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“There are some countries that from the start adopted a balanced and constructive position towards the Syrian problem and emphasized the need to solve the problem peacefully through dialogue and political means, basing their positions on the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. There are others, however, that seek to interfere in the Syrian situation in a flagrant manner. They beat the drums of war and made themselves part of the crisis by providing arms and funds, political and media support and logistical support to the armed groups in Syria that incite violence and terrorism. Imposing sanctions is illegitimate and harms the Syrian people.”
2012-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6810 (2012) · source
“In that respect, the majority of the Syrian people, including sectors of the responsible nationalist opposition, rejects external intervention and rejects violence. They also reject arms and reject the blowing up of electricity plants. During this very hot summer, they rejected assassinations. They rejected the destruction of television stations and gas and oil pipelines as a means to attain the desired reforms in Syria. Indeed, I am sure that some members ofthe Council that have decided to close their embassies in Damascus and to withdraw their ambassadors do not know that the armed groups have three times attacked electric power plants in Syria - the latest attack was on the day before yesterday.”
2012-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6810 (2012) · source
“About 4,302 people have benefited from the amnesty through 17 July 2012. Some of these various people belonged to terrorist and non-terrorist groups that receive external support and carry out maimings and killings of civilians and military personnel. They have also committed the massacres that have been brought to the attention of the meetings of the Security Council devoted to the situation in Syria. Those groups include elements from Al-Qaida, Arab and non-Arab jihadists and extremist terrorist groups. Some at the United Nations would be only too happy to call them third-party groups. The Syrian State, however, as a responsible Government that is supposed to protect its people like all other responsible Governments in the world, cannot accept their acts.”
2012-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6810 (2012) · source
“They summarize the situation by drawing a misleading picture that seeks to advance the idea that there is a tyrannical regime killing its unarmed citizens, whereas the crisis in Syria is a complex, multidimensional problem with internal and external ramifications. At the internal level, there are some who have peacefully called for reform and dialogue and expressed their legitimate concerns through a political process. The Government has not denied those concerns, but rather considers them a priority. On the other hand, there are those misguided others who have taken up arms and destroyed public and private property. They have made mistakes, but the road for them to return to their senses is still open, as manifest in the amnesty declared for all who turn in their weapons.”
2012-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6810 (2012) · source
“I must draw attention to the fact that some countries are still bent on undermining any serious effort to solve the problem in Syria peacefully. That has been made very clear by their efforts to ensure that the Arman plan fails by twisting their interpretations of the communique and rushing to hold parallel meetings under the so-called Group of Friends of the Syrian people. In their objectives and purposes, those meetings run contrary to the Annan plan, which Syria and the international community accept, and to the outcome of the Geneva meeting. Some parties with a direct interest in farming the flames of the crisis in Syria make a habit of giving erroneous information and distorting the facts about Syria and the response of the Syrian Government to the crisis.”
2012-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6810 (2012) · source
“A number of mechanisms have been agreed for putting an end to violence, restoring peace and security throughout my country, and preparing conditions conducive to a comprehensive Syrian-led national dialogue among all Syrians, in accordance with the Arman plan. It has become clear to all that the success of the Annan plan and of UNSMIS - which of course have the full support of the Syrian Government, which has more interest than any other in seeing the plan succeed - will require sincere international commitment and political will on the part of all parties, especially those that have influence on the armed opposition groups. What is needed is the political will to encourage dialogue, reject violence and militarization, stop arming and financing terrorist groups, and lift the illegitimate unilateral sanctions against the Syrian people.”
2012-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6810 (2012) · source
“If there is no opposition to the outcome of the Geneva meeting, based on the Arman plan of action, why can the Council not agree on a simple, purely procedural matter, which is the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Supervision Mission in the Syrian Arab Republic (UNSMIS), in keeping with the basic principles that I just listed and that have been agreed to by all who participated in the Geneva meeting? Our endorsement of the outcome of that meeting was an example of our open approach to seeking a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria and in keeping with our positive response to the efforts ofthe Joint Special Envoy and UNSMIS. In this context, we note that, on his visit to Damascus, Mr. Arman held constructive and positive talks, as he himself has emphasized and reiterated.”
