At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Talahma for their briefings.
Over the past 12 years, the Syrian Arab Republic has sent hundreds of identical letters to the Security Council and the Secretary-General. It has briefed the Council countless times regarding the aggression again…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also wish to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Malta, for her leadership of the work of the Council in February.
Yesterday the world celebrated …
As the Syrian Arab Republic was recovering from the aftermath of the earthquake, burying its martyrs and racing against time to address the catastrophic consequences of that devastating earthquake, terrorist and Israeli occupation forces were targeting Syria and its people. The Da’esh terrorist orga…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and wish you every success. I would also like to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Japan, for his efforts during his country’s presidenc…
At the outset, I would like to reiterate my delegation’s position on the practice of holding monthly Security Council meetings on Syria in the absence of any relevant developments. That leads Member States to the usual routine of repeating the same statements and phrases. However, it seems that thos…
The Syrian Arab Republic has been making every effort to provide basic services to the Syrian people. It has been working relentlessly to improve their living conditions and is cooperating with the United Nations and its humanitarian agencies to provide assistance to all Syrians without discriminati…
First and foremost, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Japan’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also to congratulate the five new Council members that joined the Council at the beginning of this year. We stand ready to work with them in th…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for the support extended by India to Syria. I would also like to welcome Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Griffiths in today’s meeting,
Our meeting today on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria is our last such meeting for this year. It is convened amid…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country’s assumption of the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank your predecessor, His Excellency the Ambassador of Gabon, for his efforts during Gabon’s presidency of the Security Council last month.
My dele…
My delegation aligns itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Pakistan and Eritrea on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and the Group of Friends in Defence of the United Nations Charter, respectively. I will make the following remarks in my national capacity.
At the outset,…
At the outset, since this is the first time I take the floor under Gabon’s presidency of the Security Council for this month, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency and wish you every success in discharging your tasks.
I listened attentively to the briefings of …
The Security Council is once again considering the chemical dossier issue in the absence of any development that requires this discussion to take place. It is just another opportunity for some known countries, in particular the United States, to reiterate accusatory rhetoric against Syria. This meet…
The Syrian Arab Republic has reiterated, time and again, its unequivocal condemnation of the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere, at any time and under any circumstance. Therefore, we categorically reject all the baseless accusations made by some countries, first and foremost the United Stat…
At a time when the Syrian Government is sparing no effort to restore security and stability and eliminate all pockets of terrorism, Israel’s aggression continues unabated against my country and its sovereignty and is systematically and deliberately targeting civilian facilities and infrastructure in…
As this is the first time that I am speaking during China’s presidency of the Security Council this month, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your successful leadership of its work. I would also like to thank your predecessor, the Ambassador of Brazil, for his successful and outstan…
Every time the Security Council holds a meeting on this agenda item, we find ourselves before new blatant Israeli aggression against the Arab people, be it in Palestine, Syria or south Lebanon. That comes amid complete and unacceptable silence on the part of the Council. Two days ago, the Israeli oc…
At the outset, my delegation associates itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on behalf of the Member States of the Group of Friends in Defence of the Charter of the United Nations. We would like to add the following comments in our n…
I apologize for asking for the floor for a second time. However, I object to what Mrs. Nakamitsu said again. The mandate of the Declaration Assessment Team is not to verify Syria’s initial declaration; it is to assist Syria in presenting its declaration. The term used should be exact. The Team has n…
I merely wanted to comment on the observations made by Mrs. Nakamitsu just now on the mandate
of the Declaration Assessment Team (DAT) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). She said that it is an investigative team.
The fact is quite otherwise. At a formal meeting of …
The Syrian Arab Republic acceded to the
Chemical Weapons Convention voluntarily and in good faith and began implementing the Convention even before its ratification, notwithstanding our difficult circumstances. My country has cooperated fully with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical We…
