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Falouh

lines on the record: 113
first: 2009-03-25
most recent: 2020-02-19
sittings or episodes: 12
sources: un-security-council

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“The Security Council remains unable to find the means to really make it possible to tackle the primary cause of the suffering of the Syrian people, namely, terrorism and those who support it, owing to the hostile positions adopted by many Governments towards my country, Syria, including by the leadership of the Governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom and France. Those Governments refuse to combat terrorism, which plagues many regions of Syria, in particular the north-western part of the country, in order to protect the Al-Nusra Front terrorist group. Those very Governments supported armed terrorist groups that exfiltrated abductees from Aleppo and rural Latakia to Turkey. Their fate is still unknown. Those terrorist groups also abducted thousands of civilians and put them in Al-Tawba prison, in eastern Ghouta.”
2019-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8593 (2019) · source
“They work on the basis of dubious information and they use sly and cunning terms in their reports and statements in order to mislead international opinion and conceal the suffering of civilians and the misdeeds of armed terrorist groups. For the past nine years, those groups have used civilians as human shields in the regions that they control. They have attacked hospitals and schools and turned them into military facilities and detention centres for abductees. Those terrorist groups have bombarded civilian areas with indiscriminate bombs of hatred.”
2019-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8593 (2019) · source
“I call on the Security Council to seriously consider what has been spent by the Governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom and France, along with other countries in the region, in terms of budget, efforts and weapons to ultimately harm Syria, its land, its people and its Government and to settle new and old scores with that Government. In so doing, they are risking the lives, wealth and civilization of Syria and its people. We are deeply concerned that those Governments continue to impose their positions and policies in many areas of the work of the United Nation and on some of its civil servants so as to ultimately sow a campaign of disinformation and to distort the truth about what is taking place in Syria.”
2019-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8593 (2019) · source
“The list of examples of such conduct is long and one of which all members are aware. My Government does not oppose in principle the convening of meetings on the situation in Syria, including all aspects, when the sole purpose of such meetings is to exchange points of view and opinions in a transparent, professional and sincere way in order to assist my country and to find genuine solutions that will restore security and stability, as well as prosperity, for all Syrian citizens without exception. Those citizens have been worn down and are exhausted by the terrorist war imposed on them for nine years now.”
2019-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8593 (2019) · source
“Those Governments have also imposed unilateral coercive economic measures on the Syrian people. Those Governments have the responsibility to ensure the maintenance of international peace and security. However, they have not really shown an interest in human rights, the well-being of people or the sovereignty of countries. For centuries those Governments have behaved immorally. They have distorted noble humanitarian goals for their own agendas. They have manipulated the principles and provisions of international humanitarian law and the Charter of the United Nations to implement an ongoing, hostile colonial agenda that legitimizes foreign interference and seeks to topple legitimate regimes by force, thereby destabilizing countries along sectarian and religious lines.”
2019-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8593 (2019) · source
“Mr. Falouh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): 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 denigrate the Syrian Government. Those delegations have no legal, or indeed moral, legitimacy to call for the holding of a meeting that focuses on humanitarian issues in my country, Syria, because to date those Governments have been involved in the direct military aggression visited upon my country. Those Governments have harboured armed terrorist groups, killed thousands of Syrians, destroyed their property, abducted, displaced them and stripped them of their homes and property.”