2012-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6810 (2012) · source
“Syria has officially welcomed the final communique of the 30 June meeting in Geneva (S/2012/523, annex), especially its basic points about commitment to the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Syria, putting an end to violence and human rights violations, disarming armed groups, the need to avoid militarizing the situation, protecting civilians and launching a Syrian-led political process. All of that underscores that it is the Syrian people alone who can come to the table to make decisions about their future, in dialogue without foreign intervention. Is there anyone in this Chamber who disagrees that that is a reasonable statement?”
2012-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6810 (2012) · source
“Equally regrettably, the Council has again failed to condemn that act. However, we do thank the Secretary-General and the Joint Special Envoy, Mr. Kofi Arman, for condemning that terrorist act. If such a terrorist act can fail to incur the immediate, strong condemnation of the Security Council, that means that all the consensus the international community has built on combating terrorism has been mere talk. That failure sends the wrong message to terrorists all around the world, which is that they are beyond accountability. That failure also means that any talk of support for a peaceful political solution in Syria and an end to violence is mere sloganeering to gain time, delude international and Syrian public opinion, and avoid implementing the Kofi Annan plan.”
2012-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6810 (2012) · source
“Before every Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, the concerns of the Syrian people increase and their tensions heighten. As we have long warned, this is due mainly to the suspicious timing of those meetings and the treacherous terrorist acts that have affected many innocent Syrians, their institutions, their cadres and their human and material resources. Members no doubt remember that the attacks and massacres that have terrorized many people throughout Syria have coincided with Security Council debates on the situation in my country. Regrettably, all Syrians have just seen a recurrence of that phenomenon. Yesterday morning, terrorist devastation reached ministers and leaders of security institutions while they were meeting in the Syrian capital, Damascus.”
2012-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6810 (2012) · source
“Mr. Ja'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): The people and Government of Syria had indeed expected that the Security Council, having reached the age of reason - that is, being 67 years old - would act positively and objectively to aid our country. Any such positive contribution would stem directly from the benefits of a rich culture and the long experience that the Council has acquired over decades in determining what must be done to help the people and Government of Syria. That can be achieved by respecting the provisions of the United Nations Charter and the principles of international law, and has nothing to do with projecting the national interest of any member onto the agenda of the Security Council, an agenda that is essentially focused on the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2012-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6810 (2012) · source
“I remind the Council that a very dear part of my country, the Golan, is still under Israeli occupation. In 1981, the Security Council adopted resolution 497 (1981) in which it rejected the Israeli policy concerning the Golan. I am not going to speak at length; time is short. Ijust wanted to jog our memory a little so that we remember that the Israeli entity has perpetrated State terrorism and political crimes since its establishment. The proof is that all its leaders and heads of Government led armed terrorist groups during the British mandate over Palestine.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“As a matter of fact, Israel's acts have led to the adoption by the General Assembly, the Security Council and the specialized agencies of the United Nations, of more than 1,000 resolutions condemning its crimes, occupation and settlement policy. Had it not been for the 60 vetoes exercised in the Security Council, Israel's audacity would not have reached the level that we witness today. Israel assassinated the first international peace envoy, Count Bernadotte. Israel has committed many massacres - in Qibya, in Deir Yassin, and twice in Qana, where it slaughtered hundreds of Lebanese civilians who had taken refuge in the United Nations compound, mistakenly believing that the Organization's flag would protect them from the evil acts of Israel. It did not.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Mr. Ja'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): What is happening in my country is an internal problem. It started about 18 months ago and has deteriorated since THE legitimate demands for reform were made by the Syrian people. Those demands were accepted by my Government, but were followed by Arab and international interference in our affairs. The history of the crisis dates back just 18 months. As for the Israeli crimes committed against Arab peoples and the Israeli occupation of Arab territories, they go back decades. In fact, they began with the creation of the United Nations. We all remember that the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization was first established as a result of Israel's criminal acts, terrorism and occupation.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“As for the Israeli representative, suffice it to say that his country has accounted for more than 50 per cent of the issues on the agenda of the Organization since its inception. The occupation of Arab territories by his country, its abuse of the Palestinian cause and of the Palestinians, and its settlement campaigns have all led directly to the exercise of the veto on 60 different occasions by certain Powers in the Council with a view to protecting Israeli breaches of international law. In this sense, the statement made by the representative of Israel is the same as the statement by the representative of Libya.