Thank you, Sir, for having convened this meeting. We would like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We would also like to congratulate the representative of Chile on the way in which he conducted the presidency last month.
My delegation w…
Mr. President, we thank you for convening this meeting in order to consider the progress report of the Secretary-General on the recommendations of the Security Council mission to West Africa
(S/2003/1147). Syria was privileged to have participated in that mission. We would like also to express our …
Mr. President, I wish at the outset to thank you for your kind words. I will always be at your disposal.
This is the first time that we are taking the floor in the Security Council following the end of our term of office as a non-permanent member. I should like to thank you for having convened this…
Allow me at the outset to convey to you, Sir, the gratitude of the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic for convening this important meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
My delegation also thanks Mr. Egeland, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for his comprehe…
My delegation would like to thank the delegations that voted in favour of draft resolution A/58/L.28 on the Syrian Arab Golan. The resolution reaffirms once again that occupation, together with the establishment of settlements and violation of the rights of peoples, must be rejected by everyone.
Th…
We consider today the two items on the situation in the Middle East and the question of Palestine. These are extremely difficult and complex circumstances, due to Israel’s continued occupation of Arab territories and its refusal to comply with international law and to implement Security Council
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We have listened carefully to the statements by the representatives of the United States and the United Kingdom on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003). We have also listened carefully to the colleagues who have preceded me in taking the floor.
Syria has clearly expressed i…
We share your strong condemnation of the acts of terror in Turkey that have killed a number of innocent Turkish civilians, in addition to the British Consul-General in Istanbul. Allow me to express our grief and condolences to Turkey, our neighbour, and its people, as well as to the Government and p…
I would like to express our appreciation for holding this meeting, which comes within the framework of international efforts to combat the spread of the AIDS epidemic, particularly concerning peacekeeping operations that exist in different parts of the world. What we aim for is to create awareness a…
I should like to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting on the vital topic of the importance of mine action for peacekeeping operations. We hope that our deliberations will again draw attention to the humanitarian aspects of the problem. We also thank Mr. Guéhenno and Mr. Dahinden for their usef…
The Charter of the United Nations, in its principles and purposes, reaffirms the right of States to exercise sovereignty over their territory and to non- interference in their internal affairs. All Members of the United Nations — particularly the great Powers — are obliged to respect the Charter, wh…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Guéhenno, for his comprehensive briefing on the mandate and role of the gender advisers in peacekeeping operations in implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security. I also thank Ms. Amy S…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for the reports he has submitted and which are now being considered by the General Assembly. My delegation would also like to support the statement made by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement …
I wish at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. We also wish to commend Ambassador Pleuger and the other members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 661 (1990) for their accurate and direct work. I wish to join other Council members in e…
The issue of the rights of children occupies a special place of interest and importance to the Syrian Government. This can be seen through carefully implemented national plans that have been followed up by the highest
political authority in Syria. The President of the Republic has personally given …
I, too, would like to welcome the presence at this meeting of the Secretary-General Mr. Kofi Annan. The Syrian Arab Republic joined the Security Council consensus and voted in favour of resolution 1511 (2003). We did so after consultations with the representatives of France, Russia, Germany and Chin…
At the beginning of the current Assembly session, the world’s leaders agreed with near unanimity that the challenges faced by the Organization are unprecedented. One of the greatest difficulties confronting our world today is the confusion in the system of basic values and concepts and others’ misus…
The Security Council is meeting for the third time in less than a month to discuss the illegal practices of the Israeli occupation. Today, we are discussing in particular the recent decision of the Israeli Government to begin work on the second phase of what it refers to as the separation fence.
We…
Let me begin by thanking you personally, Mr. President, for your interest in this discussion and for attending it consistently.
My thanks also go to Ambassador John Negroponte, President of the Security Council for October, for his introduction of the Council’s report covering the period from 1 Aug…
I regret having to take the floor again. However, this afternoon the Council heard unfounded lies, through which the Israeli representative tried to divert our attention from the reason for which the Council met: the Israeli violation of the air space of Syria and Lebanon and the acts of aggression …
