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1. “Let me recall here that Syria has always believed in the central role of the United Nations in international relations, as evidenced by Syria's cooperation with the United Nations and its specialized entities during the current crisis in the country.”

   2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source

2. “Finally, we find it very bizarre that the representative of Israel would speak about the need for an intervention by the United Nations in order to protect Syrians, while Israel has continued for 60 years to occupy Arab territories and to violate the most fundamental rights of Arab peoples under this occupation. The call on the United Nations to intervene in order to protect civilians and those under Israeli occupation has been, and continues to be, at the very heart of the statements by many Member States, particularly under the item that we are debating today. This call has always been met with violations on a larger scale, in terms of continuing the occupation, expanding settlements and ignoring the legitimate rights of peoples under Israeli occupation.”

   2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source

3. “It is carrying out its constitutional duty to restore security and stability and to protect our people from the terrorism that is targeting the Syrian State and the Syrian people. In this regard, we call on the Security Council once again to shoulder its responsibilities to condemn the terrorism being carried out against Syrians and to hold accountable those States that provide weapons, money, training and safe haven to the armed terrorist groups that cross borders in flagrant violation of all international instruments and resolutions on counter- terrorism, and to make those States withdraw their mercenaries from Syrian territories and stop attempting to foil all efforts to reach a political settlement of the Syrian crisis, through dialogue, in a way that will allow the Syrian people to decide their own fate, free from agendas of extremism, terrorism and violence.”

   2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source

4. “The Council's silence in the face of Israel's violations of international law, international humanitarian law and human rights law has led Israel to believe that it is above accountability, and it has therefore persisted in its aggressive policies, threatening international peace and security and undermining the principles and rules of international law. It is regrettable that some States have once again exploited this meeting to reiterate their allegations relating to the situation in my country, in order to disrupt the ongoing developments with regard to the delivery of humanitarian assistance and the ongoing Geneva II talks. Despite our objection to such methods, we stress that the Syrian Government is more concerned than anyone else for its own people.”

   2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source

5. “Fifthly, the issue of the protection of civilians must be dealt with in a comprehensive manner that addresses any type of harm done to civilians, including unilateral coercive measures imposed by some States on the peoples of other States, thereby exposing them to suffering and a slow death by depriving them of daily necessities - including food, medicine and fuel - actions that the United Nations has stressed are illegitimate. My delegation stresses the need to provide protection to civilians under Israeli occupation in the occupied Syrian Golan and the other occupied Arab territories, and to put an end to the practices of the aggressive Israeli occupying authorities against them, with a view to ending the occupation.”

   2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source

6. “Thirdly, the issue of protecting civilians in armed conflict cannot be settled except through full commitment to the principles of international law and the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, foremost among them the principles of the sovereign equality of States and non-interference in internal affairs. Fourthly, it is utterly unacceptable for the topic of the protection of civilians to be taken up in an opportunistic manner, thus rendering it a tool to serve the political objectives and interests of influential States. The exploitation by some Member States of the issue of the protection of civilians, both within the Security Council and beyond, and the application of selective policies and double standards will only further detract from the role entrusted to the Security Council in the Charter.”

   2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source

7. “It has been repeatedly exploited in the service of agendas that contravene the most fundamental norms of international law. My delegation has read the concept note (S/20l4/74, annex) presented by your delegation, Madam President, to guide today's discussion. We should like to underline the following fundamental points. First, preventative action - to prevent the outbreak of conflict and seek the rapid and peaceful settlement of crises - is the ideal means to protect civilians and avoid the scourge of war. Secondly, the fundamental responsibility for the protection of civilians from any threat they may face, including the responsibility to protect them from terrorist acts, falls within the purview of the State concerned; it is the only actor mandated to maintain security and stability on its territory.”

   2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source

8. “Following the failure of the League of Nations to prevent the outbreak of the Second World War, the United Nations was established, giving the peoples of the world renewed hope that this Organization, entrusted with the fundamental mandate of maintaining international peace and security and saving humankind from the scourge of war, would succeed. Although the Organization has to date succeeded in avoiding the outbreak of another world war, it has not been able to put an end to war or to the suffering of humankind. Despite the fact that 15 years have passed since the Security Council first debated this item, namely, the protection of civilians in armed conflict, in a series of annual debates, practical experience has regrettably proved that the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict clearly continues to be used selectively.”