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Salafi and Takfiri terrorists, financed by Qatar and Saudi Arabia, are training in Zintan, Libya, in a special camp administered by the intelligence agencies of those countries that invaded and destroyed Libya, killing and displacing innocent Libyan civilians. This camp in Zintan is also home to armed gangs that are being trained to be dispatched to Syria. Some of them have already been dispatched and killed by the security agencies in Syria. Others have been captured. It would therefore behoove the representative of Libya to remain silent and to stop talking as if his country actually promotes the protection of civilians. If it does, it does not resemble the protection of civilians anywhere else in the world.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“I advise the representative of Libya to commit himself to the protection of the remaining Libyan civilians and to use his political eloquence to try to regain his country's sovereignty, independence and stability, as well as the hundreds of billions of dollars plundered from the Libyan people by the same forces that invaded his country after manipulating resolutions 1970 (2011) and 1973 (2011). If the Libyan representative has a personal grudge against his own country and his own people, then let him keep this hatred to himself instead of projecting his betrayal of the trust that his people have placed in him onto the events in Syria. I did not want to be so explicit or go into such detail, but I have been compelled to do so, and with this I conclude my statement.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“On the contrary, both those States and others now seek to impose another such cycle on the region's States solely in the interests of Israel and in order to weaken the concept of the State in the region in support of sectarian and religious sedition. That is an abuse ofIslam, which promotes lofty spiritual values, and distorts the image of Muslims in the world. It seems that Libya has not changed following the ousting of the previous regime. Narcissism, nonsense and the use of extremist language that contravenes the principles of the Charter, international law and international humanitarian law indicate that the Libyan representative is in a state of legal and political hysteria. I would compare the Libyan representative today to the representative of Israel, as the political heresy that we have heard from him serves only Israel.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The representatives of some States who have referred to my country inappropriately today are mistaken in believing that humankind has forgotten the crimes against humanity perpetrated by States against civilians, including in my country and in many Members of the United Nations, during the times of slavery, colonialism and the two world wars, or when they invaded and occupied States Members of this international Organization. Is not an apology for the perpetration of such crimes consistent with the principle of protecting civilians, or are civilians ranked according to biased interests? Early last century, the United Kingdom and France destroyed the geopolitical and strategic map of the region. To date, we have heard no apology for that.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“We are not against the genuine Syrian national opposition building a democratic, conciliatory and constitutional Syria that guarantees the security, protection and safety of all Syrians, civilian and military, without exception. There is no need to destroy the country in so doing. The one issue that incites the majority of Syrians is efforts ofthe enemies ofthe Syrian State and people, such as the Salafis, the Wahhabis, the Takfiris and supporters of racist, ethnic and sectarian sedition, to divide the country and take it backwards, as they did in Iraq and Libya.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Civilians can be protected not by fostering destructive scenarios, such as civil war or sectarian conflicts, but by promoting the implementation of the principles of international law and the rule of law, nationally and internationally. Civilians cannot be protected by subjecting their lives to instability and danger. The biased foreign media focus on the violent movements in Syria and legitimize the armed opposition, while ignoring the voices of the national Syrian opposition, which rejects foreign intervention and seeks to put an end to the internal crisis through a comprehensive national dialogue and civilized peaceful means.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The readiness to protect civilian lives requires those who claim to do so to stop instigating acts of violence and terrorism in Syria, fuelling tension and playing the sectarian and religious extremist card. If they were sincere, they would call on all parties to engage in a genuine national dialogue, in accordance with Kofi Annan's plan in order to reach an exclusively Syrian-led political solution, without the interference of any outside party, instead of opening the borders of neighbouring States to armed groups to carry out terrorist and destructive operations, perpetrate massacres and assassinations, and destroy the country's infrastructure.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“It also disregards the adverse effects of the unilateral sanctions imposed on Syria and the terrorist acts of armed groups against civilians, such as murder, forcible evacuation, the obstruction of civilian movement and the disruption of daily civilian life. Adding insult to injury, the Secretary-General's report fails to mention the daily suffering of Syrian civilians under the Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan. A few hundred armed extremists in Homs - Salafis, Wahhabis or Takfiris infiltrated by Al-Qaida elements - expelled some 100,000 Christian Syrians from their neighbourhoods and homes simply because they were Christians. So we now have 100,000 Christians displaced from Horns and dispersed throughout Damascus and elsewhere. Another 400,000 people have been displaced from Homs. Such issues must be addressed by all present here.