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J Aafari

lines on the record: 93
first: 2008-01-22
most recent: 2019-09-19
sittings or episodes: 10
sources: un-security-council

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“How are they being redeployed from Idlib to Nigeria, Algeria, Afghanistan and Yemen? We are asking all these questions to professional diplomats, not to amateurs. It is a big issue. What we are suffering today will hit others tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. If Council members are negligent about fighting terrorism in Syria, terrorism will beset them all. Monsters have come to us from Europe, Arab States and Central Asia. They are human- shaped monsters. They must be returned to their homes if international humanitarian law is to be enforced. Let the monsters return to the countries and capitals they came from. We do not want them. We have the right to fight them until the very last among them. It is a matter of sovereignty under international law. The meeting rose at 1.20 pm.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“All Council missions that visit us and are involved in counter-terrorism are stunned when they receive information from Damascus. Members should ask the head of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team for the outcome of his latest visit to Damascus. We do not rely on newspaper articles only; we have proven and established information and confessions, a great deal of which has been sent to the Security Council. Maintaining the error is worse than the error itself. Let us stop doing that. Support is being provided to terrorism in Syria and Iraq. Did Daesh and the Al-Nusra Front, this human garbage, appear out of thin air? Who sponsored those terrorists and issued them visas? Who allowed them to move across international capitals? Who gave $2,500 to each terrorist in order to work as a sniper and kill Syrians? Who trained them?”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“Therefore, to us those two organizations are not credible pertaining to any political position that is binding for the Government of my country. We do not get information only from the press. We have a responsible Government that has robust intelligence service and institutions. We also have tens of thousands of documents that we have obtained from terrorist hideouts, documents written by terrorists, containing vast amounts of information demonstrating that certain Gulf parties are complicit in sponsoring terrorism in Syria. This is a proven fact. We have sent the Council hundreds of letters containing names, addresses, accusations and places. We still have a lot more information that will be revealed in due time.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“Mr. J a'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): I apologize for taking the floor for a third time, I will not be long. The last thing I want is any personal sparring between my colleague the Ambassador of Kuwait and myself. I look after the interests of my people. What I am saying is directed to him and to all present here. We are no longer a member of the League of Arab States since it came to the Council in an attempt to pit it against us and militarize the situation in Syria. Therefore, my colleague the Ambassador ofKuwait is wrong to cite the League of Arab States as a credible reference. We are a member neither of the League of Arab States nor of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“Mr. J a'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): The delegation of my country was not aware of your decision, Sir, to limit my statement to five minutes. I oppose that decision and therefore reserve the right to express the views of my country in this important meeting devoted to the situation in my country.”
2018-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8186 (2018) · source
“The Syrian Arab Republic delegation participated in every round of the Geneva talks, seriously and responsibly. We recently had a very useful round with the Special Envoy and his team, where we focused on two main topics: combating terrorism and meetings between constitutional law experts. In conclusion, my country's Government reiterates that it will continue to relentlessly combat international terrorism across the entirety of the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic - I repeat, all of its territory. We stress our long-standing position that the solution to the crisis in Syria is a political one based on intra-Syrian dialogue, under Syrian leadership and without external intervention or preconditions.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“My country's Government has demonstrated a serious commitment to the Astana and Geneva paths. We have attended seven rounds in Astana and seven rounds in Geneva. And yet some still say that the Syrian Government is not serious about its enegagement in the political process. What the hell were we doing in each of those seven rounds? My country views positively the Astana path and the resulting identification of de-escalated areas, in the hope that we will reach a real end to hostilities, including separating terrorist groups such as Da'esh, Al-Nusra and others from those groups that have agreed to join the Astana path. What is wrong about that? Is it not compatible with the Security Council resolutions? In the same vein, my country's Government reaffirms its commitment to the Geneva process and seeks to advance it.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“I would like to point out that, speaking in the general debate at the General Assembly a few days ago (see A/72/PV.19), Syria's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs stated that the policy of the Syrian State since the beginning of the terrorist war imposed on us has been based on two major pillars, namely, counter terrorism and working diligently and consistently to achieve a political solution that ends the bloodshed and restores stability, in continuation of the national reconciliation process that has proven successful, having allowed thousands of displaced persons and refugees to return to their homes. To a great extent, that has contributed to improving the living conditions oflarge numbers of Syrians, who have suffered too much from terrorist crimes.