   2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source

9. “Mr. Adi (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me, at the outset, to express our congratulations to you, Madam, on your country's accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the present month. I also thank your delegation for the initiative of convening this important meeting. This year coincides with the one-hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, a war that underscored the importance of creating an international body responsible for maintaining international peace and security.”

   2014-02-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7109 (2014) · source

10. “For Israel to claim to regret the situation in Syria is an attempt to divert attention from the Israeli occupation of the Golan since 1967, wreaking humiliation and slaughter, expelling our citizens and flouting all international resolutions that have urged Israel to put an end to the occupation of the Arab territories. The assistance referred to by the representative of Israel, which he placed in a humanitarian context, must not mislead the Council. Israel persists in allowing terrorists to work in the area of separation and to perpetrate their terrorist acts. We could speak at length of Israel's actions. What we have heard today bears witness to its practices. In the interest of brevity, that is all I will say.”

    2014-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7096Resumption1 (2014) · source

11. “Mr. Adi (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): In accordance with our statements on the subject matter before us today and with regard to putting an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, I will respond to some comments made by the Israeli representative. The funding of and support for armed groups in Syria by certain States are clear. As is well kown, the conflict and wars in the Middle East are caused by the Israeli occupation. That is well documented by many international organizations. Israel's history is bleak and full of slaughter. Israel has occupied the Arab territories for more than 60 years. Israeli State terrorism has perpetrated the worst crimes against civilians in the Syrian Golan, Lebanon and Palestine.”

    2014-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7096Resumption1 (2014) · source

12. “Mr. Adi (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): In the statement I made earlier, I did not focus on certain technical aspects of some the Council's counter- terrorism Sanctions Committees. Unfortunately, the representative of Israel raised the issue of terrorism in Syria in an attempt to cover up his country's involvement in the crisis in my country and Israel's support for terrorists operating there. As Council members and the Israeli representative know very well, we have much to stay about Israeli terrorism, but at this meeting I shall refrain from retelling the story of Israeli violations in order to keep the door open to action in response to our repeated requests for cooperation in the fight against the terrorism in my country.”

    2013-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7071 (2013) · source

13. “Some delegations have indeed fallen into that trap and have spoken of the plight of the Syrian people, while forgetting the plight of Syrians under occupation in the Syrian Arab Golan. The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic believes in the pivotal role of the United Nations. It believes in the role being played by the Council in maintaining international peace and security. Therefore we continue to call on the Council to enforce all its resolutions relating to the occupation and to the fight against terrorism and those inciting terrorism.”

    2013-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7047 (2013) · source

14. “Mr. Adi (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): I apologize for taking the floor a second time. Once again, let me say that my delegation has repeatedly warned of the danger of being diverted from the substance of the item under consideration, the fundamental objective of which is the self-determination of Palestine and not the situation in neighbouring countries. I shall not fall into that trap. However, let me point out the lies and half-truths that the representative ofIsrael has cited. The representative of Israel is speaking in the Security Council, which has adopted hundreds of resolutions calling for an end to Israeli occupation of Arab land. Is he trying to tell us about the steps Israel has taken to implement those resolutions, to end the plight of Arab peoples under Israeli occupation, and to end settlements?”

    2013-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7047 (2013) · source

15. “Finally, we would call particular attention to the threats stemming from the unilateral economic measures that have been imposed against my country by international entities in violation of international legitimacy, which are negating its economic and social development and hampering the active exercise by the Syrian people of their full rights, especially their right to development.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

16. “Bachelet and UN-Women will undertake to provide the necessary assistance to Syrians to achieve gender equality and to empower women to help find an end to the bloodshed by cooperating with the Syrian Government, first and foremost, and by continuing to exert pressure on external parties in order to prevent them from spreading bloodshed and conflict within the country and getting them to put an end to their terroristic interference and their violations of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. We would also call on them to play an active role in terms of protecting the rights of Syrian women and advancing their status in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

17. “Since the Israeli occupation in 1967, nearly 2,500 Syrian citizens have been detained in Israeli prisons, including women and children. Women who live in the occupied Golan region do not have the right to return to their country of origin; even those who are sick and require humanitarian or emergency attention are not allowed to cross the border except with a permit. We hope that Ms.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

18. “Despite all of that, Syria is continuing to deal with the challenges it faces as it seeks, specifically, to liberate the occupied Syrian territories in the Golan Heights by promoting efforts to reach a just and comprehensive peace based on the resolutions of international legitimacy in order to bring an end to the suffering of civilian Syrians resulting from Israeli occupation, in particular, Syrian women. In that regard, my delegation reiterates its call to the Secretary-General to include in his reports references to the challenges, harrowing reality and types of violence that Arab women are having to face in occupied Palestine and in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Syrian women in occupied Golan have not been spared repeated detention.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