2019-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8593 (2019) · source
“That achievement was noted in the report of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons- United Nations Joint Mission for the Elimination of the Chemical Weapons Programme of the Syrian Arab Republic and was brought to the attention of the Council in June 2014. In conclusion, my country has always rejected all allegations by certain Western Administrations concerning the use of chemical and toxic weapons by the Syrian armed forces. In line with our commitments, we have fully cooperated within the framework of the investigation carried out by international bodies since 2014. We have provided all the needed information in order to facilitate the investigation and ensure that it is credible and impartial. However, some Members of this Organization will never tell the truth, for reasons that are well known to Council members.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“Those lies are also being systematically presented in the negotiations among various Syrian parties, both in Astana and Geneva, in order to impede the efforts made by the Syrian Government to arrive at a political solution without outside interference. We have a consistent position of principle. We condemn the use of chemical weapons and any and all weapons of mass destruction. Their use is a crime against humanity that is unacceptable, immoral and unjustifiable, regardless of the surrounding circumstances. On that basis, my country ratified the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, and we have implemented all of our commitments. My country ended its chemical-weapons programme in record time, which is unprecedented in the history of the Organization.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“Such chemical weapons are in the hands of terrorists and are being used in many regions of Syria, most recently in Khan Shaykhun. The attacks were premeditated and were driven by regional and international forces in order to tarnish the image of Syria and to justify attacks against the Syrian forces who are fighting terrorism. The accusations and allegations that we have heard over the past two days from Western representatives, as well as from the persons representing those countries today, all of those declarations are part of the political blackmail war - the very low war 4 that now systematically accompanies every success of the Syrian army and its allies as they fight terrorism.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“I would also like to say that Turkish intelligence service transferred sarin gas to terrorist groups in Syria after the product arrived from Libya in 2013. The regime of President Erdogan facilitates the transfer of such substances to Da'esh, the Al-Nusra Front and other terrorist groups in Syria, and that is a flagrant violation of the provisions of resolution 1540 (2004). My country is still waiting for the bodies and special mechanisms of the United Nations to react to that information and to treat it with the seriousness it deserves. We are also waiting for that information to be reflected in the reports on chemical weapons and their use by terrorist groups. This is no longer a matter of merely making a statement in international forums.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“For those who are still doubtful, I encourage them to read the report published by The Wall Street Journal on 19 June 2017, which is punctuated by terrorist confessions. My Government has for some time and in a consistent manner warned of the danger of terrorist groups acquiring weapons of mass destruction, in particular Da'esh, the Al-Nusra Front and Al-Qaida. To date, we have sent more than 108 letters to the Council, to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the Joint Investigative Mechanism and to all of the relevant committees and bodies of the Security Council. Our letters include documented information implicating countries that have provided such chemical products as chlorine, mustard gas and sarin gas to terrorist groups to be used against civilians.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“The Israeli representative made a statement that included a tangle of baseless accusations and lies. It is almost comical, even pitiful, that the members of the international community must sit in the Council Chamber and listen to such allegations and lies coming from a representative of an occupying Power that continues to occupy Arab territories and support terrorists groups, in particular the Al-Nusra Front, in the area of separation. That country has a nuclear, biological and chemical weapons arsenal, with the consent and protection of Western countries that are permanent members of the Council. The support that Israel provides to terrorist groups in Syria has been proved by the extensive evidence that we have provided to the Council.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“The representatives of those same countries are seeking to deviate today's meeting from its goals by raising topics that are not on the agenda, in order to impede our efforts and prevent the Security Council from holding a genuine, serious debate on the implementation ofresolution 1540 (2004). In that regard, we would like to recall that it is those countries that opposed the draft resolution (S/2016/847) submitted by Russia and China aimed at impeding the acquisition of chemical weapons by terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq. It is those same countries that opposed the efforts and attempts to make the Middle East a zone free of weapons of mass destruction; they did that for the sole purpose of protecting Israel's chemical, biological and nuclear arsenal.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“Mr. Falouh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): First of all, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important meeting on the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). This meeting is of particular importance given the threat represented by the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction, their components and delivery systems by terrorist groups. The worst violations of resolution 1540 (2004) today are the insistence of certain countries and certain intelligence services on supporting and training terrorist groups, even going so far as to provide them with toxic chemical weapons that are then used against both the military and civilians.”