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“We very much appreciate the important assistance provided by the Government of the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Some want to fight Russia in Syria, Iran in Syria, and our allied forces in Syria. I also listened carefully to the briefing by Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Staffan de Mistura.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“As an example, my country recently accepted and approved the Resident Coordinator's proposal to establish a mechanism that includes the Syrian Government, the Russian Federation and the United Nations to promote coordination among humanitarian actors active in Syria, as part of the humanitarian response plan and the plans for joint convoys. We also agreed to review and implement measures to deliver assistance to the de-escalated areas. That mechanism held its first meeting in Damascus on 19 September. The Syrian Government stresses the importance that humanitarian assistance not be limited to destabilized areas; they must also reach areas liberated by the Syrian Arab Army and its allied and friendly forces, particularly in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Aleppo and other places.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“And now I hear my female colleague levelling accusations that the Syrian Air Force attacked a school for students with special needs in the same area. The relationship I am talking about must not only aim to alleviate the suffering or any form of blackmailing, but must also be based on trust, partnership, cooperation, dialogue, professionalism and credibility - not on the basis of imposing conditions that violate Syrian sovereignty. Sincethebeginningoftheso-calledcrisis,theSyrian Government has spared no effort in being involved in sincere efforts to improve access to humanitarian assistance.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“And it is a relationship that rejects treating Syrian pain as a commodity, recognizes that donor conferences are just for show, and rejects the exploitation of this humanitarian situation by donor countries to implement their political agendas, and calls upon them to fulfil their commitments. The proportion of pledged assistance is yet to exceed 33 per cent. It is also a relationship that acknowledges that the linking by some countries of financing for the humanitarian response with political conditions contradicts with rules and principles of humanitarian work and undermines the role of the United Nations in this domain. Two years ago, I drew the attention of the Council to an aerial strike by the so-called international coalition - and I mean by that American aircraft - on a school for disabled chidren in Raqqa, killing dozens of them.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“Fourth, it is a realistic relationship that recognizes that the real reason behind Syrian suffering is international terrorism, in addition to the unilateral and arbitrary collective economic measures imposed by the United States, the European Union and other countries against the Syrian people. Fifth, it is a credible relationship that recognizes that the illegal actions of the so-called international coalition are increasing the suffering of Syrians through killing thousands of civilians and destroying infrastructure. Sixth, it is a credible relationship that recognizes that dubious sources and sources linked to terrorist organizations cannot be relied upon in assessing the humanitarian situation in Syria.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“First, the relationship that we hope to achieve with the United Nations and its humanitarian agencies is a lawful relationship that respects the guiding principles for humanitarian assistance. Second, it is an ethical relationship based on the non-politicization and non-exploitation of the humanitarian situation to exert pressure on the Syrian Government. Third, it is a relationship of partnership and cooperation that recognizes the efforts of the Syrian Government to deliver assistance and to overcome the barriers that obstruct assistance delivery.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“Would it not have been better to use that money to help the refugees to return to their home country of Syria - to rebuild schools, hospitals and roads - instead of pressing to keep them outside Syrian territory? A few days ago, we met with Mr. Lowcock and we very clearly conveyed to him the Syrian Government's concerns with, and observations on, OCHA's recent performance. We did so based on our hope of building a transparent, professional and objective relationship that leads to achieving our common objectives, that is, to help the Syrian people meet their needs, to provide assistance to everyone who needs it and to rehabilitate infrastructure so that refugees and displaced persons may return to their homes once security and stability have been restored throught the efforts of Syria and its allied countries and friends.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“They are spreading throughout neighbourhoods and villages in Syria, using civilians as human shields and promoting barbaric ideologies. That has been borne out by the report (see S/2015/358) of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team established pursuant to resolution 1526 (2004). In blatant violation of international law, some States have also imposed unilateral arbitrary economic measures against the Syrian people, which has led to hardship in living conditions and an exacerbation of Syrians' suffering in all areas - economic, social, humanitarian and health. My colleague the Ambassador of the United States has just said that her Government has allocated $860 million for Syrian refugees in the neighbouring countries of Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“Lowcock that he committed that sine today by not mentioning cooperation with the Syrian Government at all in his briefing, as if the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) were cooperating with ghosts in Syria and not with the Government. Following the issuance of the forty-third report (S/2017/794) of the Secretary-General on the humanitarian situation in Syria, we believe that now is the time to move from a state of denial to recognition that the root cause of the crisis in my country is the emergence and proliferation of armed terrorist groups, at the forefront of which are Da'esh, the Al-Nusra Front and their affiliated groups. Those groups are summoning tens of thousands of foreign terrorist fighters, who are supported from abroad.