19. “We also deplore the fact that some people are exploiting the difficult situation that Syrian female refugees are finding themselves in in camps in neighbouring countries - marrying Syrian women under the pretext that they are going to help them escape their difficult situation through what has come to be crudely called sexual jihad. That is in addition to the sexual violence and abuse that have been perpetrated against those women, in violation of all international human rights agreements.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

20. “The armed groups are continuing to violate women's rights in Syria and are hampering the evacuation of injured and sick people, including women, children and disabled persons, to areas where refuge is being offered, as was the case in the city of Homs, where representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross were present. Furthermore, those armed groups have committed numerous types of sexual violence, targeting women and girls. All such incidents have been documented and reported to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

21. “Unfortunately, in the wake of the events taking place in my country today, armed terrorist groups supported, financed and armed by regional and international Arab sides, are seeking to push my country backwards and negate the social progress that Syria had achieved in terms of gender equality. Individuals or elements in those armed groups - be they Takfirist, Wahabists or Salafists - are seeking to sow psychological panic within society by turning back time to the Dark Ages, particularly with regard to the role of women in Syrian society. As a result, working women now are fearful in going to work, and girls are afraid to go to school or university.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

22. “Mr. Adi (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me, first of all, to thank Ms. Michelle Bachelet for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security (S/2012/732). We would like to tell her how much we appreciate her work since she assumed her post. The Syrian Arab Republic has sought to develop in a qualitative fashion the lives of women, as well as to advance their status, based on international commitments and in line with the principles of our national Constitution. In so doing, we confirm the implementation of our commitment. In that regard, pursuant to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Syrian Arab Republic has presented its second and third periodic reports on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention.”

    2012-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6877 (2012) · source

23. “It is clear that the Israel representative's statement contradicts his country's actions, since Israel's involvement in the illicit trafficking of weapons across the globe encourages international terrorism and protects drug traffickers and secessionist movements around the world. Indeed, international gangs led by some Israeli religious figures are now trafficking children's organs. Finally, acts of international aggression, occupation and piracy by Israeli cannot be hidden from the international community.”

    2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760Resumption1 (2012) · source

24. “That is clear to all, as Israel is the main source of instability in the region because of its continuing occupation of Arab land and the Syrian Golan. It is indeed shameful for the representative of Israel to accuse others instead of apologizing to the international community for an abhorrent history of aggression, including the Israeli army's use of millions of cluster bombs against Southern Lebanon on the very same day that the Council adopted resolution 1701 12-31963 (2006) demanding an end to Israeli aggression against Lebanon. It is well-known that the main traffickers of conventional weapons in the world, particularly illicit weapons, are retired Israeli military officers working for Israeli weapons manufacturers and industries.”

    2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760Resumption1 (2012) · source

25. “Yesterday, we sent a letter to the Council containing the names of a number of detainees of Arab nationalities, most of whom carried out terrorist acts in Syria, while others trafficked weapons into Syria. They all entered Syria illegally through borders with neighbouring States. Investigations have shown that most of those detained belong to Al-Qaida and have been given fatwas calling for extremist acts and practices. The Security Council should send a clear message to those who stand behind such acts, States and groups alike, to cease and desist. My delegation today heard the statement by the representative of Israel. In this context, I would like to state that such accusations and lies cannot replace the evident truth.”

    2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760Resumption1 (2012) · source

26. “Mr. Adi (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, my delegation adds its voice to the opinions expressed in the letter sent yesterday by the Chairman of the Coordinating Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement to the President of the Security Council. The Security Council is debating this issue at a time when Syria is under terrorist attack, enabled by the trafficking of arms and fighters who seek to destabilize and damage security, destroy public and private property, and undertake terrorist and sabotage operations against civilians and the military alike. My country has sent dozens of letters to the Security- General and the Council, in which it has underlined the threat posed by the trafficking of arms and combatants across borders with neighbouring countries to the stability and security of Syria.”

