We are used to the lies and false allegations put forward by the representative of the United States Administration. Everyone knows that there is no legal basis for the presence of United States troops in my country, under the pretext of combating and defeating Da’esh. I explained that a moment ago …
I congratulate you, Mr. President, and your friendly country on successfully managing the Council’s work this month.
We meet today at a time when our region is experiencing a dangerous escalation that threatens to set it on fire and blow it up, with repercussions that do not only affect the region,…
The General Assembly is meeting today to debate the recent exercise of the right of the veto (see S/PV.9591). Such exercise would not have occurred had it been not for the political selfishness of certain Western members of the Security Council, which constantly seek to unilaterally impose their vie…
I thank the President for convening this important meeting, following the use of the veto by the United States in the Security Council’s meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, held on 22 December 2023 (see S/PV.9520). The United States used the veto to prote…
There is no doubt that 10 years on from Syria’s accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is an opportunity to assess what has been genuinely and objectively achieved, without politicization. However, the hostile statements delivered today by the representatives of some Western countries pa…
At the outset, I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China, for successfully conducting the work of the Council last month.
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At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and on your able steering of its work.
It is regrettable that we had to wait 50 days to reach the partial temporary pause of the terrorist Israeli aggression against the…
At a time when the world is watching the ongoing and dangerous Israeli aggression in our region, the occupation forces have committed dozens of massacres and brutal crimes in the Gaza Strip. Israel
keeps inflaming the region by escalating its attacks on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of …
At the outset, I would like to thank the delegations of the Russian Federation, the United Arab Emirates and China for requesting that this emergency meeting be convened.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Jordan on behalf of the Group of Ara…
At the outset, my delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Cuba on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and with the statement delivered by the representative of Venezuela on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations. I would…
The Security Council discussed the chemical-weapon issue last month (see S/PV.9372). My delegation is surprised that the debate is being held again this month, given that there have been no new developments that would require it, other than providing a new opportunity for some States, which are fami…
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…
The Syrian Arab Republic attaches importance to the implementation by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of its mandate in accordance with its Statute. My country, Syria, acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1969, long before many European Union (EU) …
At the outset, my delegation would like to stress the Syrian Arab Republic’s commitment to cooperating with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and its Technical Secretariat, in line with its obligations derived from joining the Chemical Weapons Convention in 2013.
My co…