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“I assure him that we are most willing to cooperate with any sincere effort to address the humanitarian situation in my country, as long as the purpose is to help the Syrian people without seeking to exploit their pain for interventionist agendas. Since the beginning of the terrorist war against my country, the Syrian Government has continued to cooperate with the United Nations and its various agencies to deliver humanitarian assistance to the people who need it, based on the guiding principles for humanitarian assistance, in particular General Assembly resolution 46/182. The main such principle is the need to respect Syrian sovereignty, which has been upheld by all Security Council resolutions on Syria. While the issue of sovereignty is extremely important, some forget to mention it. With all respect, I say to my colleague Mr.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“They base their statements primarily on fabrications of the media and information based on intelligence, which present an image of events in Syria that is unrelated to counter-terrorism and depicts a humanitarian crisis that has been caused solely by the Syrian Government. As I begin my statement, that comparison is very important to keep in mind, so that some colleagues can be made aware that seven years into the terrorist war imposed on my country, it is time to abandon posturing, lies and misleading. I listened very carefully to the briefing by the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Mark Lowcock. I wish him success in implementing his noble mission as the head of the Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“Mr. J a'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and on success in leading the deliberations of the Council. Having listened to the statements made by our colleagues just now, I cannot help but compare them. The comparison indicates that some of our colleagues know what they are talking about and what is happening in Syria by virtue of being politically involved on the ground and following developments in the situation in Syria. Meanwhile, others who have spoken have no experience on the ground and do not know what is happening in Syria.”
2017-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8058 (2017) · source
“Indeed, certain parties in the Security Council are trying to avoid working to end the appalling Israeli occupation and are providing cover for it.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011Reprise1 (2017) · source
“He was sentenced a few days ago to another 14 years because he had dared to expose the occupying Power's practice of providing logistical support to armed terrorist groups in southern Syria and in the separation zone. My country, Syria, believes that today the Security Council must shoulder its historical responsibility to correct this injustice. We are meeting today and have met on other occasions with the goal of putting an end to the loathsome Israeli occupation, not of holding discussions on issues far removed from the item on our agenda. I would recall that Israel has long occupied territory and carried out massacres. It is the only party in the Middle East to have an arsenal of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. Do not forget the terrorist war and the unprecedented destruction it has wrought in the Middle East.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011Reprise1 (2017) · source
“My country, the Syrian Arab Republic, categorically rejects this new Israeli resolution. We reiterate that the Golan will remain an integral part of Syrian territory and that it will be reintegrated with the motherland. We also reiterate that we have sovereign authority over the occupied Syrian Golan within the 4 June 1967 borders. This is a non-negotiable right on which there can be no concessions. These are our territories; they are occupied now, but we will get them back. The Israeli settlers will leave, sooner or later. In that respect, my Government calls on the Security Council to bring pressure to bear on Israel to ensure the immediate liberation of Syrian prisoners, in particular Sedqi al-Maqt, the Nelson Mandela of Syria, who served a 27-year sentence in the occupying Power's prisons.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011Reprise1 (2017) · source
“It also would seem that the Special Coordinator has not heard of the illegal decision ofthe Israeli occupying forces to hold local council elections in villages in the occupied Syrian Golan. They called this an Israeli law, but in fact it is a flagrant violation of our Charter and of United Nations resolutions as well as international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, and the relevant Security Council resolutions, in particular resolution 497 (1981), adopted unanimously on 17 December 1981. That resolution rejects Israel's annexation of the occupied Syrian Golan and finds all Israeli activity in the occupied Syrian Golan null and void from the perspective of international law.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011Reprise1 (2017) · source
“Mladenov should indicate his concern about the fact that the United Nations is refusing to assume its responsibilities. He should discuss the statement made at the conference between the Presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States of America. For the record and for history, I call on the Special Representative to consider the well-documented reports of Ms. Dilyana Gaytandjieva, a Bulgarian national, and the articles published in a Bulgarian newspaper on the activities of terrorist groups in Syria and the transfer of weapons from Bulgaria to Jeddah, including on ships registered to certain Member States. All of this is being financed by certain Gulf States. I will return to that issue in detail when we discuss counter-terrorism in another meeting.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011Reprise1 (2017) · source