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“While we are reluctant to refer to the events in Syria described in the Secretary-General's report, we would like to put on record that the report quotes selectively and partially from the content of resolutions 2042 (2012) and 2043 (2012), in which the Security Council required the equal commitment of all parties in Syria to putting an end to the violence, protecting civilians and delivering humanitarian aid to them. The report fails to mention the Syrian Government's positive cooperation with United Nations humanitarian agencies, including the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“It would be tantamount to undermining noble efforts to protect civilians in armed conflict. The report of the Secretary-General, contained in document S/2012/376 and submitted under this agenda item, addresses various issues and topics. It briefly mentions the daily suffering of the Arabs under Israeli occupation for decades. The report timidly addresses the tragic situation of the Libyan people after 130,000 Libyan civilians were killed under the pretext of protecting them from the former regime. Today, Libya is governed by 2,600 armed militia rather than a central Government administering the country's affairs.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“That responsibility is exclusive and cannot be substituted or manipulated to serve certain political agendas that undermine the sovereignty, independence and stability of entire States and peoples, manipulating the lives of their civilian populations under the pretext of protecting them. We therefore feel that the protection of civilians, on the one hand, and threats to international peace and security, on the other, should not be confused. Moreover, there should be no loose interpretation of the issues of the protection of civilians, including of such contentious terms as the "responsibility to protect" or "humanitarian intervention", which would lead, ipso facto, to compromising the credibility and the impartiality of the United Nations, be it at the level of the membership or the Secretariat.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Are the Palestinians and Syrians in the occupied Golan, and the Lebanese living under Israeli occupation in southern Lebanon, not civilians and hence unworthy of protection? That basic concept must be the focus of the debate. Jurisprudence establishes that international efforts to protect civilians in armed conflict be undertaken in strict respect for the principles enshrined in the Charter that provide for the respect of the sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity of States and non-interference in their internal affairs. That is in line with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law, since all international instruments underscore the primary responsibility of national Governments to protect their citizens.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Those who pay the price of such policies are first and foremost civilians. We feel, therefore, that the protection of the Palestinian and Syrian civilians in the occupied Golan, and of the Lebanese who are chafing under Israeli occupation, must constitute a major part of this laudable international effort in the context of the accurate and objective implementation of the mandate envisaged under the rubric of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Is the silence at Israel's settlement aggression, which threatens the very principle of peace itself, not contrary to the most fundamental right of civilians to live in their homeland in freedom, sovereignty and safety?”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“Mr. Ja'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): I thank you for convening this important meeting, Mr. President, and for speaking on the important topic of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. The importance of this subject requires that it never be addressed selectively or at anyone's particular discretion, since we are still seeing such a selective approach when it comes to choosing which civilians are worthy of protection during armed conflict and which are not. Nor must the aims and objectives of this noble concept be exploited in order to compromise a State's sovereignty or interfere in its internal affairs by manipulating and distorting the issue of the protection of civilians in the service ofinterventionist policies and an aggressive political agenda.”
2012-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6790Resumption1 (2012) · source
“The words that you heard from the speaker who spoke before me were merely a distraction to divert attention from Israeli terrorism, the sole purpose of which is to undermine the possibility of establishing a Palestinian State in the West Bank and Gaza and to focus attention on issues other than State terrorism, a form of terrorism that is well-evidenced in thousands of documents issued by the United Nations in New York and Geneva.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“There is no merit for a Member State of this Organization to finance the creation of a centre for counter-terrorism while it stands behind the incitement to terrorism and finances terrorist groups in my country. Terrorism is one and the same. Finally, terrorism throughout the world is caused primarily by Zionist terrorism, which was initiated by Israel much earlier in the life of this international Organization. In 1954, Israel hijacked a Syrian aircraft. It was the first time ever that a civilian aircraft had been hijacked. Later, Israel carried out a series of terrorist activities that you are well aware of and which led to the displacement of millions of Palestinians from their homes. The course of Israeli terrorism has continued to this day.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“We also call on the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 1373 (2001) to complete their mandated tasks and to implement the substance of these resolutions with respect to events in Syria. The terrorist activities now taking place in Syria, which target the stability of the State, the nation and society, are no less dangerous than the terrorist activities that targeted New York on 11 September and the terrorist activities that targeted Madrid and London. There is no righteous terrorism and malicious terrorism. There is only one terrorism that must be combated. The terrorism that targets Syria is the same as the one that targeted New York, London, Madrid and other cities. There are also media, cultural, political and economic terrorism. It is all terrorism.