I just wish to clarify any possible confusion or error with regard to the symbols of the two draft resolutions. We are requesting votes on the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States and on the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nation…
My country, the Syrian Arab Republic, believes that dangerous and undemocratic practices are marring the working methods in the League of Arab States as a result of the illegal and illegitimate policies and attitudes adopted by the Governments of certain States members of that organization with a vi…
My country’s delegation would like to pay tribute to the good relations that exist between Syria, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) and other peace operations. We would like to reiterate the Government’s commitment to supporting the mission with all possible tools.
As everyone…
I thank the President for convening such an important meeting. I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the Permanent Representatives of Romania and Tunisia on their appointment as co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase…
A number of statements delivered to present the positions of countries on the report of the International Criminal Court have addressed to the situation in my country. They demanded, in a surprising manner, that international justice be brought to Syria and that the Syrian issue be referred to the …
At the outset, I would like to welcome Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the friendly nation of Cuba. I would like to renew the support of the Syrian Arab Republic for the Cuban Government and people as they confront the decades-long unjust embargo by the United States. W…
I would like to congratulate Mr. Peter Thomson and his friendly country, Fiji, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. I wish him every success during his presidency, which he has promised would be one for the whole Assembly. Such a promise, if kept, would …
We welcome all the sincere and dedicated efforts to address the issue of Syrian refugees. However, including the item as it is, focusing on global awareness of the tragedies of only the Syrian refugees in the Mediterranean Basin, who represent only 20 per cent of all asylum seekers in Europe, we bel…
The opinions expressed by the delegations of certain countries, including their insistence on dealing with the tragedy of migrants and refugees with a specific focus on Syrians alone and their rejection of the proposal made by the Russian Federation to retain that part of item 130, which focuses on …
This issue is of interest to every State, whether it be one of destination or origin. This global phenomenon must be tackled by all of us, and all of us must work to find ways to solve it. We must be objective in examining every one of its aspects and effects all over the world, as well as its chief…
At the outset, I should like to record my country’s objection to re-including agenda item 130, “Global awareness of the tragedies of irregular migrants in the Mediterranean Basin, with specific emphasis on Syrian asylum seekers”, for the following reasons.
First of all, the phenomenon of migration …
We are entirely bewildered by the hypocrisy of the representative of Israel’s accusations. The Arabic proverb is quite apt: if you are guilty of vices, you should hide. Everyone knows that Israel introduced terrorism into our region. Israel has introduced its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons…
I apologize for prolonging this meeting. I know that everyone wants to rest, but I should like to respond to the remarks made by the representatives of the regimes of Jordan and Turkey.
With regard to the references made to grave violations against Syrian children in the northern and southern parts…
My delegation joined the consensus adoption of resolution 70/279, on the financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, and will vote in favour of the draft resolution contained in paragraph 11 of document A/70/937, on the financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, base…
All statements contained in the report on violations of human rights, including those of women and children, in Turkish refugee camps are included in documents issued by the Turkish media. We did
not draft those news items. This information has been propagated through social media and at the highes…
We have noted with interest the report (S/2016/361) of the Secretary-General presented by his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Zainab Bangura. We appreciate Ms. Bangura’s efforts in that regard, in particular following her visit to the Syrian Arab Republic last April at the…
The delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic is convinced of the importance of justice. It is for that reason alone that we were among the countries that actively contributed to negotiations on the Rome Statute, which led to the establishment of the International Criminal Court. My country was also am…
I apologize for requesting the floor at this late hour. However, my delegation would like to respond to statements made by the representatives of the regimes in power in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey. Their statements included a collection of claims,
falsifications and propaganda, in which they se…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Egypt’s accession to the presidency of the Security Council for this month.
Yesterday, in Aleppo city alone, 28 civilians were killed, including infants, in addition to 80 persons who were wounded following the targeting by armed terror…
We have already expressed our principled position on the text contained in the Secretary-General’s report (S/2016/272) on the United Nations Monitoring Mechanism and have emphasized our commitment to providing humanitarian assistance to all those affected, without discrimination. We have also underl…
