Mladenov’s continued failure to deal with the situation in the occupied Syrian Golan and with ongoing Israeli violations and practices there, which are part of this particular agenda item. They also form an integral part of Mr. Mladenov’s mandate as Special Coordinator.
This debate c…
At the outset, allow me to welcome you, Mr. President, as you preside over this important meeting. I would also like to express my congratulations to you, Sir, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also take this opportunity to congratulate you and …
My delegation voted in favour of the draft amendment to section XIX of draft resolution I, in respect of special political missions. However, my delegation has reservations about the allocation of financial resources for the special representative to implement Security Council resolution 1559 (2004)…
The Syrian Arab Republic is a member of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and has been a consistent participant in its meetings and debates. Since acceding to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and o…
The delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic fully supports the international trend towards building an international community free from the use or threat of use force, under the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and based on stability, peace and equality. We reaffirm our r…
Yesterday in his statement (see A/71/PV.61), my colleague the representative of the Republic of Korea made unprecedented allegations about my country that we have not read in any report and that have not appeared in any document. We ask our colleague to provide us with further information concerning…
The representative of the Government of Israeli occupation spoke disparagingly of the situation in my country, and we have responded to him. However, our response was not enough for him, so he persists in misguiding Member States, believing that the crisis in my country will make us forget our arch-…
One of the priorities of the national water plan of action of the Syrian Government is to ensure a supply of water now and into the future. Prior to the crisis in Syria, we had registered significant achievements by providing citizens with 99 per cent of their water
needs in cities, and 90 per cent…
