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lines on the record: 98
first: 2022-11-29
most recent: 2023-12-22
sittings or episodes: 10
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“I would also like to thank the delegations of Brazil, Gabon and Ghana for their efforts during their term as members of the Council and for maintaining positions that are consistent with international law and the Charter of the United Nations. As for the delegation of Albania, we regret its biased positions in favour of the collective West and its willingness to go along with the hostile political agenda of some Western countries against my country.”
2023-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9519 (2023) · source
“My country calls on the Technical Secretariat to be committed to the provisions of the CWC and to conduct a comprehensive review of its approach and reports and not allow itself to be a vehicle that serves the goals of a group of countries. The Syrian Arab Republic reaffirms that it has implemented all its obligations to the OPCW and underscores its categorical condemnation of the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anytime, anywhere and under any circumstances. In conclusion, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to the delegation of the sisterly United Arab Emirates for its close cooperation with us and the important efforts it made during its term as a member of the Council. We are all confident that our sister Algeria, the next Arab member of the Council, will also play an honourable role.”
2023-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9519 (2023) · source
“Fifthly, the Syrian Arab Republic welcomed the Technical Secretariat’s team’s conduct of the tenth inspection round to the SSRC from 1 to 6 December, which was the first in 2023. The Syrian National Authority has provided all the necessary facilities and information for the success of the team’s mission. We look forward to issuing our final report to the team, which should reflect Syria’s cooperation with the team and the facilitation provided to it. Syria holds the Western countries accountable for the negative effects on the OPCW in the present and in the future, as a result of imposing on the organization decisions that increase division and polarization.”
2023-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9519 (2023) · source
“Thirdly, the Syrian National Authority agreed to extend the tripartite agreement among the Syrian Arab Republic, the OPCW’s Technical Secretariat and the United Nations Office for Project Services for an additional period of six months to facilitate the tasks and activities of the OPCW in Syria. Fourthly, the Syrian National Authority submitted all documents covering the inquiries of the OPCW’s Technical Secretariat about the dual-use material that was seen by the inspection team at the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) during the ninth inspection round. It also continues discussions with SSRC employees and the Technical Secretariat to provide the necessary clarifications.”
2023-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9519 (2023) · source
“Secondly, the Syrian National Authority facilitated the holding of the twenty-fifth round of consultations with the Declaration Assessment Team, from 1 to 5 November, as we had welcomed the holding of that round of consultations since the first day that the Technical Secretary requested to hold them. I reiterate that holding that round of consultations was in line with us welcoming the holding of the consultations since the first day we received the request to hold them. It was not a limited waiver, as described by the representative of the United Kingdom. During the round of consultations, the Syrian National Authority provided all the facilitation necessary for the team and cooperated with it to make the mission a success.”
2023-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9519 (2023) · source
“Syria reiterates that the resolution represents only the isolationist position of Western countries and shows that the true goal is to achieve what Western countries have been unable to achieve through acts of aggression and failed political campaigns against Syria over the past 12 years, including blatant support for terrorism and the fabrication of incidents of the use of chemical weapons. That isolationist position came at a time when the Syrian National Authority continued to cooperate with the OPCW Technical Secretariat and achieved the following. First, the Syrian National Authority submitted its monthly reports — Nos. 118, 119, 120 and 121 — for the past months, regarding the activities conducted in Syria.”
2023-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9519 (2023) · source
“Its adoption through a vote, contrary to established practice, reveals the magnitude of the damage caused to the OPCW by Western countries. The adoption of resolution 2118 (2013) raises the following question: given the blatant politicization of its technical work, is the OPCW able to implement the mandate stipulated in the CWC, and what are the guarantees? The problem in the OPCW today is not Syria. It is a much broader problem. The organization has been transformed into a platform to target other countries that are not marching in line with Western countries. The Syrian Arab Republic rejects that resolution and considers it to be a departure from the framework of the CWC, which regulates the work of the OPCW, specifically the measures that violate the provisions of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.”