    2012-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6760Resumption1 (2012) · source

27. “Had influential countries in the United Nations not continued to support Israel's crimes in our region, international cooperation and efforts to combat terrorism would have been more effective, useful and productive.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source

28. “That State terrorism has been condemned annually by the United Nations in most of its Main Committees, as well as by the yearly vote on and adoption of resolutions condemning Israel's occupation of the Golan and its annexation of it in 1981. The United Nations has likewise condemned the repression of Syrian citizens by Israeli occupying authorities. Israel's practices are tantamount to collective punishment and war crimes, and run counter to international law. Had Israel not pursued its occupation in the Palestinian, Syrian Golan and Lebanese territories for many decades, we would not be Witnessing the legitimate acts of resistance that Israel and those who protect it deem to be terrorism.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source

29. “Arab States, including Syria, have hosted those brotherly refugees, providing them with the support they need while they wait to return to their country, Palestine. They have done so in line with resolutions of international legality, especially General Assembly resolution 194 (III), on the Palestinians' right of return. Like the majority of States, Syria has supported the right of peoples to freedom and self-determination. For many years, Syria condemned the odious apartheid regime in South Africa, whose main partner was Israel. Let us not forget Israel's terrorism against the rights of the Syrian people in the occupied Syrian Golan.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source

30. “Israel continues to refuse to provide maps of where it has planted mines and cluster bombs in Lebanon, which have caused the deaths of hundreds of Lebanese, including dozens of women and children, despite repeated calls by the Security Council and the United Nations to provide such maps. That is the reality of the terrorist State of Israel, whose representative has unsuccessfully attempted to detract attention from its terrorist nature. The representative of Israel has also labelled Palestinian refugee organizations as terrorist groups - refugees whom the State of Israel has forced into exile from their lands and homes for decades. Those refugees are attempting to regain their rights and to have recourse to international legality through international resolutions.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source

31. “Let us not forget the report issued by the Canadian Army, which investigated a terrorist crime that had led to the deaths of a Canadian commander and three Austrian, Chinese and Finnish observers. That report revealed that Israel had deliberately attacked their position. There were also other suspicious operations against peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon. A Belgian commander, killed on 5 September 2008, was the most recent victim of Israeli attacks in our region. He was killed during a demining operation to remove mines planted by Israel in southern Lebanon.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source

32. “Israel carried out political assassinations in Beirut in 1968, killing unarmed civilian intellectuals. In the 19805, it carried out attacks against heads of Palestinian municipalities, using booby-trapped cars. Israel bombed the American intelligence vessel, USS Liberty, during the 1967 war, after it had intercepted orders for the mass execution of Egyptian prisoners in the Sinai. In 1971, Israel shot down a Libyan civilian plane. Israel attacked the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in southern Lebanon, killing 106 civilians who had taken refuge in the United Nations building. In 2006, Israel attacked observer positions in the areas of Maroun Al-Ras and Al-Khiam.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source

33. “The intervention by the representative of Israel cannot change the terrible past of terrorism - the archives, encyclopaedias and museums are filled with facts about ethnic cleansing, war crimes and genocide committed by Israel in the course of its bloody history against Palestinians, Syrians, Lebanese, Egyptians, Jordanians and nationals of other countries. Israel introduced State terrorism in the region. The terrorist gangs are well known to everyone. They include Shtren, Irgun, Stern Gang, Haganah and Balmakh, which have killed thousands of Palestinians and evicted millions of them from their land. Israel assassinated United Nations special envoy Count Bernadotte. By hijacking a Syrian civilian aircraft in 1954, Israel committed the first act of air piracy in history.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source

34. “The representative of Israel thought that, through attacks against my country, she could distract attention from the problems of violence and terrorism in our region. The essential fact here is that Israel is occupying Arab territories and committing crimes against humanity. These acts have been carried out by successive Israeli Governments against the defenceless Palestinian people. Everyone knows that Israel is imposing an unfair embargo against Gaza and has adopted a slow-kill policy against more than 1.5 million Palestinians there. Israel has folded its arms when confronted with the terrorist acts of Israeli settlers committed against Palestinians in Hebron.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source

35. “Mr. Adi (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council this month. I would also like to commend you for holding this important meeting. It takes place following the terrorist incidents in Mumbai, India, which resulted in the death and injury of many innocent civilians. My country was one of the first to condemn those attacks through the President of the Republic, Bashar Al-Assad, who also expressed his condolences on behalf the Syrian people to the fraternal people and Government of India. The representative of Israel has once again used the venue of the Security Council to falsify facts about the terrorist acts that have been organized and carried out by her State for decades now.”

