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Ja’afari

lines on the record: 139
first: 2020-01-09
most recent: 2020-10-05
sittings or episodes: 10
sources: un-security-council

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“The United States of America is occupying the Al-Tanf area in Syria, where it is protecting and arming a terrorist group called Maghawir al-Thawra, which attacked the city of As-Suwayda in the south two years ago and massacred hundreds of civilians at 4 a.m. Men, women and children were massacred, at 4 a.m. The terrorist group that attacked As-Suwayda massacred hundreds of civilians and kidnapped dozens of women and children is sponsored by the United States of America in the Al-Tanf area. Nevertheless, my American colleague is asking us and our allies to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to Rukban camp and the Al-Tanf area, meaning that the Americans are occupying our territory, sponsoring a terrorist organization on our territory and then asking us to deliver humanitarian aid to that area.”
2020-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8707 (2020) · source
“OCHA has issued 64 written reports and hundreds of briefings without a single reference to the Syrian children suffering from bitter cold in schools, hospitals and homes without heating as a result of coercive measures that prevent us from importing fuel to compensate for our national oil and gas, which are plundered by the proudly American occupiers. The American occupiers claim that they love Syrian oil and gas. Today, we heard the American Ambassador ask the Syrian Government and its Russian ally to deliver humanitarian aid to Rukban camp in the Al-Tanf area. That is what we heard a while ago from the United States Ambassador.”
2020-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8707 (2020) · source
“The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is shamefully ignoring our repeated appeals to accord this issue the importance that it deserves, at least in its reports. Even more shameful are the responses that we get from OCHA representatives in closed consultations. They say that they are not allowed to speak about this matter, as their careers would be affected or they might be punished or even sacked. That excuse is worse than the crime, especially coming from people who are supposed to be carrying out a noble humanitarian mission in a professional, impartial and humanitarian way.”
2020-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8707 (2020) · source
“It is inconsistent with all human rights instruments and the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The tune those Western countries are playing day and night, claiming that they want to empower all Member States and to ensure that no one is left behind. That is what they are saying. I am just repeating what they are saying — do not kill the messenger. It seems that they interpret this phrase as eliminating others so that they can move on and no one else is left behind. Today all Syrians — around 24 million of them — are suffering. Not 1, not 2, not 10 million — 24 million Syrians are suffering under a wide array of coercive measures that affect their daily lives.”
2020-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8707 (2020) · source
“I would like to thank my friend the Chinese Ambassador for having addressed this highly important matter. What I would like to focus on today, in our commitment to conveying to the Council the concerns of the Syrian people, is a form of terrorism that is complementary to the armed violence of the terrorist organizations designated by the Security Council and associated entities, namely, economic terrorism and the policies of collective punishment applied by some Governments of Member States to dissuade us from making our own choices and from having our own national positions. This is in flagrant violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. It is inconsistent with the principle of sovereign equality among States.”
2020-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8707 (2020) · source
“In fact, the accurate figure is 800,000 civilians in Idlib, plus 90,000 terrorists; if we add their families, we get 300,000. So overall we have 1.1 million civilians and mostly foreign terrorists and their families. Some stated that there are approximately 3 million in the north-east of Syria, thousands in Rukban camp and thousands more in Al-Hol camp. However, over the past nine years no one, not even the Under-Secretary- General, has spoken of the suffering and the difficult living conditions of all Syrians inside and outside the country as a result of terrorism, under its various names; as a result of occupation by various occupying forces by means of various forms of aggression; and as a result of the unilateral coercive economic measures imposed by various countries.”
2020-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8707 (2020) · source
“We in the Government are working with our allies to liberate that area. This, of course, runs counter to the plans of some who would like to continue cross-border aid operations. Reopening Aleppo airport would mean that we no longer need cross-border aid operations. From what I understood from the statements of some present, they do not want us to reopen Aleppo airport so that they can continue to interfere in our domestic affairs through cross-border aid operations. As usual, we have heard Secretariat officials and representatives deliver identical statements on the suffering of the Syrian people in the current crisis. Some presented fabricated figures and played around with them; some spoke of 3 million or 4 million civilians in Idlib.”