2023-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9519 (2023) · source
“That decision is part of the attempts to legitimize the inhumane unilateral coercive measures imposed by Western countries on Syria, which will exacerbate the suffering of the Syrian people, in particular at the humanitarian level. In that context, I note that the measures included in resolution 2118 (2013) contradict the provisions of article XI of the CWC, which underscores the implementation of the Convention in a way that avoids obstructing the economic and technological development of States parties and international cooperation in chemical activities for purposes not prohibited by the Convention. The notorious resolution establishes a dangerous stage in the work of the OPCW and its future and increases polarization and politicization.”
2023-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9519 (2023) · source
“My delegation rejects in the strongest terms the fallacies, distortions of fact and allegations in the statements made today by the representatives of some Western countries. We reaffirm that Syria has fulfilled all its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and destroyed its entire chemical stockpile and that the chemical programme has become a matter of the past and a closed issue for my country. Following intense morally and politically unacceptable pressure from the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom in particular, a small minority in the Conference of the States Parties to the OPCW voted to adopt spiteful measures against Syria, which has strictly adhered to the stipulations of the Convention.”
2023-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9519 (2023) · source
“Mr. Dandy (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): There is no doubt that 10 years on from Syria’s accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is an opportunity to assess what has been genuinely and objectively achieved, without politicization. However, the hostile statements delivered today by the representatives of some Western countries paint a distorted picture of reality and the truth, blindly ignoring all forms of serious cooperation in which my country has engaged over the past 10 years with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and its technical teams, even before the Convention’s entry into force. Such cooperation culminated in the successful and verified destruction of our entire chemical stockpile and production facilities.”
2023-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9519 (2023) · source
“My country calls for an end to the politicization of humanitarian action, an end to linking early-recovery projects and their funding to political conditionality and for providing sustainable solutions and an immediate and unconditional lifting of unilateral coercive measures. It also stresses the need to stop the repeated Israeli attacks on civilian airports in Syria, which led to the cancellation of a total of 27 United Nations Humanitarian Air Service flights between 12 October and 1 December.”
2023-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9517 (2023) · source
“However, those joint efforts face the real problem of the low funding rate of the humanitarian response plan, which did not exceed 33 per cent, and we are just days away from the end of the year. Owing to the lack of funding, the World Food Programme has announced the end of its food assistance programme, starting next month, across Syria. My delegation is surprised that some United Nations teams have communicated with terrorist organizations listed by the Council and stresses the need for them to stop doing so immediately. We also stress that OCHA’s continued presence in Gaziantep is a wasted resource at the expense of those who really need and deserve help.”
2023-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9517 (2023) · source
“Following the amnesty decree issued by the President of the Republic last month, the Syrian Government opened the door at the beginning of this month to settling the security situation for everyone who entered or left the Syrian Arab Republic illegally, and also announced further measures related to recruitment and military service laws. The Syrian Government continues to coordinate and cooperate continuously with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) with a view to improving the humanitarian situation in Syria. My country recently renewed for an additional three months the authorization granted to the United Nations to use the Bab Al-Salam and Bab Al-Rai crossings out of our concern for ensuring that humanitarian assistance reaches beneficiaries throughout the Syrian Arab Republic, including in the north-west.”
2023-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9517 (2023) · source
“In the same context, the Turkish forces continue their illegal presence on Syrian territory, providing logistical, military and financial support to armed terrorist organizations present in north-western Syria that feature on the Security Council’s lists of terrorist groups. The Syrian Arab Republic affirms that the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland constitutes a primary objective and that Syrian refugees returning to their homeland enjoy, like other Syrian citizens, all the rights and duties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws. In that context, my country has taken measures and put in place facilities to provide for the dignified return of refugees. We continue to take a positive approach to overcome the repercussions of the terrorist war against Syria.”
2023-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9517 (2023) · source
“My delegation looks forward to the United Nations and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia to conduct a study on the impact of those unilateral coercive measures on United Nations activities and the humanitarian situation in Syria. The United States of America has not only directly engaged in the aggression against the Gaza Strip alongside the Israeli war criminals and turned a blind eye to the repeated Israeli attacks on civilian infrastructure in Syria, but it has also continued its destructive policies by insisting on its illegal military presence on Syrian territory, its support for separatist militias, its theft of Syrian resources, namely, oil, wheat and gas, and its support for, and training of, terrorist groups in the Al-Hol and Rukban camps.”
