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Altalli

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2019-12-20
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2019-12-20
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  1. “After everything that has happened in Syria, I feel fortunate to have been able to visit my father many times in prison and grateful for his release after nine years of incarceration. Today, 19 years later, I come to the Security Council to ask for its help in securing the release of all detainees in Syria. It should give thousands of Syrian children a chance to see their parents again. It should give those Syrian children the ability to feel joy in their hearts as we stand on the threshold of a new year.”

    2019-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8696 (2019) · source

  2. “Sixthly and finally, we must plan and prepare for sustainable development and reconstruction in Syria, including an effective Syrian national action plan on women, peace and security, based on resolution 1325 (2000) and its subsequent resolutions. Young people must also be included on the basis of resolution 2250 (2015). The implementation of those plans can start as soon as the agreement on transition is reached. I implore Council members to work together as a united Security Council to achieve those measures and to take action to end the suffering of millions of Syrians. We look to the Council to support the efforts of Syrian civil society and Syrian women peacebuilders by listening to their voices, directly and permanently, at all United Nations meetings about Syria.”

    2019-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8696 (2019) · source

  3. “Fifthly, we must support the achievement of a political agreement among the various parties, with the direct participation of Syrian women and civil society, in accordance with the following criteria: the establishment ofjustice and accountability mechanisms that guarantee the victim's rights; the separation of powers and the peaceful reallocation of powers based on the outcome of the negotiations; guarantees of full human and women's rights and the safeguarding of all freedoms, including the freedoms of religion, expression and association; enabling the formation of political parties and civil society organizations in Syria; and building a common Syrian identity based on diversity by ensuring the rights of Syrians from all communities, religions, gender, races and ethnicities.”

    2019-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8696 (2019) · source

  4. “Pedersen, in the comprehensive political process, including the constitutional process, and to provide a safe, neutral and conducive environment, including by restructuring security and military agencies in accordance with the principles of international human rights. All that will pave the way for free and fair elections under United Nations supervision in 2020-2021.”

    2019-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8696 (2019) · source

  5. “Thirdly, a specialized gender-sensitive committee must be formed, under the auspices of the Security Council, to address all matters concerning Syrian detainees to oversee treatment and overcome the negative effects of detention for all detainees in Syria, to support the release of all detainees and kidnapped people, reveal the fate of detainees and the forcibly disappeared, and provide all necessary support to those who have been detained and abducted, as well as to their families. Those first three points are intended to build the confidence of Syrians not only in the political process, but also in the Security Council. Fourthly, we seek the formation of an international working group of permanent members of the Security Council to support the efforts of the Special Envoy for Syria, Mr.”

    2019-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8696 (2019) · source

  6. “Therefore, I put before the Council today a six-point road map to end the Syrian tragedy. First, all hostilities must end across the entire Syrian territory, including sexual and gender-based violence. Secondly, we must improve the conditions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees, support them and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid by all parties. An independent United Nations committee must be formed, with the participation of Syrian civil society, to supervise the voluntary and safe return of refugees and IDPs to their places of origin or the places that they choose to go.”

    2019-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8696 (2019) · source

  7. “More than half of the population has been displaced, either internally or forced outside the country. Tens of thousands have been arrested and tortured. The Syrian Government is a principal party, together with many parties, that is responsible for the situation in Syria. Yet the Syrian crisis is approaching its ninth year and, on the fourth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 2254 (2015), now is the time to end the suffering of Syrians. I call upon the Security Council, on behalf of the silent majority of Syrians, to work together and with Syrians to find a sustainable solution based on resolution 2254 (2015). Syrian non-governmental organizations, such as the Center for Civil Society and Democracy, and our partners believe that a political solution is not only urgent and necessary, but also possible.”

    2019-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8696 (2019) · source

  8. “Ms. Altalli: When I was l2-years-old, my father Jries Altalli, who is a retired teacher and the sole provider of my family, was abducted by the political security branch in Damascus. He was tortured for one year in that branch, transferred to the Adra prison and subsequently to the notorious Tadmor prison. After nine years, on 16 November 2000, my father was released through a presidential pardon. This story is the story of thousands of Syrians from before and during the conflict. It is hard to describe the suffering that Syrian women, men, girls and boys have experienced in the past nine years. Shall I talk about the bombing, starving to death under siege, chemical weapons, forced demographic changes or the indiscriminate shelling ofhouses, hospitals and schools?”

    2019-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8696 (2019) · source