2020-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8707 (2020) · source
“Mr. Ja’afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to convey some good news to the Security Council and its anti-terrorism subsidiary bodies, as well as to the international community. The Syrian Arab army and its allies have liberated the city of Maarat al-Numan, which is on the road between Idlib and Aleppo. Of course, the liberation of that historic city is of the utmost importance. Now that we have eradicated terrorism from Maarat al-Numan, we must liberate the two nearby small towns Saraqib and Ariha. Only then will we be able to reopen Aleppo airport, and that is the crux of the matter. This is important information. Reopening Aleppo airport would mean that we no longer need cross-border aid operations, especially through the intelligence centre in Turkish Gaziantep.”
2020-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8707 (2020) · source
“It must be returned in conformity with the 4 June 1967 borders, as per international law. That is the main priority of Syrian policy and the compass that we will never divert from. Syria underlines its support for the right of the Palestinian people to determine their own destiny and establish an independent State on all their national soil, with Jerusalem as its capital, while guaranteeing the right of return to refugees, in accordance with resolution 194 (III) of 1948. My country reiterates its demand that Palestine be allowed to become a full-fledged Member of the United Nations.”
2020-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8706 (2020) · source
“Israel must end its confiscation of land owned by Syrian citizens in the Golan with a view to expanding illegitimate settlements and establishing new occupation projects, including the wind energy project. Israel must refrain from forcing our people in the Golan to register their land, which they inherited from their fathers and grandfathers, with Israeli State authorities, threatening to confiscate the land of those who refuse to do so, and falsely conducting so-called local elections. All that constitutes flagrant violations of international law and international humanitarian law, which some parties address with double standards and hypocrisy that exceeds all limits. My Government stresses that the occupied Syrian Golan is part and parcel of the Syrian Arab Republic.”
2020-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8706 (2020) · source
“My country also reiterates its call on the Security Council to compel Israel, the occupying Power, to cease its practices of defiling the history of the occupied Syrian Golan while stealing its antiquities and plundering its wealth, including Syrian oil, which it seeks to pillage with the cooperation of companies, such as the United States Genie Energy, whose Board of Directors includes people known throughout history for plundering the wealth of our countries. They include former United States Vice President Dick Cheney, Jacob Rothschild, Rupert Murdoch, former Central Intelligence Agency Director James Woolsey, former United States Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson and others. We also demand that Israel put an end to its crimes in the Golan and its attempts to change the demography and Syrian national identity there.”
2020-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8706 (2020) · source
“That has been seen over the past few months through unilateral and provocative actions, such as the United States Administration considering occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, its declaration of what it referred to as recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan and its attempt to legitimize settlement activity. My country strongly condemns those decisions and considers them unilateral conduct on the part of a party that lacks the legal, moral or political authority to determine the fate of the peoples of the world or of the territories that are part and parcel of the Syrian Arab Republic and occupied Palestine.”
2020-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8706 (2020) · source
“Has the time not yet come for the Security Council to uphold its responsibility to maintain international peace and security and establish a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, instead of wasting its energies and resources and turning the Chamber into a place where certain prominent countries further their own agendas? The inability of the United Nations to find a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian question has encouraged some to shirk their legal commitments and the agreed terms of reference, seek to twist the facts and entrench the occupation.”
2020-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8706 (2020) · source
“Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, has violated his mandate and neglected to mention the Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan in his briefings, with the aim of diverting attention from the dangerous crimes committed by Israel there. Given the fact that decades have passed since the Israeli occupation started, we have the right to ask: Has the time not yet come for our people in the occupied Syrian Golan, Palestine and Lebanon to enjoy freedom and liberation from the yoke of occupation? Has the time not yet come to implement the resolutions of our Organization? Has the time not yet come to establish an independent Palestinian State, as affirmed by General Assembly resolution 181 (II) of 1947, which was adopted 73 years ago?”