2023-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9517 (2023) · source
“Alena Douhan, Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, is proof thereof: “The comprehensiveness of existing unilateral sanctions regimes against the Syrian Arab Republic and the growing over compliance, in particular following the imposition in 2019 of the Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act by the United States of America, have placed the country in a straitjacket with serious adverse effects on a broad spectrum of human rights.” (A/HRC/54/23/Add.1, summary) In that context, my delegation commends the recent adoption by the General Assembly of the resolution entitled “Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries” (General Assembly resolution 78/135), which requests the Secretary-General to monitor and study the impact of such measures on affected States.”
2023-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9517 (2023) · source
“The United States and the European Union continue to impose unilateral, inhumane sanctions that have a significant impact on the enjoyment of the most basic human rights by Syrians, including children, women and elderly persons, who are being denied food, medical care, electricity, housing and essential services. The report of Ms.”
2023-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9517 (2023) · source
“It is regrettable that, 75 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we are witnessing some Western countries continuing to act in contempt of the Declaration through their complicity, and even their participation, in the brutal crimes and genocide committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip, as well as through its repeated aggression against Syrian and Lebanese infrastructure, the latest of which was a rocket attack that targeted the suburbs of Damascus on 17 December. Syria warns Israel of the implications of continuing to persist with those attacks, which could push the region towards a full-blown escalation that could not be contained and whose consequences for the region and the world could not be tolerated.”
2023-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9517 (2023) · source
“Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, and we continue to engage in dialogue and coordinate with him on issues related to his work. The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates met with Mr. Pedersen last week in Geneva and stressed Syria’s commitment to a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned political process without any external interference on the basis of respect for Syria’s independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity.”
2023-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9517 (2023) · source
“It is held amid ongoing threats and challenges that my country has been facing for years as a result of terrorism, the illegal military presence of the United States and Turkish forces in parts of Syrian territory, the escalation of repeated Israeli attacks on Syria’s vital facilities, the exacerbation of the humanitarian crisis owing to the failure of donors to fund the humanitarian response plan and the disastrous repercussions of the illegal unilateral coercive measures imposed by Western countries on my country. Therefore, the condemnation by the Council of all those violations of Syria’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, international law and the Charter of the United Nations is both a legal responsibility and a humanitarian necessity. We listened to the briefing by Mr.”
2023-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9517 (2023) · source
“Mr. Dandy (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China, for successfully conducting the work of the Council last month. Today’s briefing on the political and humanitarian issues in my country, Syria, is the final one for this year.”
2023-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9517 (2023) · source
“It has led an alleged international coalition to fight Da’esh terrorist organization, but facts have shown that the real goal of that coalition was only to support terrorism and to destabilize the security and stability of Syria in order to serve the interests of the United States and the Israeli occupation entity.”
2023-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9487 (2023) · source
“We are all aware of the full record of multiple and repeated war crimes committed by the United States in Viet Nam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria — and the list goes on. The United States Ambassador invokes Article 51 of the Charter to justify her country’s ongoing crimes committed on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. Her claims are refuted by facts. The Charter and international law do not provide legal justification for the presence of United States forces on Syrian territory without the approval of the Syrian Government. The United States has violated the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria.”
2023-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9487 (2023) · source
“It is time for those Western countries to reconsider their hostile and inhumane policies against my country, to adopt a humanitarian political approach by committing to fully respect the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic, ending the illegal presence of United States and Turkish forces, stopping the repeated Israeli aggression and immediately lifting the illegitimate unilateral coercive measures. In conclusion, it seems that the Ambassador of the United States is once again trying to accuse my country in an attempt to shift attention from the support given by her country to Israeli terrorism in a blatant policy of political hypocrisy and double standards.”
2023-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9487 (2023) · source
“Its forces occupy Syrian territory, kill Syrians without mercy, support separatist militias, use terrorist groups in the Al-Tanf region to destabilize Syria, plunder national resources and, together with the European Union, impose unilateral coercive measures on all vital sectors — from food to medicines, energy, transportation and agricultural production, causing immense and unprecedented economic and humanitarian suffering for Syrians. That collective punishment, blockade and starvation will have catastrophic and devastating consequences.”
