My delegation has joined the consensus on resolution 74/8, which we have just adopted, because we believe it is important that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) work in accordance with its statute. Everyone here, particularly Mr. Feruta, Acting Director General, knows that non-proliferat…
The Syrian Arab Republic has been a State party to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction since 2013. We acceded to the Convention based on our rejection of all uses of chemical weapons, and since then have f…
The performance of the observer of the European Union (EU) confirmed once again our doubts and those felt by many Member States with regard to resolution 65/276, which was submitted and adopted several years ago to grant observer status to the EU and to give it the right to speak at the United Natio…
At the outset, I am surprised by the logic of representatives of some delegations who have described the liberation of Syrian territories from terrorist groups by saying that the Syrian Government is continuing to seize territories. The Syrian Army and its allies are liberating territories that were…
Our delegation would like to exercise its right of reply with regard to what was mentioned by the representative of the Turkish regime.
The Turkish regime has exploited Turkey’s full capacities, in cooperation with other States and regimes inside and outside our region, in order to support terroris…
The Syrian Arab Republic is a member of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and has been a consistent participant in its meetings and debates. Since acceding to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and o…
Yesterday in his statement (see A/71/PV.61), my colleague the representative of the Republic of Korea made unprecedented allegations about my country that we have not read in any report and that have not appeared in any document. We ask our colleague to provide us with further information concerning…
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 would like to explain our vote on resolution 67/73, entitled “The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East”.
During the general debate and the substantive debate in the First Committee at this sixty-seventh session, many of the statements made welcomed the convening of a conference aimed …
The League of Arab States has made itself part of the problem, not part of the solution, owing to its early attempts to internationalize the Syrian crisis by calling for external intervention aimed at destroying Syria as a country and as a people. That is something that runs contrary to the most bas…
My country would like to associate itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates on behalf of the Arab Group.
There is no doubt that the illicit trade in rough diamonds negatively impacts the legitimate international trade in diamonds. The misuse and abu…
My country voted in favour of resolution 64/52, entitled “Second Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon- Free Zones and Mongolia”. My country supports the noble principle of emphasizing the importance of special agreements pertaining to the establishme…
The General Assembly has just adopted a resolution entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution to prevention and settlement of conflicts”. The primary objective of the resolution, in our…
Since the adoption of the budgets for special political missions for 2007, my delegation has sought to engage, in a transparent manner, the Secretariat and interested delegations in an attempt to guarantee respect for the relevant legislative mandates of the budget of the Special Envoy of the Secret…
The Syrian Arab Republic voted in favour of this important resolution, resolution 62/218, because we fully believe in the need to eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination against women. The Syrian Arab Republic is a party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination …
Syria appreciates the efforts made by the Ad Hoc Committee on a Nuclear Test Ban and confirms its support for the international efforts to achieve comprehensive nuclear disarmament and the elimination of other weapons of mass destruction.
However, Syria regrets the fact that the nuclear- weapon Sta…
I am speaking on a point of order in reference to the rules of procedure that must be followed, especially rule 128, which stipulates that:
“After the Chairman has announced the beginning of voting, no representative shall interrupt the voting except on a point of order in connection with the actua…
The General Assembly is meeting today to consider the comprehensive aggression launched by Israel against Lebanon, and its dire consequences. This meeting is taking place after the Security Council failed to put an end to aggression and punish the aggressor in accordance with its responsibility to m…
The Security Council is meeting for the second time today to take up Israeli practices in occupied lands and blatant aggression against Lebanon. The extensive military aggression that Israel has been waging against Lebanon for the past five days marks a serious escalation of tension and poses a thre…
The changes that have been taking place on the international scene since the early 1990s, despite their magnitude and their far-reaching implications, cannot change the principles and moral values that mankind has endeavoured to live by since the dawn of history. Right cannot become wrong overnight;…