2020-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8706 (2020) · source
“However, we have seen positions of the Organization that have never been implemented. It is as though those positions were simply a smokescreen. The Palestinian question and ending the Israeli occupation of occupied Arab territories have been issues on the agenda of the largest number of meetings, resolutions and statements allocated to this topic. However, under the pressure of some permanent members of the Council, our Organization remains unable to implement its resolutions and statements, achieve the hopes of the founding fathers to uphold the values of justice, based on respect for international law and the Charter of the United Nations, or put an end to the aggression, occupation and domination. What is worse is that Mr.”
2020-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8706 (2020) · source
“Mr. Ja’afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to thank you, Sir, for your efforts during your country’s presidency of the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representatives whose statements have focused without deviation on the essence of today’s topic, namely, the Palestinian question and ending the Israeli occupation of the occupied Arab territories, including the occupied Syrian Golan. This year marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, while the Palestinian question has been an issue on its agenda for 73 years. We had hoped that the Organization would play an effective role in helping us achieve a just solution that would uphold Palestinian rights and return security and stability to the Middle East.”
2020-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8706 (2020) · source
“They should engage professionally and objectively, particularly the penholders, in supporting the efforts and institutions of the Syrian Government and stop levelling accusations, conducting smear campaigns and fostering hostility. In conclusion, my delegation reiterates that the priority is to improve the humanitarian situation in Syria, which can be achieved only by supporting the efforts of the Syrian Government and its allies, end the unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Syrian people and cease attempts to undermine reconstruction and recovery, while providing an environment conducive to the return of migrants.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“Of course, OCHA and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs will always commend the violations of international law committed by the Turkish regime and its support for terrorism. They will then call on countries to reward that regime. That is hypocrisy. Seventh, OCHA and the Monitoring Mechanism have been unable to provide enough clarification on the nature of so-called partners and third-party independent companies, despite our repeated requests to provide such clarifications in that respect. It is high time for some to abandon their approach of remote diplomacy and politics as though it were a PlayStation game.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“That applies to the city of Idlib and its environs, which are controlled, as the Council knows, by the terrorist Jabhat Al-Nusra group, whose lifeline and survival are dependent on the support of the rogue Turkish regime, through operations in the town of Gaziantep, which was chosen by the United Nations to set up an operating room. They control our border crossings with Turkey, through which money, weapons and assistance flow. Who knows? Terrorists who are transferred publicly by the Turkish regime from north-western Syria in Idlib to Libya may get their share from such United Nations assistance. That means that OCHA is also providing food and humanitarian assistance to terrorists in Idlib who are bound for Tripoli through Turkey. That is the humanitarian action envisaged by some members.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“Fifth, facts are uncovered about the unlimited support for terrorism provided by Governments that are known, after long denying practices, such as the use of the Al-Yarubiyah border crossing, not controlled by the Syrian Government, to ensure the continuous delivery of money and weapons, including chemical weapons to terrorist organizations, and the smuggling of our oil, artefacts and property. Sixth, OCHA staff and the United Nations Monitoring Mechanism have been unable to ensure the continuous delivery of humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians in need. They have also been unable to ensure that assistance does not fall into the hands of terrorist organizations, which have pillaged and used such assistance for years to strengthen their control, fund their terrorist acts and recruit new terrorists.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“Third, the penholders and their supporters did not honour the commitment that they made in resolution 46/182, which, as I mentioned, governs humanitarian action and underscores the need for respecting the national sovereignty of the State concerned and for cooperation with it to provide assistance for those in need, not providing it only with notices with minimum standards of transparency, professionalism and credibility. Fourth, the penholders and their supporters have ignored developments on the ground since the adoption of resolution 2165 (2014), on 14 July 2014. Such developments include, inter alia, the recovery by the Syrian Government and its allies of all the areas previously classified by the United Nations as besieged or hard-to-reach. Today there are no besieged, restricted or hard-to-reach areas. They no longer exist.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“The Ambassadors of Estonia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America regrettably repeated the same unilateral interpretation of the provision of the new resolution (resolution 2504 (2020)) in their statements. They said — and those present heard them — that cross-border humanitarian access does not require consultation with the Syrian Government. That of course contravenes the logical and legal interpretation that was, for example, presented by the Ambassadors of China and the Russian Federation, among others.