2023-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9487 (2023) · source
“That is the second amnesty decree in less than a year. It grants general amnesty for all crimes committed before 16 November. The decree also encompasses many who have been convicted and prosecuted, including juveniles, the elderly and those with terminal illnesses. It is surprising to see that the positive Syrian steps are being met with the persistence of some Western States to politicize the humanitarian dossier by imposing conditions and donor countries failing to honour their pledges to the humanitarian response plan. Only 30 per cent of the pledges have been funded, despite being one month away from the end of the year. That hinders the implementation of United Nations humanitarian programmes in Syria. Furthermore, the United States persists in its hostile policies against the Syrian people.”
2023-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9487 (2023) · source
“Eighth, we must ensure access to the necessary documents, certify the civil and academic documents granted to refugees abroad and facilitate the regulations and procedures pertaining to housing, land and property. The success of this endeavour requires the States that have been supporting, funding and arming terrorism not to hinder Syrian efforts to increase early- recovery projects, both quantitatively and qualitatively, to fund the clearance of mines and explosive remnants and to tangibly improve the humanitarian and living conditions in Syria. As a culmination of all those efforts and in a clear desire of the Syrian State to consolidate national reconciliation approach and achieve permanent stability, the President of the Syrian Arab Republic issued Legislative Decree No. 36, of 2023, several days ago.”
2023-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9487 (2023) · source
“Fifth, no returnee should be discriminated against for fleeing their places of residence, seeking asylum abroad or staying or residing in an area formerly or currently under the control of armed terrorist groups. Sixth, issues relating to conscription and military service must be addressed in a non-discriminatory manner, and returnees should benefit from the relevant amnesty decrees. Seventh, refugees and returnees, like other Syrians, enjoy all the rights and obligations guaranteed to all Syrian citizens by the Syrian Constitution, laws and regulations, without any discrimination. Their life, freedom and human dignity are protected from any discriminatory action or violations against their basic rights guaranteed by the Syrian Constitution and laws.”
2023-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9487 (2023) · source
“In that regard, I would like to share with the Council certain aspects that open the doors for the voluntary, safe and dignified return of refugees. First, there is a need to enhance communication and consultation with actors concerned with the return of refugees. Second, we must achieve greater and broader humanitarian access and a flexible and predictable presence of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, particularly in key areas of return and border points. Third, we must enable refugees and internally displaced persons to make free and informed decisions about their return and to decide the time and destination of their choice. Fourth, we must use communication and consultation channels to examine the cases reported pertaining to voluntary, safe and dignified return.”
2023-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9487 (2023) · source
“This month the Syrian Government renewed the authorization granted to the United Nations and its specialized agencies to use the Bab Al-Salam and Bab Al-Rai border crossings for three additional months, until 13 February 2024. That comes out of our continued keenness to improve the humanitarian and living conditions of all Syrians and to deliver humanitarian assistance to those in need throughout the Syrian Arab Republic, including in the north-west. Pertaining to the return of Syrian refugees, Syria welcomes their safe, dignified and voluntary return to their homeland, and it has engaged in a constructive dialogue with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to effectively address the main concerns of those refugees.”
2023-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9487 (2023) · source
“It seems that the representatives of some Western countries in this Chamber have not yet heard about that aggression or do not want to hear about it. Syria condemns those flagrant acts of aggression, which represent a grave violation of the Charter of the United Nations and of international law. We call on the Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities and to condemn that aggression, while putting an end to them, guaranteeing their non-recurrence and holding their perpetrators accountable. Those same perpetrators are dragging the region into a serious escalation of which we cannot predict the consequences or avoid its devastating effects. The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic continues with its positive steps in an attempt to overcome the repercussions of the terrorist war against it.”
2023-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9487 (2023) · source
“We cannot in any circumstances justify this aggression under the pretext of self-defence or countering terrorism. What the Israeli forces have done is tantamount to crimes and deliberate destruction that was witnessed and denounced by all of humankind. If this does not amount to terrorism and deliberate killing, what is it then? Furthermore, Israel persists in its crimes and aggression against Syria, the last of which was the aggression two days ago in broad daylight against the Damascus International Airport and locations in rural Damascus that were targeted by rockets, decommissioning the airport again only a few hours after resuming operations and navigation. This aggression also threatened passengers, jeopardized the safety of civil aviation and disrupted United Nations humanitarian operations.”
