First and foremost, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Japan’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also to congratulate the five new Council members that joined the Council at the beginning of this year. We stand ready to work with them in th…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for the support extended by India to Syria. I would also like to welcome Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Griffiths in today’s meeting,
Our meeting today on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria is our last such meeting for this year. It is convened amid…
My country’s delegation takes the floor to explain its vote after the voting on resolutions 77/226, 77/228, 77/229 and 77/230.
As a principled position, the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic rejects selectivity and politicization in addressing human rights issues. We consider it unacceptable t…
We cannot cover all the facets of the humanitarian suffering of the Syrian people without indicating the systematic and continued looting of Syria’s wealth, including its oil, wheat and agricultural harvests, being perpetrated by the United States occupying forces. It is interesting to hear the clai…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to
thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Ghana, for his work during his country’s presidency of the Council last month.
As with pre…
At the outset, I would like to sincerely thank the Permanent Representative of the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt for introducing draft resolution A/77/L.27, entitled “The Syrian Golan”. I also thank all the Member States that co-sponsored it.
In all the resolutions that it has been adopting ever…
The Security Council once again meets to discuss the political and humanitarian situations and other issues in the Syrian Arab Republic. Up to four meetings on those issues are held every month. It appears that some members of the Council wish to waste the Council’s time and resources, as they conti…
My delegation takes the floor in explanation of vote after the voting on resolution 77/19, entitled “Cooperation between United Nations and the Central European Initiative”.
My delegation is of the view that the process leading up to the adoption of any United Nations resolution should be informed …
The process of Security Council reform enjoys the attention of the Syrian Arab Republic. We were among the first countries to encourage and call for the reform process. We have actively participated in that process since the first meeting of the Open- ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable…
I apologize for taking the floor again, but I wish to respond to the statement made by the representative of Israel. I will be brief. Israel’s position is weak. The representative of Israel is resorting to false allegations in order to distract attention from the fact that it has an arsenal of weapo…
The Syrian Arab Republic attaches great importance to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s fulfilment of its mandate in accordance with its statute. My country acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1969 and signed its Safeguards Agreement with the Agen…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country’s assumption of the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank your predecessor, His Excellency the Ambassador of Gabon, for his efforts during Gabon’s presidency of the Security Council last month.
My dele…
My delegation aligns itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Pakistan and Eritrea on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and the Group of Friends in Defence of the United Nations Charter, respectively. I will make the following remarks in my national capacity.
At the outset,…
My delegation has taken note of the report introduced by the President of the Human Rights Council (A/77/53 and A/77/53/Add.1) (see A/77/ PV.24). We would like to congratulate Mr. Volker Türk on assuming his new post as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. My delegation aligns itself w…
At the outset, since this is the first time I take the floor under Gabon’s presidency of the Security Council for this month, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency and wish you every success in discharging your tasks.
I listened attentively to the briefings of …
The Security Council is once again considering the chemical dossier issue in the absence of any development that requires this discussion to take place. It is just another opportunity for some known countries, in particular the United States, to reiterate accusatory rhetoric against Syria. This meet…
The Syrian Arab Republic has reiterated, time and again, its unequivocal condemnation of the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere, at any time and under any circumstance. Therefore, we categorically reject all the baseless accusations made by some countries, first and foremost the United Stat…
I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its current session, and I thank your predecessor, Mr. Abdulla Shahid, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Maldives, for presiding over the previous session. I also thank the Secretary-General for the efforts he is mak…
At a time when the Syrian Government is sparing no effort to restore security and stability and eliminate all pockets of terrorism, Israel’s aggression continues unabated against my country and its sovereignty and is systematically and deliberately targeting civilian facilities and infrastructure in…
My delegation would like to thank the delegations of Japan and Sierra Leone for facilitating resolution 76/304, on international cooperation for access to justice for survivors of sexual violence, and would like to explain its position regarding the text as adopted.
My delegation firmly believes th…