    2008-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6034Resumption1 (2008) · source

36. “The report has thus greatly contributed to strengthening the confidence of a number of international financial institutions interested in the subject. Syria supports the efforts of the Security Council Committee mandated to monitor the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), which Syria considers a positive step towards ensuring the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and guaranteeing international peace and security. Syria does not possess such weapons and it has no intention of possessing them. Moreover, it has declared this in numerous public statements in the United Nations, including before the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and the First Committee of the General Assembly.”

    2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

37. “The Syrian Arab Republic is sparing no effort in the struggle against money-laundering and the financing of terrorism. To that end, Syria has acceded to the United Nations Convention against Corruption and has joined the Edgemont Group, whose membership includes financial investigation units from 106 States and which is designed to receive and address notifications of financial transactions suspected of being operations to launder money or finance terrorism. Syria's efforts have been acknowledged internationally in the joint report, which underscored Syria's success in recent years in adopting measures and enacting important legislation to that end, in accordance with relevant international recommendations.”

    2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

38. “It also reaffirms its respect for the relevant international counter-terrorism resolutions. Syria is convinced in that respect that the United Nations plays a pivotal role in building international consensus in the struggle against terrorism. Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001), 1267 (1999), 1526 (2004), 1540 (2004) and 1566 (2004) have created a cohesive legal framework for fighting terrorism at the international level. On that basis, Syria is cooperating fully with the United Nations and with the Security Council's sanctions Committees through the consideration by the relevant Syrian parties of the observations set down by the Counter-Terrorism Committee in its Preliminary Implementation Assessment. Syria is now amending legislative decree No. 33 of 2005, as noted in its fifth report to the Committee.”

    2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

39. “Syria joined the consensus on the adoption of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy on the basis of its support for all international efforts in that field. Syria knows that the Strategy provides important support for international cooperation on counter-terrorism. However, as it did in the debates preceding the Strategy's adoption, Syria reaffirms the need to adopt a coherent and comprehensive national, regional and international approach to counter terrorism and deplete its sources. To that end, Syria calls for a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of terrorism and of the circumstances that promote the spread of that scourge in order to build a common international understanding of the best way to address it and combat it. Syria reiterates that terrorism poses an ongoing threat to international peace and security.”

    2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

40. “Indeed, according to Israeli logic and views - which, unfortunately, enjoy the sponsorship and support of some States - Israel's practice of organized and systematic State terrorism against the Palestinian people, and its pursuit of policies based on murder, destruction, the infliction of hunger, tyranny, injustice, the imposition of collective punishment and the violation of human rights and international humanitarian law, are all justified by claims of self-defence against air, electricity, water and food - in other words, against humankind - under the pretext of combating so-called Palestinian terrorism. What kind of legitimate self-defence can authorize acts that flout international resolutions and the provisions of international law?”

    2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

41. “In that respect, we reiterate that the most serious threat faced in the global war on terrorism in which we are engaged is posed by Israel's changeable, unilateral interpretations of the counter-terrorism struggle and of the resolutions of international legitimacy.”

    2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

42. “Terrorism knows neither nationality nor religion. It strikes indiscriminately, and no one can escape its horrors. Terrorism is thus the very antithesis of all religions, races, nationalities and civilizations. It must be fought in the framework of international legitimacy, under the United Nations Charter and in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and the provisions of international law. The crimes that Israel has daily perpetrated for decades against the Arab people in the occupied Arab territories and the occupied Syrian Golan are an egregious example of State terrorism. They have been denounced by the international community through hundreds of resolutions adopted by this international Organization. They are undeniably crimes of war. Regrettably, however, acts of terrorism are subject to varying standards.”

    2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

43. “Syria's history reflects its reliance on home-grown traditions and its acceptance of all cultures and civilizations and the religious and intellectual beliefs of others. My country has always been devoted to its ethical position of principle, despite the extreme changes that have occurred in the international situation and in the language used to describe those constant changes. What has not changed is Syria's ongoing condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, regardless of the source or the perpetrators, be they individuals, groups or States. That is because terrorism is manifested in criminal acts of aggression that target innocent people, their lives and their property, in violation of the sovereignty, political independence, territorial integrity and regional security of States.”

    2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source

44. “Mr. Adi (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on behalf of my country on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council for May. I should also like to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of South Africa, for his excellent guidance of the Council last month. Moreover, I thank Ambassadors Verbeke, Urbina and Jurica, Chairmen of the sanctions Committees, for their briefings to the Council on the work of their Committees. The millennia-Iong history of Syria is replete with examples of the authenticity and deep-rooted nature of its Arab traditions and of the Islamic and Christian influences on its rejection of extremism and fanaticism.”

    2008-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5886 (2008) · source