2023-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9487 (2023) · source
“Mr. Dandy (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and on your able steering of its work. It is regrettable that we had to wait 50 days to reach the partial temporary pause of the terrorist Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and to halt the barbaric Israeli killing machine, which has been killing children, women, journalists, humanitarian workers while targeting residential buildings, hospitals, schools, United Nations facilities and other acts of aggression that are tantamount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. What Israel has committed during the previous period was nothing but a crime of aggression and full- fledged crimes against humanity.”
2023-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9487 (2023) · source
“Over the past few days, the United States has not only obstructed the Security Council’s effort to protect the Palestinian people, but was also quick to strengthen the Israeli war machine by sending its aircraft carriers to the region and providing Israel with military equipment and advanced vehicles, in addition to allocating billions of dollars in financial support.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9459 (2023) · source
“The representative seems to have forgotten that her forces are illegally present on Syrian territories. The United States appears to be giving itself the right to have its forces present anywhere and at any time, without any consent and in complete violation of international law. The representative gave the excuse that her forces are there to combat Da’esh, which is a 100 per cent United States product par excellence. I would like to remind the Ambassador of the United States of her country’s dark history, especially in our Middle East region. Her country destroyed Iraq using specious arguments, and recently, it has given Israel total and unequivocal support.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9459 (2023) · source
“Overcoming the repercussions of the Syrian crisis will require sincere political will on the part of certain Council members to stop the repeated and systematic Israeli attacks; to end the illegal presence of forces on Syrian territories; to immediately and unconditionally lift unilateral coercive measures; and to support the efforts of the Syrian State and its institutions to improve the humanitarian situation by meeting the humanitarian needs of Syrians without discrimination, including through the fulfilment of donor pledges to fund the humanitarian response plan and scaling up early recovery projects. Before concluding, I would like to refer to the statement of the United States of America. We heard the representative’s claims regarding the so-called right of self-defence of United States forces on Syrian territories.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9459 (2023) · source
“Ending the suffering will be done through the closure of that camp. That is also the case with the Al-Hol camp in the north- east, which is controlled by separatist militias with the support of those forces. It must also be closed after the countries of origin have assumed their responsibility to repatriate their detained nationals. Syria condemns all those reckless United States practices, including its support for terrorist groups and separatist militias, and its quest to maintain the status quo at that camp.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9459 (2023) · source
“In that regard, the Syrian Government continues to take all necessary measures to facilitate the return of refugees and continues to cooperate and coordinate with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), including by strengthening the channels of communication and consultation with UNHCR to effectively address refugees’ main concerns. Syria also stresses that conditions conducive to the voluntary and dignified return of refugees must be created, including by lifting unilateral coercive measures and promoting early recovery projects, including financing for demining and the removal of explosive remnants. As for the human suffering in the Rukban camp, the United States forces illegally present on Syrian territories bear responsibility for that.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9459 (2023) · source
“It is as if someone is deliberately prolonging the critical humanitarian situation in Syria, especially after the earthquake in February. We need to provide sustainable solutions that support Syrians, reduce dependence on life-saving humanitarian assistance and increase their resilience. Syria reiterates that it welcomes the return of every Syrian refugee forced to leave the country owing to the practices of terrorist organizations and the negative effects of unilateral coercive measures.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9459 (2023) · source
“However, despite all those facilities provided by the Syrian Government, the entry of humanitarian aid through the Bab Al-Hawa crossing has been delayed for more than two months, and only a single convoy has made a cross-line delivery, clearly revealing that there are parties that are preventing the Syrian people from having their humanitarian needs met. That is why Syria stresses the need to exert maximum pressure on terrorist organizations and their sponsors in north- western Syria to ensure that humanitarian aid reaches those in need. United Nations efforts face a real problem, proving that the decline in funding is a major obstacle to the capacity of United Nations programmes and agencies to fulfil their mandates, as the humanitarian response plan is funded at less than 30 per cent to date.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9459 (2023) · source
“As part of its efforts to improve the humanitarian situation, the Syrian Government continues to strengthen its cooperation with the United Nations, its agencies and programmes, including by granting them the necessary approvals to facilitate their work throughout Syria. In that context, the Government took a sovereign decision to grant the United Nations permission to use three border crossings and two internal cross-line crossings, thereby enabling the continued flow of humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians in need.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9459 (2023) · source