2017-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7985Reprise1 (2017) · source
“In that vein, we recall what our people are facing in the occupied Syrian Golan and the intentional restriction imposed by the Israeli occupation forces on natural resources, in particular water, which is provided only to Israeli settlers, while Syrians are deprived of that natural resource through discriminatory policies with regard to prices and limitations on drinking and agricultural water, in clear violation of international humanitarian law, human rights law and the relevant resolutions of the Organization. In conclusion, the Government of my country is anxious to do its utmost to provide for the needs of Syrians and protect them from terrorism, which is negatively affecting all aspects of their lives, including water resources. We try to avoid the use of this vital resource as a tool to exert pressure on Governments and civilians.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“These countries must respect international law and the relevant international resolutions as well as the agreements signed when it comes to such sharing, and also avoiding undermining the interests of other countries or decreasing their share for political reasons. We also stress the need for concerted international efforts towards supporting the legitimate rights ofpeople languishing under the yoke of occupation, including the right to have access to water, especially because they are the indigenous heirs of those natural resources.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic is endeavouring to work according to a strategic vision that is not limited to emergency humanitarian assistance but includes adopting a strategy for rebuilding the infrastructure of all facilities as well as rehabilitating the affected irrigation networks. This requires the lifting of the unilateral coercive economic measures, which have had negative repercussions on all sustainable development fields in Syria, including the sustainability of water resources and the ability to provide for the needs of citizens. In addressing the issue of the protection of water resources, we must all be careful to avoid politicizing this vital water sector, especially among countries sharing international river waterways.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“In addition to the tremendous harm inflicted on our water resources because of such terrorist attacks, the coercive unilateral economic measures imposed on my country by the European Union and the United States of America, among other countries, have increased the pressure on Syria's national efforts to provide its citizens with water. Such illegitimate measures have made it impossible to provide the necessary fuel and spare parts to pumping stations in Syria. Those measures have obstructed the implementation of projects undertaken by the Government of Syria in cooperation with United Nations agencies and international non-governmental organizations. I would cite as an example the inability of Oxfam recently to provide the fuel needed to operate the pumping station in Aleppo because of the European measures imposed on Syria.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“This leads us to take a closer look at what armed terrorist groups are doing in my country, Syria. Some like to call them the armed opposition, or non-State armed groups. Those groups use water resources as a weapon to bring pressure to bear on the Government of Syria and civilians. What has been witnessed in Aleppo and Damascus is a clear example of this. Civilians in both cities suffered from long periods of water interruption after armed terrorist groups bombarded wells and pipelines, poisoned the water and looted and blew up pumping stations. This is in addition to the bombing of water and electricity facilities by what is called the international coalition, which led to acute water scarcity and had negative repercussions on the lives of civilians.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“Mr. Falouh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): 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 in rural dwellings. Unfortunately, these rates have decreased during the crisis in the light of the fact that most of the water- pumping stations and water wells have been destroyed or looted by armed terrorist groups, particularly in unstable regions. It is important to stress that using water resources as a weapon is a gross violation of all relevant provisions of international humanitarian law.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“However, he overlooks the fact that the Syrian Golan is still occupied by Israel and that its inhabitants are subject to assassinations. Israel would not be able to continue in this international organization without the protection of those who sponsor it.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“Mr. Falouh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): 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 aggression has been documented by numerous international organizations. Israel has a long tally of massacres and acts of aggression. That has lasted for more than 60 years throughout the Arab territories. Israel's State terrorism has resulted in horrific massacres in Palestine, the Syrian Golan Heights and Lebanon. The representative of the occupation pretends to have pity for the Syrian situation.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“Therefore we reiterate the need for the Council to support efforts to promote a political settlement of the situation in Syria, under resolutions 2042 (2012) and 2043 (2012) and the Geneva communique.