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“The penholders’ violation was clearly demonstrated today in the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Belgium, who noted in his opening remarks that the delegations of Belgium and Germany had consulted with members of the Council and countries neighbouring Syria — that is what he said. However, he forgot the imperative of consulting the Syrian Government, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 46/182. The Belgian Ambassador then called for a vote on the oral amendment introduced by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation. That oral amendment demonstrates the importance of upholding resolution 46/182.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“Such claims stand in contradiction to the practices carried out by their Governments that invest in terrorism, perpetuating occupation, waging wars and aggression and imposing unilateral coercive measures against my country, as well as pillaging our natural wealth. Second, the penholders and their supporters have unceasingly ignored that the heart of humanitarian action in Syria is, and should always be, exclusively in the capital, Damascus, rather than some other capital or city in neighbouring countries and beyond, in line with the inviolable sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic, as underscored by the relevant Security Council resolutions.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“In the Council’s meetings held on 19 and 20 December 2019 (see S/PV.8694 and S/PV.8696), my delegation clearly expressed its legal, humanitarian and ethical concerns and motivations behind our position in rejecting the renewal of the provisions on the cross- border humanitarian aid mechanism, as established in resolution 2165 (2014), which was adopted under artificial circumstances — circumstances that do not exist today, as I will detail in the following reasons. First, there is no legal or ethical status of the so- called penholders, and the Western States supporting them, because any claim that they care for the Syrian people is a mere lie.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“What is astonishing is that OCHA has become totally partial and taken the side of Western States, in showing hostility towards the Syrian State, by perpetuating a hostile approach against the Syrian Government and overlooking the significant efforts made by the Syrian Government and its institutions at the humanitarian level, as well as the crucial role of the Syrian Government in facilitating United Nations work and other humanitarian partners. Most important, OCHA has included myriad fabrications, misleading assessments and inflammatory rhetoric in its various reports, which is both unprofessional and unethical and runs counter to the spirit of partnership and cooperation that the Syrian Government adheres to in dealing with relevant United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“The Syrian Government has rendered all facilities and support to all those organizations, while fully upholding the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic, as well as the guiding principles of coordinating and strengthening humanitarian action, as set forth in General Assembly resolution 46/182. In the face of the efforts of the Syrian Government, buttressed by its allies who believe in international law and the provisions of the Charter, the representatives of Western countries in the Council, including humanitarian penholders, have persistently violated the provisions of the Charter by using the forum of the Security Council to defame the Syrian Government and prolong the crisis by hindering its settlement.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“Those efforts have enabled millions of Syrians to continue receiving their monthly entitlements, social support, food aid, health care and free education, as well as salaries, despite the blockade and coercive unilateral measures imposed against the Syrian people. The Government of my country, along with its key humanitarian partners, such as the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and duly authorized non-governmental organizations (NGOs), has engaged in sincere cooperation with relevant United Nations agencies and other humanitarian actors, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and 27 NGOs that have been authorized to operate in Syria.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“Moreover, the remarks made by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the beginning of this meeting have been subjected to a political agenda that has forcibly dominated the humanitarian agenda since the adoption of resolution 2165 (2014). I would like to lay bare to the Council the reasons for my position. Since the outbreak of the terrorist war against my country, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic has undertaken relentless efforts to ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance and services, as well as support to all its citizens, without discrimination, throughout the country.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“Mr. Ja’afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): It is regrettable to see such inhumanity at the outset of this meeting when the Security Council voted against the will of the General Assembly, as if we, in this international Organization, abide by two charters rather than one: a charter that some members of the Security Council implement and another, comprehensive, Charter according to which members of the General Assembly act. It is also regrettable that the commitment made by the General Assembly in resolution 46/182, which established the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), has not been respected.”
2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8700 (2020) · source
“As we speak of consolidating the Charter for ensuring international peace and security on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding the United Nations, we have only one solution to that end. The Charter should be for all and above all, without consideration or immunity for any political, economic and military Power.”
