I take the floor to say that the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic does not acquire its legitimacy from a terrorist, murderous, criminal and aggressive regime.
I begin by recalling a legal rule: someone who has nothing to give cannot give it. How, then, can the representative of the terrorist Erdoğan regime — a murderous, criminal, aggressive and looting regime — claim that they care about the interests of the Syrian people?
The Erdoğan regime is a terror…
For the sixth time in 20 days, the Security Council is meeting to consider the situation in my country, the Syrian Arab Republic. For the third time in 20 days, the Council is listening to briefings by Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and his deputy.
Some well-meaning individuals may believe that these …
My delegation once again regrets the insistence of certain members of the Security Council, notably the humanitarian co-penholders, on adopting the unconstructive approach reflected in their draft resolution S/2019/961, the content of which is a departure from the stated humanitarian purposes.
Regr…
I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, for his briefing.
A few days ago, the fourteenth round of the Astana process meetings took place. Its final communiqué confirmed respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity of Syria, as well as cooperation…
In recent years, the Syrian Arab Republic has made considerable efforts, in cooperation with the relevant United Nations agencies, to ensure the continued provision of basic services and humanitarian assistance to all of its citizens without distinction. Those efforts have encountered major challeng…
In response to what the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom has said today, which is similar to what she has said in previous meetings in which the situation in Syria has been discussed, I would like to reaffirm yet again that asking questions is the right of all parties concerned as long…
At the outset, my country, the Syrian Arab Republic, rejects and denounces the systematic practices, as seen on the part of the permanent delegations of the United States of America, France and the United Kingdom. Those practices exploit the Chamber provided by the Security Council in order to denig…
One of the priorities of the national water plan of action of the Syrian Government is to ensure a supply of water now and into the future. Prior to the crisis in Syria, we had registered significant achievements by providing citizens with 99 per cent of their water
needs in cities, and 90 per cent…
I apologize for taking the floor once again. I simply wanted to respond to what the representative of the Israeli occupation said.
In fact, the instability and the emergence of wars in the Middle East region is a direct consequence of the aggressive policy of Israel. Everyone knows that Israeli agg…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for organizing this important meeting. The protection of civilians from the effects of war is at the heart of international law. Experience shows us, unfortunately, that the protection of civilians in areas that are theatres of conflict and in difficulties…
I would like to thank all the delegations that supported our oral amendment to draft decision A/66/L.44.
I would also like to express our regret that Syria’s amendment was not adopted, despite the logical basis and reasons supporting the legitimacy and reasonableness
of our request to omit two org…
I asked to speak because the representative of the Israeli occupation went off the subject. If he wants to discuss terrorism, we can discuss terrorism; systematic Israeli terrorism, with its very long history, has touched even the staff of the United Nations. We are all aware of Israel’s actions and…
My delegation regrets that consideration of the item on the agenda concerning the participation of non-governmental organizations was not deferred. Through that proposal, we had wished to ensure that the Secretariat addresses violations relating to the tasks that fall under its purview, in this case…
My delegation would like to request that we defer consideration of draft decision A/66/L.44, pursuant to rule 74 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, to allow us to continue consultations.
We are truly concerned about, and puzzled by, the attempts on the part of the delegations of Australia and Japan to insert the Syrian internal developments into today’s debate, which is devoted to finding ways to end the Israeli occupation of Arab lands and stop Israel’s aggressive and inhuman pract…
I would like to inform the Assembly that my Government has decided to withdraw its support for draft resolution A/66/L.5/Rev.1 on the establishment of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre.
My country participated in the Rome Conference that culminated in the adoption of the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 1998. It also signed the Rome Statute.
The Rome Statute of the ICC was designed to end impunity for those who committed the crimes listed in the Statute, which …
My delegation has asked for a recorded vote on one part of paragraph 23 of draft resolution A/64/L.26 owing to its opposition to the wording of that paragraph, in particular regarding the selection of Israel as Chair of the Process. That is why we have asked for a recorded vote.