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“Israel's policies, as we have seen in hundreds of United Nations reports, involve acts of aggression, genocide and crimes against humanity, which require that it resolutely be held accountable. My delegation reaffirms the need to provide security and protection to civilians living under Israeli occupation in the occupied Syrian Golan and in other Arab territories and to put an end to Israel's aggressive practices. In conclusion, consideration and analysis of the situation prevailing in Syria must take place in a very responsible, neutral and transparent manner, so as to shed light on the realities on the ground - the opposite of a narrow approach that would serve only the interests of some parties.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“This question has been the object ofdiscussion in the Council for 15 years now. During that time, the Council must have heard hundreds of statements calling on Israel to end its practices against the inhabitants of the occupied Arab territories and the States of the region. But the support given to Israel by permanent members of the Council has demonstrated the fallacy of those States' claims and of the policies they are pursuing, which are based on a double standard. As a result, Israel believes that it is sheltered from accountability and can continue its criminal policies and aggression, which threaten international peace and security, and undermine the principles and norms of international law, international humanitarian law and human rights law.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“That is why we are carrying out our constitutional duties in connection with the protection of our people from the scourge of terrorism. We are working for a return to peace and security, even as some Member States continue to ignore the terrorist acts targeting the people and the Government of Syria. We ask that the Security Council live up to its responsibilities; condemn the terrorism that is victimizing Syria; and demand accountability on the part of those States that are lending financial and weapons-related assistance and providing refuge to transnational terrorist groups, in flagrant violation of international law, in particular that relating to counter- terrorism. We ask that the Council force those States, especially Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, to cease their activities and withdraw their mercenaries from Syrian territories.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“Sixthly, the Government of Syria is exercising its constitutional duties with respect to the building of a State based on the rule of law and the fight against in impunity. The Syrian judiciary is sparing no effort to consider all cases brought before it; for example, the national commission established to investigate the situation in the country is continuing its efforts to bring to justice all those who have committed crimes. Despite all of that, it is regrettable to see that some States are continuing to take advantage of this meeting to reiterate their untruths regarding the situation in my country. Even though we are against this, we would reaffirm that the State of Syria more than any other State is committed to the well-being of the Syrian population.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“However, the provision of basic necessities for the people of Syria such as food, medicine and fuel is hampered by the unilateral measures imposed on our State, threatening the survival of our people. We therefore call on the Council to act. Fifthly, certain States continue to exploit the suffering of Syrian refugees out of ignorance of the real reasons that led them to seek refuge abroad, namely, the terrorist acts perpetrated by certain armed groups. Also being ignored is the negative behaviour on the part of the States receiving Syrian refugees. That is why we call on those States that are hosting Syrian refugees to stop trading on their pain and suffering, cease their inhumane treatment of such refugees and allow them to return to their country.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“Fourthly, with regard to the provision of humanitarian assistance, my Government, in spite of the economic war being waged against us, is doing its utmost to meet the survival needs of its population. In that respect, the Government of Syria has cooperated with the various United Nations bodies, including humanitarian assistance bodies and the International Committee of the Red Cross. We have provided all possible support, including by increasing the number of non-governmental organizations working in Syria so as to enable them to work and to assist the Syrian people, in the framework of respect for the sovereignty of Syria and under General Assembly resolution 46/182.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“It therefore entails strict compliance with the principles of international law and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, which include the principles of sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States. Secondly, the primary responsibility for the protection of civilians rests with the State in question. Thirdly, the protection of civilians must not be politicized or manipulated by making it an instrument of foreign intervention or of efforts to effect regime change, or in the interests of certain States alone. In addition, the attempts of some member States of the Security Council to impose their selective policies will achieve nothing except further damage to the role the Council is supposed to play according to the Charter.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“Mr. Falouh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): 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 is now being used selectively and as a tool to serve interests that run counter to the principles of international law. My delegation has seen the concept paper that was circulated for today's meeting (S/2013/447, annex), and would like to emphasize the following major points. First and foremost, the protection of civilians from the horrors of war should mean ending armed conflicts by peaceful means.”
