Since 1970, the General Assembly has continued to consider the item relating to the situation in the Middle East at every annual session and has continued to reaffirm, time after time, that peace in the Middle East is an indivisible whole that should be based on a just and comprehensive solution to …
My delegation joined the consensus on the adoption of resolution 73/321, on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). At the same time, we would like to reaffirm that the responsibility for financing UNDOF must be borne by Israel, the occupying Power, which caused the establishment of…
The Syrian delegation rejects the systematic behaviour of some States to diminish the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which is above all a military mandate, in accordance with Security Council resolution 350 (1974), and not a political one. We wish to confirm that…
The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic wishes to express reservations about the allocation of financial resources to the United Nations Monitoring Mechanism for the Syrian Arab Republic, as set forth in document A/73/686/Add.1, part V. My country’s position is based on the fact that the Mechanis…
My delegation joined the consensus on resolution 73/279, entitled “Special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019”. We also joined the consensus in favour of section XIV of the resolution, entitled “Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and ot…
Our statement today is in line with the position that my country expressed in the statement that we delivered during the 40th plenary meeting, held on 26 November, on agenda item 128, in particular sub-item (d), entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States”.
Based …
The delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic would like to express its complete rejection of draft resolution III, on the situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. It is simply yet another political attempt to target the Russian Federation for reasons unrelated to human rights. W…
Every year we meet again to reaffirm our moral, humanitarian and legal commitment to providing purely humanitarian assistance to all those in need without discrimination, politicization or blackmail, and in accordance with the humanitarian principles that we all believe in. In that context, I want t…
My delegation joins the consensus on the adoption of resolution 72/298, on the financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force. Our delegation will vote in favour of the draft resolution on the financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, based on the confirmed principle th…
The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) was established by Security Council resolution 350 (1974), which separated the Syrian forces and the Israeli occupying forces in the occupied Syrian Golan following the war of October 1973. The main reason for the establishment and continuation…
This is the last time I will take the floor today. My delegation joined the consensus on resolution 72/261. However, we have a reservation regarding the allocation of financial resources to the United Nations Monitoring Mechanism in the Syrian Arab Republic based on the following points.
The Govern…
We requested the floor to explain our vote on certain sections of resolution 72/262.
My delegation voted in favour of section XXII of the resolution, on special political missions. However, my delegation has reservations about allocating financial resources to the Special Envoy of the Secretary-Gen…
My delegation considers the principle of protection to be one of the most controversial issues at the United Nations. The General Assembly has not reached agreement on the
definition of that principle, its scope, effects or possible means for its implementation since the adoption of resolution 63/3…
I take the floor to exercise my right of reply in response
to the statement delivered by the representative of Israel, the occupying Power.
Israel is supporting terrorists in their war against Syria. That is a secret to nobody and cannot be interpreted in any other way, which is something that all…
We meet every year to reiterate our moral and legal commitments to providing humanitarian assistance to all those in need, without discrimination, politicization or blackmail and in accordance with the humanitarian principles that we all believe in. And each time we emphasize the need not to imprope…
My delegation joined the consensus on resolution 72/17, on the effects of terrorist acts directed against religious sites on a culture of peace, based on my country’s principled and clear position of firm support for all efforts and resolutions aimed at countering terrorism. We have considered the f…
My delegation has taken note of the Secretary- General’s report on the work of the Organization (A/72/1), and I would like to comment briefly on some of the issues that were mentioned in the report.
We welcome the report’s discussion of the challenges that the United Nations is facing, such as the …
The delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic joined the consensus on the adoption of resolution 71/306, entitled “Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force”. Also, our delegation will vote in favour of the draft resolution recommended in document A/71/954 and currently contained in …
My delegation would like to register our strong objection to Israel’s candidature for the role of
Vice-President of the General Assembly at its seventy- second session.
At the outset, I recall that the nomination of Israel to that post by the Group of Western European States was no accident but ra…
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…