“That proves beyond a shadow of a doubt the subversive role played in Syria by the United States of America, which aims to prolong the crisis and increase the Syrian people’s suffering. The United States of America and the European Union also continue to impose illegal and inhumane unilateral coercive measures on all vital sectors, thereby targeting the most basic human rights, with the aim of depriving Syrian citizens of their right to food, health, education and development, causing them great and unprecedented economic and humanitarian suffering, compounded by the theft and plunder by the United States of Syrian national wheat, oil and gas resources with unparalleled insolence.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9459 (2023) · source
“In the same context, the United States of America continues its flagrant violations of Syria’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity by maintaining its illegal military presence on Syrian territories and supporting separatist militias in north-eastern Syria, which recently bombed two water stations in Deir ez-Zor governorate using drones, putting them out of service and depriving tens of thousands of Syrian citizens of drinking water. That is, of course, not to mention the fact that the United States of America sent its delegations to infiltrate Syrian territories surreptitiously and illegally. We had previously informed the Council of the infiltration by a United States delegation led by Ethan Goldrich, the United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9459 (2023) · source
“On the fifth of this month, with the support of countries whose identities are well known — foremost among them the United States of America — those organizations committed one of the most heinous and bloody crimes, as it targeted the military academy graduation ceremony in Homs with explosive-laden drones, leading to dozens of martyrs and injuring hundreds of military personnel and their civilian families who had been invited to attend the ceremony, among them women and children. The Syrian Arab Republic reaffirms that this heinous act of terrorism will not deter it from pursuing its efforts to completely eradicate terrorism from its territories.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9459 (2023) · source
“The Syrian Arab Republic therefore cautions once more against continuing with these attacks and calls on the Security Council to break its silence and assume its responsibilities to condemn such attacks, put an end to them and hold the perpetrators accountable. It also considers that the provision by the United States of America and certain other countries of blanket protection and impunity to Israel makes them partners in bearing responsibility for those grave violations of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. In conjunction with those Israeli attacks, terrorist organizations continue to commit crimes against the Syrian people.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9459 (2023) · source
“Mr. Dandy (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): At a time when the world is watching the ongoing and dangerous Israeli aggression in our region, the occupation forces have committed dozens of massacres and brutal crimes in the Gaza Strip. Israel keeps inflaming the region by escalating its attacks on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria. The Israeli occupation launched four attacks on Damascus and Aleppo international civilian airports in just 10 days, putting the airports out of service, threatening the lives of passengers and endangering the safety of civil aviation. It has also disrupted United Nations humanitarian operations.”
2023-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9459 (2023) · source
“That is proof that Israel has no regard for civilian life, as it continues perpetrating the crimes that are the main feature of its conduct in the region. In conclusion, my country condemns Israel’s violations and repeated attacks on Syrian territory and on our people in the occupied Syrian Golan. We want to warn Israel against those continued violations, which will lead to increased violence in the region that it will not be possible to contain.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Simultaneously, alongside its aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza, Israel has continued its repeated aggressions against the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic. On 22 October, for the third time in a row in a week, Israel carried out an air strike targeting the two international airports of Damascus and Aleppo, resulting in the martyrdom of a civilian worker at Damascus airport, threatening the safety of civil aviation, impeding United Nations humanitarian operations and physically damaging the runways of the two airports, leading to another suspension of the two airports’ operations after they had been repaired following the previous attack.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Israel’s crimes in Palestine cannot be separated from its practices in the occupied Syrian Golan since 1967, which are reflected in its continued policy of aggression against our people in the Golan and in its heinous violations of international law and international humanitarian law, which include detentions, killings and displacement; an ongoing expansionist settlement policy aimed at entrenching occupation, increasing settlers and imposing demographic change; and looting of the Golan’s natural resources, confiscations of agricultural land and the construction of large wind turbines on territory that does not belong to Israel, in addition to other projects that are having disastrous consequences.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We underscore that the region will never enjoy stability as long as the Palestinian people remain deprived of their rights, the occupation of Arab territories continues and disregard for the relevant resolutions of international legitimacy persists.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source