2013-08-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7019 (2013) · source
“In the occupied Palestinian territories, a Palestinian woman gives birth or has a miscarriage at an Israeli checkpoint and can barely reach a hospital. That is all I have to say.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“We would have hoped that the Special Representative would try to be objective, neutral and non-political, and that she would not undertake work contrary to her mandate or take advantage of her post to cater to the interests of certain influential States Members of the Organization. In conclusion, it is truly strange that the representative of the Israeli occupying Power - whose country has for decades committed all kinds of violations and crimes, including violence against girls and women in the occupied Arab territories in Palestine and in the occupied Syrian Golan - should accuse or lecture us even as Israel continues to commit all kinds of violence against women and girls who are still under the yoke of the Israeli occupation. They are killed, raped and abused.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“That is supported by the Secretary- General, who states, at the end of paragraph 87 of his report, that the international commission of inquiry had not received sufficient testimony in connection with allegations of acts of rape or other forms of sexual violence. The Secretary-General and his Special Representative adopted those allegations, while ignoring the responses of the Syrian Government and information already corroborated by public confessions. Such positions can be seen as indirect participation in misleading public opinion and disregard for the Syrian Government's position regarding events on its own territory. It is an irresponsible incitement of all sorts of acts of violence, providing international cover for international terrorist acts undertaken by terrorist groups against Syria, its interests and its people.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“My delegation addressed many official letters to the Special Representative, including documented information on the responsibility of armed terrorist groups for acts of rape and sexual abuse as well as the killing of Syrian women and girls. We also sent the Representative a DVD including the documented confessions of members of those groups, proving their responsibility for those crimes. Regrettably, the Special Representative ignored our attempt to provide her with that document and made only a passing reference to the documented crimes perpetrated by terrorist groups. The Special Representative chose to depend on reports that lack credibility and professionalism, so that she can hold the Syrian authorities responsible for the commission of acts of sexual violence without any credible evidence.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Western and Arab States have, unfortunately, provided generous financial contributions to arm the terrorist groups that are committing acts of violence of all kinds, including killings, against civilians, members of the military and public and private institutions. The Syrian Arab Republic would like to reiterate that the Syrian State, under the Charter, has exclusive responsibility for the protection of its people and for ensuring respect for human rights and guaranteeing those rights for all individuals residing on its territory and under its jurisdiction, as provided for in the provisions of international law, free from any foreign intervention.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Under those resolutions, she has the right to express concern and to draw the attention of the Security Council to forms of sexual violence committed only in the context of armed conflict or post-conflict situations. Recent developments in Syria have shown that there is an unprecedented fierce and misleading political and media campaign against Syria that is aimed at undermining its stability and security. That campaign uses the lives of Syrians and their legitimate demands for reform as a means of implementing special foreign agendas that would not serve the Syrian people or promote their human rights. The campaign seeks to undermine centuries-old coexistence among Syrians and the Syrian State in favour of fomenting violence and promoting chaos and terror.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“We request that caution and objectivity be exercised in addressing these important humanitarian issues. We would have hoped that the authors of the report would have based the contents of the report on proof, evidence and facts instead of relying on allegations that could be traced to reports by media that are hostile to Syria and to its people. The Syrian Government is ready to address any case in that respect so that it can investigate it and punish anyone who has been proved to have committed a crime under Syrian laws. The Special Representative mentioned my country in the report before us in the context of what she called sexual violence and in the context of elections, political strife an civil unrest, thereby exceeding the mandate entrusted to her by resolutions 1888 (2009) and 1960 (2010).”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Mr. Falouh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): Syria stresses the importance of the item under consideration and condemns all forms of sexual violence, particularly in armed conflict. It stresses also the need to put an end to such acts and to bring their perpetrators to justice while avoiding selectivity. My country has read the report (S/2012/33) of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence. It has also read the information provided by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. Syria supports all efforts to end conflict-related sexual violence and to punish perpetrators and end impunity. However, we reject the allegations and claims made in the report with respect to my country, Syria.”