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“We call on the Council to translate those words into deeds, to take the immediate actions necessary to stop all terrorist activities in Syria, and to exert maximum pressure on the States that are facilitating, financing and inciting the groups undertaking such activities to comply with the Council's resolutions concerning terrorism and Syria. Terrorist acts have spilled the precious blood of our people. The day will come when we shall call to account all those who have taken part in, incited, financed or facilitated such activities. Terrorism is an international crime that requires an international response. That was the gist of the presidential statement issued on behalf of all members of the Council. Accordingly, the fight against terrorism cannot be selective, relative or subjective. It must match deeds to words.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“Agreements to conspire to smuggle weapons and to facilitate the entry of terrorists into Syria undermine all efforts to find a political solution to the crisis there and to facilitate the implementation of the Security Council's resolutions and Mr. Annan's peace plan. Indeed, they reflect an attempt to undo Mr. Annan's mission and a blatant attack on Syrian sovereignty. The Security Council, at a meeting presided over by the President of Azerbaijan last week (see S/PV.6765), reaffirmed in presidential statement S/PRST/2012/ 17 its strong and unequivocal denunciation and condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, regardless of its perpetrators, location or purposes.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“Statements have also been issued by certain armed terrorist groups, noting earlier successes in smuggling shipments of weapons, including American Stinger anti-aircraft rockets, into Syria. At the same time, a high-level official of the Libyan National Transitional Council had announced that 5,000 anti- aircraft had been misplaced or lost from Libyan arsenals. There have also been reports of Turkish and Libyan cooperation with other Arab and non-Arab States in sending lethal weapons to armed groups in order to sow death and destruction in Syria. I find it strange that the aforementioned ship entered Lebanese territorial waters via Egypt, passing without interdiction the positions occupied by the maritime units of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“We have sent dozens of letters to the President of the Security Council and the Secretary-General on this topic. The most recent was that of 24 April concerning terrorists, most affiliated with Al-Qaida, who had been arrested in Syria following their infiltration of our borders for the purpose of undertaking terrorist operations. I should like to inform the Council that, on 27 April, the Lebanese authorities detained and seized the vessel Latfallah II, which had sailed from Misurata, Libya, to Lebanon via Alexandria, Egypt, carrying 180 tons of weapons and advanced communications equipment, including rocket-propelled grenade launchers, French anti-tank and anti-aircraft launchers, and large amounts of TNT. This weaponry was intended to be smuggled into Syria for use in armed terrorist operations.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“To that end, they are engaged in illegal cross- border movements from neighbouring States. The smuggling of funds and weapons to armed groups is a reality encountered on a daily and even hourly basis by the customs authorities and border guards of Syria. High-level officials of Syria's neighbours have spoken publically about disrupting the smuggling of weapons, money and people into Syria. For example, on 20 March the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lebanon spoke of the arrest by the Lebanese authorities of 27 individuals on charges of smuggling weapons into Syria. The Director of the General Security Service of Jordan has spoken of the detention by the Jordanian authorities of a number of individuals attempting to sneak weapons into Syria through our border crossings.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“We also have a list of the names of 12 foreign terrorists who have been killed in Syria, including a French, a British and a Belgian citizen. This list is also available from our delegation, and we request you, Sir, to distribute it among the members of the Security Council. Terrorist operations cannot be carried out without financing and support in the form of funds, weapons and operatives. Unfortunately, some Arab States and States of the region and beyond have provided such resources to help armed terrorist groups carry out terrorist activities in Syria. Those countries have publically and openly pledged to provide support in the form of weapons, funds, training and safe havens to help terrorists carry out acts of terrorism and sabotage against the peace and security of the Syrian State and people.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“We have transmitted the list to the Secretary-General, the President of the Security Council and the Chairman of its counter-terrorism subsidiary bodies. We also have recordings of those same individuals confessing that they are terrorists and had entered the country to carry out terrorist operations. This evidence is available from our delegation, and we are pleased to provide any member of the Security Council with copies. Furthermore, we are in possession of copious documentary evidence of terrorist activities, all in English, and the names and citizenship of terrorists and those who have incited and supported them. Members of the Security Council, the Secretary-General and the Chairmen of the Council's subsidiary bodies shall soon receive this evidence.