“He did not address that issue at all. In addition, in a highly partial and unprofessional manner, Mr. Mladenov decided, as we heard this morning, to justify the attacks of the Israeli occupying forces on the Syrian army. I would remind Mr. Mladenov that we are talking here about Syrian territory occupied by Israel. The Israeli army provides logistical support to the terrorist groups in those territories. Whenever we gain a victory, we are attacked by the terrorist groups. The Israeli air force has targeted Syrian bases that are situated far from the occupied Syrian Golan. Will Mr. Mladenov continue to justify Israel's actions and the fact that Israel is targeting Syrian army bases, which are themselves combatting terrorism? Mr.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011Reprise1 (2017) · source
“As a result ofthe racist and terrible Israeli occupation that has endured for more than half a century, the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan remain subject to the worst crimes under the oppressive policies of racial discrimination, detention, torture and other procedures. They are deprived of their natural resources. They are deprived of their right to study under the Syrian national curriculum. They are deprived of their right to a Syrian identity card. They are deprived of their right to access national Syrian hospitals in their villages in the occupied Syrian Golan. That situation, including the occupation and confiscation of land and property, has persisted for more than half a century. The Special Coordinator ignored the fact that Israel is supporting armed terrorist groups in the occupied Syrian Golan.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011Reprise1 (2017) · source
“Mladenov's briefing to the Council today, in our view nothing justifies the fact that he insisted on ignoring the nature of his mission and mandate as Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. In an unacceptable, unprofessional and immoral manner, Mr. Mladenov failed to mention the illegal Israeli activities in the Syrian Golan. He did not underscore the United Nations position on the Israeli occupation since 5 June 1967, despite a dozen resolutions adopted by our international Organization, in particular the Security Council, on that very subject.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011Reprise1 (2017) · source
“Those non-negotiable rights cannot be subject to concessions or statutes of limitation, or impeded by force. The holy esplanade of Jerusalem is under occupation and exploited by the Israeli occupying forces. Given the onoing situation around the holy sites, the Security Council must more than ever do more than merely express it condemnation and concern. The Council must fully assume its responsibility to ensure the immediate implementation of all of its resolutions relevant to ending the Israeli occupation of the Arab territories, including resolution 2334 (2016), on the illegitimacy of the Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem. With respect to Mr.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011Reprise1 (2017) · source
“Mr. J a'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): To begin with I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on China's accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month, which has been distinguished, as is customary, by outstanding wisdom and responsibility. We are a main stakeholder of the agenda item under consideration, as Israel has occupied the Syrian Golan since 1967. I therefore speak as a principal party in restating the position of the Syrian Arab Republic. It is a principled position in favour of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination; an independent State across the whole of its national territory, with East Jerusalem as its capital; and the guaranteed return of refugees to their country under the relevant Security Council resolutions.”
2017-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8011Reprise1 (2017) · source
“We, as diplomats, have the responsibility to correct such misunderstandings. We should not lie to one another. The meeting rose at 4.50 pm.”
2016-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7785 (2016) · source
“We have addressed a compendium of 500 letters to the Council on behalf of the Government of Syria concerning international terrorism sponsored by countries known to all. We have been sending such letters since the beginning ofthe crisis. It would seem that my colleague, the Permanent Representative of New Zealand, has not read them. We have sent 60 letters, addressed to the Permanent Representative of New Zealand among others, on the use of chemical weapons by terrorists in Syria. It appears that some Council members do not read what we send them. I would therefore urge my colleagues to read these letters, which would definitely help them to see the situation clearly. We in Syria have fallen victim to the misunderstandings of some and the misleading lies of others.”
2016-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7785 (2016) · source
“Mr. J a'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): I did not want to respond to my colleague, because I am in constant contact with him and I always try to explain to him what is going on in my country regarding the humanitarian crisis we are facing. However, Idid not expect him make the mistake ofcalling me the representative of a regime, especially as he is an experienced diplomat and a member of the Council. He is supposed to respect international legitimacy and he should address me as the representative of my country, the Syrian Arab Republic. That is the first mistake. The second mistake is that it seems that the Permanent Representative of New Zealand and other colleagues do not read what we send to them.”