2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source
“How is that the Council remains silent with regard to aggression and military occupation carried out by forces of the United States, Turkey, France, Britain and other countries against the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of my country? How is it that the Council remains silent in the face of the aggression of the Turkish regime on Libyan territory and of its transfer of terrorists from Idlib to Libya as it seeks to fuel the conflict in that fraternal country? How is it that some in the Secretariat even praise the Turkish regime as it continues its so- called humanitarian work in the northern part of Syria, whereas, in fact, Turkish forces have occupied parts of that region and displaced hundreds of thousands of people there? The answers to these legitimate questions are very clear.”
2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source
“How is it that the Council remains silent on the United States criminal assassination of Iranian and Iraqi leaders who were combating the terrorist Da’esh and Al-Nusra Front in Syria and Iraq? How is it that the Council continues to be held hostage to the will of certain Governments that try to obstruct the operations of the Syrian army and its allies against the Al-Nusra Front, which has been designated by the Council as a terrorist entity, as it occupies Idlib and its environs in order to make them a centre for terrorism and extremism? Why do many Governments, mainly in the European Union, ignore the need to repatriate their national foreign terrorist fighters, who have wreaked havoc and committed murder in Iraq and Syria, and their families? There are 300,000 foreign terrorists and their family members in Idlib.”
2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source
“Of course, the answers will clarify the real factors and reasons for the non-implementation of the provisions of the Charter on the maintenance of international peace and security. The questions are as follows. Why do Palestinians and Syrians continue to suffer under Israeli occupation? Why does the Security Council remain silent as certain permanent Council members continue to legitimize settlements and acknowledge the Israeli occupation’s fake right to sovereignty over Jerusalem and the occupied Syrian Golan? Why does the Council fail to implement its own relevant resolutions on combating terrorism and to hold accountable Governments that continue to fund and support activities of the terrorist Al-Nusra Front in Syria?”
2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source
“The Government of Syria, along with its partners, has scored victories in the war against terrorism, which will have important effects in terms of decreasing the threat of terrorism worldwide. However, while the Syrian people have paid a high price, irresponsible practices continue on the part of certain Governments, some of which hold permanent seats on the Council. Those Governments have done everything in their power to overthrow the legitimate Government in my country, using terrorism and United Nations mechanisms to achieve this goal by any means, even by falsifying facts, as they did in Iraq, Libya, Venezuela and other countries. I would ask all present to reflect and to come up with honest answers to the following questions, which are raised earnestly by the Syrian people and many peoples of the free world.”
2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source
“We firmly believe that this meeting should come up with recommendations based on transparency, self-criticism and defining mistakes, so that specific threats can be dealt with seriously, at the forefront of which are the rise of international terrorism; the spread of practices and measures that are outside the scope of international legitimacy; the increased manufacturing of weapons and their proliferation; violations of international conventions on the proliferation of weapons; the imposition of an economic blockade on a number of States; and the misuse of the Charter, particularly its Article 51, with a view to justifying aggression against countries, including my country Syria.”
2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source
“But what is more dangerous today is that the credibility and the status of the United Nations are suffering, which means that the Organization could meet the same fate as the League of Nations, which collapsed when it succumbed to the pressure exerted by major European colonial Powers aimed at giving legitimacy to occupation and aggression, even though it was supposed at the time to defend security, stability and peace in the world. What is stated in the concept note is important, as global circumstances have been constantly changing. However, the Charter and the multilateral system established as a result have encountered severe tests.”
2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source
“The host country is preventing the Council from hearing the point of view of an essential party that is involved in the maintenance of international peace and security in our region. This behaviour by the host country undermines its commitments under the host country agreement and the provisions of the Charter that stress the equal rights and obligations of Member States. No one can deny that we are living in a world that suffers from increased polarization because some Governments think that their political, military and economic might gives them the right to decide the fate of others.”
2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source
“Mr. Ja’afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): Mr. President, we would like to congratulate your friendly country on its membership in the Security Council and on having assumed the presidency of the Council for this month. My delegation has read attentively the concept note for this meeting (S/2020/1, annex) and notes that its contents highlight the commitments of all Governments of the world under the Charter of the United Nations, without distinction or selectivity and free from double standards. My delegation deplores the fact that the Government of the United States of America refused to give an entry visa to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic republic of Iran so that he could take part in this meeting.”
2020-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699 (2020) · source