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 …
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…
My delegation would like to express its sincere
appreciation and gratitude to the General Assembly for having once again, and without interruption since 1981, adopted the resolution entitled “The Syrian Golan” (resolution 73/23), as well as for having adopted the other resolutions submitted under t…
I thank the representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt for introducing today’s draft resolutions A/73/L.30 and A/73/L.29, entitled “The Syrian Golan” and “Jerusalem”. I also thank all the sponsors of the draft resolution on the Syrian Golan and those who vote in favour of it.
The General Assembly…
I apologize for taking the floor during the final minutes of the meeting, but I must reply to what was said earlier by the representative of Canada in order to refute his false allegations. We stress that those allegations are baseless and that they were made in the framework of Canada’s engagement …
The late Nelson Mandela — a great warrior in South Africa’s struggle and President of that country — left us a glorious legacy and is a source of pride for all peoples opposing foreign occupation, fighting for their independence and sovereignty over their national territory, and combating terrori…
Israel, the occupying Power, has reiterated its close relationship with armed terrorist groups. This fact was proved by its targeting today of a Syrian Arab Army warplane over the rural area of western Dara’a and Quneitra, which was bombarding the strongholds of the gangs of the Islamic State in Ira…
My delegation takes note of the concept note (S/2018/444, annex) for this debate and of the Secretary- General’s report (S/2018/462) entitled “Protection of civilians in armed conflict”. We have some comments and reservations regarding certain information and assessments in the report, which we will…
I will not waste the Council’s time replying to all those who have abused this meeting to push the so-called International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of those Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law committed in the Syr…
We have said time and again that we are working with the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Syria. A delegation from the Syrian Arab Republic is working directly with him. We are eager, as we have said repeatedly, to find a peaceful, Syrian-led solution to the Syrian crisis.
To begin with, the delegations of the United States and the United Kingdom have tried to promote false claims justifying their aggression against sovereign States, particularly my country, Syria, with the aim of concealing their direct involvement in terrorism and their part in the responsibility fo…
My country’s delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Venezuela on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (see A/72/PV.83).
The establishment of the United Nations gave the peoples of the world, who are cited at the beginning of the Charter, new hope for th…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month.
Syria has fulfilled its commitments under the Chemical Weapons Convention and resolution
2118 (2013). Syria has always cooperated fully and objecti…
My country condemns and rejects in the strongest possible terms any use of chemical weapons or of any other weapon of mass destruction, as this constitutes a crime against humanity and an unethical and unjustifiable act, under any circumstances. The real target of such weapons is the Syrian people, …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month.
The Syrian Arab Republic condemns the decision by the United States to relocate its Embassy to the occupied city of Jerusalem and to recognize Jerusalem as the capital …
My Government has taken note of the forty- sixth monthly report of the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. We note that the report includes improvements, including its recognition of the fact that the United Nations has managed to get humanitarian aid to thousands of people in need in …
My country’s Government has reviewed the forty-fifth monthly report (S/2017/982), submitted by the Under-Secretary-General for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). While we note the improvements that it contains, we continue to hope that future reports will reflect the rea…