2016-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7785 (2016) · source
“If Member States do not recognize the dangers of that type of terrorism, then there will not be peace for anyone and the day will come when the Governments of some Member States will regret their actions against the Syrian people from a social, economic and infrastructure standpoint. We are fighting Salafist terrorism on behalf of the entire world. Others have had to do the same in Afghanistan, Mali, the Niger, Nigeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. That is the terrorism we face today in Syria. It is not dissociated from the terrorism that all Members face. Lybian weapons arrive through official convoys, aeroplanes and ships to neighbouring States Members of the Organization. Some say that there are 2,500 individuals in Horns whom the Security Council needs to intervene to save.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“Some call it a jihad, others call it an armed struggle and others still call it sexual jihad. This is transnational terrorism and it has a negative impact on everyone. That is well known to the States Members of the Organization. Opposition forces today stated that the Al-Nusra Front, which is linked to Al-Qaida, intends to declare an Islamic Syrian State in the north of the country by the end of the month of Ramadan. Those terrorists, who come from abroad via our border with Turkey, have Takfiri and Salafist tendencies. They are jihadists and are sponsored by Governments hostile to Syria, which finance terrorism that is killing only Syrians. However, as has already been the case for some States, that terrorism will reach the doors of those who sponsor it.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“Moreover, an American company has been officially entrusted with preparing the statistics, in spite of the fact that it is associated with a State whose hostility towards Syria is well known. Such institutions are not interested in knowing where each refugee or person killed came from, or whether they were from the Syria Arab Army or the police force. Our army faces unprecedented terrorism from extremist groups that have come from all four corners of the Earth to destroy Syria and kill Syrians. This is a historic moment that requires the courage to recognize the reality we face and to stand against the international terrorism confronting Syria, which is underming all international efforts to combat terrorism. We are seeing a new face of terrorism that is quite different.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has reported the voluntary return of thousands of Syrians from Iraq, Jordan and Turkey. Sixty-eight thousand persons have returned to Syria, 9,000 arriving in the month of June alone, mostly from the Zaatari refugee camp. Forty-five thousand Syrians have returned from Turkey, while 9,000 have come back from Iraq. We regret the fact that some Governments have seized Syrians' identification documents to prevent them from returning to their country. Worse still, those people have been intimidated and dissuaded from returning voluntarily to their homes. The diplomatic-political-media machine gives us unreliable and fabricated statistics and information as to the number of dead, refugees and prisoners in Syria. Those statistics come from unprofessional sources.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“The lack of financing continues to be the major obstacle to implementing the relief plan. We are surprised that, following the largest humanitarian appeal launched by United Nations agencies and their partners in recent times, financing has to date reached only 35 per cent of the amount required for the implementation of the relief plan. According to a report by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, if financing is not received in time, the basic relief needed for survival will be jeopardized by the beginning of September. Displaced Syrians continue to return to their homes on a regular basis, in particular refugees in neighbouring States. In that connection, I should like to refer to some statistics documented by the United Nations and its agencies.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“A report dated 23 May by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees referred to 14 joint United Nations convoys gaining access to hot spots that were not previously accessible in Aleppo, Idlib, Homs and Dayr Al-Zour, in order to provide assistance to approximately 975,000 persons. The World Food Programme is also providing assistance in Nashabiya, Al-Moadamyeh and Duma, in the vicinity of Damascus, as well as in Al-Mayadin district of Dayr Al-Zour. According to United Nations sources, during the first half of the year, 10 convoys were deployed to assist approximately 1 million inhabitants, including in A'zaz, Akramah, Bab Al-Hawa and Atma, along the Turkish border, as well as Talbisah, in Homs and Sarmin in the governorate of Idlib.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“Some in the United Nations justify their determination to provide humanitarian relief across international borders by asserting that the Government has not provided assistance to all regions. However, the figures speak for themselves. The statistics ofthe World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Committee of the Red Cross speak for themselves. Sixty per cent of assistance is being channelled to regions where the armed terrorist groups are operating, while only 40 per cent is being sent to other regions.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“The 2 million citizens of Aleppo, who suffer from terror imposed by extremist terrorist groups known to everyone through social media, including Al-Qaida - do they not also deserve a mention by the Secretary-General? Do the citizens of Nebbol and Al-Zahraa not deserve even a limited response from the United Nations in order to break the blockade? Interest has been shown with regard to the thousands of people living in Homs, while hundreds of thousands of others in northern Syria are ignored. Returning to Homs, the Government of Syria has extended a formal invitation to the International Committee of the Red Cross to provide emergency relief, in cooperation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, to help people under blockade in the old city, who are being used by armed terrorist groups.