2012-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6722Resumption1 (2012) · source
“That is the behaviour at the heart of this issue and falls within the purview of the Security Council's mandate, pursuant to relevant resolutions.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“It is clear that any internal reform undertaken by a Member of the United Nations should comply with the United Nations Charter and should be respected. Those outside the country advocating reform should not deliberately ignore serious reform measures or undermine the Syrian model of tolerance and coexistence among all citizens. They should not draw conclusions from or base their analysis on fabricated and false information. They should ignore neither our reform efforts nor the sabotage and crimes being committed by organized terrorist groups in Syria. We would have hoped to hear in those statements even a single word of condemnation of Israel's use of live fire against unarmed civilian demonstrators on 15 May and 5 June.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The consultations recommended the establishment of a supreme human rights council and a political committee to revise the Constitution to ensure pluralism and to promote human rights, social justice, the rule of law and the rights of women and children. I wish to comment on the statements made by certain representatives when a group of young people demonstrated outside the French and United States embassies to voice their views on interference by those embassies in our internal affairs. We stress that the Syrian authorities are committed to protecting the security of those two embassies. We recall that the Syrian embassies in certain countries have been attacked and that the countries where those attacks took place did little to protect them.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has declared a comprehensive reform programme that the Government has begun to implement to promote democratic national reconciliation and to increase the participation of all citizens in the political and economic process, as well as to sanctify national unity and to ensure law and order for all citizens. We sent a letter to the Secretary- General, issued under the symbol S/2011/353, in which we stated our position vis-a-vis recent developments in Syria. Syria has held consultations on new bills concerning pluralism and the participation of political parties in Syria.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“In that regard, we recall General Assembly resolution 273 (III) of 1949, which established the conditions for Israel's admission as a full Member of the United Nations: its commitment to the principles of the Charter and respect for the rights of the Palestinian people to establish its independent State and of Palestinian refugees to return to the homes from which they had been forcibly expelled. However, some speakers have used non-objective and exaggerated language in their statements to describe recent domestic events. They have sought to engage the Council in internal affairs on fragile and unfounded pretexts that have nothing to do with the Council's role or responsibilities. That is why I wish to underscore that the goal and substance of this agenda item are clear. I would like to make the following points.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“The Security Council is called on to sincerely and effectively commit to finding a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict without delay or partial solutions. The Security Council has an important opportunity to prove its ability to play its Charter role by supporting the internationally backed and fair Palestinian request to establish an independent State on its territory, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. That would be achieved by accepting Palestine as a full Member of the United Nations, pursuant to the resolutions of international legality.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Israel continues to refuse to return the occupied Syrian Golan to its motherland, Syria, and to implement resolutions of the international community, in particular resolution 497 (1981), which declared the annexation of the occupied Syrian Golan null and void and without international legal effect. Israel pursues its policy of intimidating and oppressing Syrian citizens in the Golan. It continues to confiscate land, expand settlements and plunder the riches and resources of the Golan, distorting its history and robbing its historic monuments. It continues to plant mines on the territory. Comprehensive and fair peace will be achieved only through complete Israeli withdrawal from all Arab territories to the 4 July 1967 lines, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian State, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Among Israel's most egregious practices are its great colonialist theft of territory through its history of settlement, including land confiscation, the demolition of homes, the expulsion of citizens from their homes and replacing them with foreign settlers, the construction of the racist separation wall, the Judaization of occupied Jerusalem, support for settlers' oppressive and extremist racist practices against unarmed Palestinians, under the protection of the occupying forces, and the unjust imposition of the blockade against Gaza. On 15 May and 5 June, on the anniversary of Israel's occupation of their land, Israel fired live bullets at unarmed demonstrators, claiming the lives of many martyrs and wounding a great number of people. That is the underlying aggressive nature of the State terrorism practiced by Israel.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“However, instead of focusing on the substance of this agenda item, some unfortunately attempt to engage the Council on other issues in order to dilute the essence of the item, under which the Security Council seeks to effectively engage in reviving the peace process, ending Israeli occupation of occupied Arab land and establishing a Palestinian State on the basis of the 1967 borders. However, the reality on the ground reaffirms that there is a systematic Israeli pattern of behaviour that some do not want to hold to international accountability. This pattern contradicts the core provisions of international law and international humanitarian law and demonstrates Israel's disregard for international legality.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“Mr. Falouh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): The Security Council is meeting yet again to discuss the deteriorating situation in the occupied Arab territories under the agenda item "The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question". This item is centred exclusively on the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Palestinian question and how to compel Israel to end its occupation of Arab land in implementation of resolutions of international legality, including resolutions of the Security Council. It does not refer to any other issues that are not covered by the historical definition of the item.”
2011-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6590Resumption1 (2011) · source
“This means the return of all occupied Arab lands, including the occupied Syrian Golan, up to the borders of 4 June 1967 and the creation of an independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital. The continued occupation runs counter to peace and necessitates taking all possible measures to put an end to it.”
2009-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6171 (2009) · source