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“Statements to the effect that there are approximately 2,500 persons trapped in Homs, when the Syrian Government is ensuring their security and that they have access to assistance, as well as doing everything possible to open up the area and clear it of terrorist actions, should not divert our attention from the blockade that has been imposed by armed terrorist groups against hundreds of thousands of Syria's inhabitants. We have not heard any comment from the United Nations on that issue. With regard to the humanitarian tragedy caused by armed terrorist groups and their supporters, including States Members of the Organization, I should like to mention the towns of Nebbol and Al-Zahraa, which have been under blockade for more than a year by such groups crossing into our territory from Turkey.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“The Government is fully committed to working within that framework. However, at the same time, the Government is calling upon the Secretariat and the Member States to show the same level of respect for the Charter of the United Nations, including full respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic. Dealing with civilians should not be done in a selective, opportunistic or politicized manner.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“The Government has also taken steps to facilitate the work of United Nations agencies in providing relief by increasing the number of non-governmental organizations to 14. That is in addition to the 82 national groups working throughout the country. We have also allowed international organizations to carry out approximately 800 visits to evaluate needs and provide assistance. Three hubs have been established, and the Government is considering the opening of additional ones. That is in addition to the work being carried out by the World Food Programme. The cooperation of the Syrian Government with the United Nations is governed by the Charter of the United Nations and General Assembly resolution 46/182, including the Guiding Principles for Humanitarian Assistance and the revised humanitarian relief plan.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“Its purpose is to ensure the return of displaced families to their homes or to provide them with temporary housing in order to meet their basic needs and provide them with the necessary financial assistance. As of 17 June, the Government of Syria had set up approximately 803 temporary housing units throughout the country. Those include community centres, schools and governmental buildings. There are now approximately 918,000 displaced families throughout Syrian territory. In addition, there is also a governmental committee in place to address reconstruction issues and serve those whose properties have been destroyed. That committee also helps to rehabilitate and maintain infrastructure and several Government buildings.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“We welcome the extension of the objectives under the assistance plan, including projects aimed at supporting the Syrian Government in revitalizing key sectors and to rebuild our infrastructure, which has been systematically targeted by armed terrorist groups. Allow me now to turn to some of the steps taken by the Syrian Government since the previous briefing to the Council (see S/PV.6949). In an attempt to coordinate our national and international efforts to provide comprehensive international assistance to all those who deserve it, the competent authorities of the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic have established a high commission on assistance made up of national committees.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“That is in addition to the pressure exerted against the Syrian economy and the manipulation of our national currency, as well as the continued support being provided to armed terrorist groups entering Syria across our borders from neighbouring countries in order to undertake acts of destruction, terrorism and violence and to obliterate every means of survival for Syrian citizens, including our infrastructure, crops and ability to provide humanitarian assistance. The Syrian Government participated seriously and effectively in the negotiations that led to the adoption of the fifth humanitarian support plan. It has also continued its constructive cooperation with the United Nations system to address the humanitarian consequences of the events in a positive and pragmatic manner.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“Mr. J a'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me, Madam President, to begin by congratulating you on your country's presidency of the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank the speakers who have briefed us this morning. The Syrian Government continues to do everything possible to shoulder its responsibility and duty towards its people in order to meet the humanitarian and basic needs of its citizens. It is doing so in spite of economic, political and media pressure, including of course the arbitrary unilateral economic measures that have been imposed against the Syrian people by some States Members of this international Organization.”
2013-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7000 (2013) · source
“These representatives have gone to great lengths to express their concern for civilians in the Chamber of ll-33lll the Security Council, whose mandate is the maintenance of international peace and security, in order to endorse a flawed reading and interpretation of the concept of the protection of civilians in armed conflict in order to justify their flagrant intervention in the internal affairs of Member States.”
2011-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6531Resumption1 (2011) · source
“We really do not know how long we can continue to turn a blind eye to Israel's occupation of Arab territories, including the Syrian Golan and East Jerusalem, and to Israel's inhuman acts against civilians in the armed conflict that, in United Nations terminology, is known as the Arab-Israeli conflict and the question of Palestine. We wonder why we fail to see, with regard to Israeli aggression, the same enthusiasm exhibited today by certain representatives in expressing the great importance they attach to the protection of civilians in certain parts of the world where the agenda item "Protection of civilians in armed conflict" does not apply.”
2011-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6531Resumption1 (2011) · source