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“Statements have also been made by the leaders of Western intelligence agencies, admitting that the Al-Qaida branch in a State bordering on Syria was behind the recent terrorist bombings in Damascus and Aleppo, following the infiltration by Al-Qaida elements into the ranks of the armed opposition fighting the Syrian Government. Arab and non-Arab media are reporting on a daily basis the deaths in Syria of foreign fighters of various nationalities in the course of undertaking terrorist operations. Indeed, some Al-Qaida-affiliated websites have been lamenting the loss of members of their groups in carrying out terrorist activities in Syria. I have a list of 26 names of terrorists, some of whom are affiliated with Al-Qaida.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“Some of those organized terrorist acts have carried the hallmarks of Al-Qaida method and ideology, including the mutilation of corpses, the killing of entire families on the basis of purely sectarian affiliation, and the carrying out of simultaneous suicide explosions in separate areas. Since the beginning of the aforementioned events, we have conscientiously stressed that armed terrorist organizations associated with Al-Qaida are carrying out the atrocities in Syria, but many political parties and hostile media have cast doubt on our assertions. Today we are witnessing the public endorsement by groups and organizations affiliated with Al-Qaida of terrorist activities and operations carried out in Syria in response to appeals issued by leaders of Al-Qaida such as Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who has called for jihad in Syria.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“That incident led the Secretary-General to condemn the explosion and all acts of violence, including the use of explosive devices in Syrian cities to target the forces of law and order, civilians and public and private property on a continuous daily basis; armed robbery, banditry, theft, vandalism, attacks on citizens in their homes and in their shops, in order to provoke and terrorize them; and the kidnapping of individuals for ransom, which is then used to support terrorist activities. The number of army, police and security personnel kidnapped between 24 March to 26 April alone is 220 individuals.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“That is apparent in the terrorist explosions that have taken place in various areas around Damascus and Aleppo, as well as the two recent explosions in the province of Idlib, which the Security Council regrettably failed to condemn for unjustifiable political reasons. The same applies to the terrorist explosion that took place yesterday in Daraa, targeting a convoy of the United Nations observer mission, which led to injuries among members of the Syrian security forces who were accompanying the convoy.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“Council members are well aware that, while Syria has witnessed a noticeable reduction in the level of violence, there has recently been an increase in the scale and frequency of terrorist activities and operations in the country. Extremist terrorist groups have emerged, using unusual criminal methods and carrying out organized terrorist operations based on extremist Takfiri edicts that label others as apostates and which are issued by inciters residing in countries well known to us all. These groups use suicide bombers, booby-trapped cars, explosive belts and packages to attack vital facilities and infrastructure and to sow fear among citizens.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“As I mentioned earlier, the explosions killed dozens of innocent victims, civilian and military. Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan quickly condemned the cowardly act, as did General Mood, chief of the United Nations observer mission. We expect the Security Council, under the wise leadership of its President, to condemn that cowardly act loudly and clearly, and to take a firm stance in addressing it in all its Arab, regional and international dimensions. The explosion took place at the same time as another explosion in Aleppo this morning, which also claimed several civilian victims and did massive damage to private property.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“Our capital was shaken by two suicide terrorist attacks that killed 56 innocent individuals and grievously injured 372 others; the remains of 15 individuals have yet to be identified. Those statistics characterized this morning in Damascus, in contrast to the morning enjoyed by all other capitals in the world. It is therefore appropriate that, on behalf of my Government, I today address the members of the Security Council on the subject of counter-terrorism. At 7:30 am. local time, two suicide terrorist bombers exploded two vehicles laden with explosives in an neighbourhood of Damascus that is densely populated with civilians. The area has four schools, including a primary school, a preparatory school and a secondary school. The two explosions took place at a time when students were on their way to school.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“Mr. Ja'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and for the admirable manner in which you are undertaking the task. We have closely followed the briefings presented by the Chairs of the subsidiary bodies in today's meeting, and we thank them for their statements. Syria reaffirms its condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, regardless of its source or perpetrators, be they groups, individuals or States. Terrorism consists of criminal, aggressive and unjust acts that target the lives and property of innocent people, and its effects touch everyone without distinction. Today started as a beautiful sunny day in most of the capitals of the world, but it was a bloody day in Damascus.”
2012-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6767 (2012) · source
“Instead, they choose to criticize and blame the Syrian Government for the lack of commodities and essential foodstuffs for its citizens. It is regrettable that the Governments of Saudi Arabia and Qatar have participated enthusiastically in the imposition of these shameful measures, and that their tireless efforts have exacerbated the situation of some of the poorest and weakest sectors in Syria. With regard to the humanitarian situation, contrary to international public opinion, the activities of terrorist groups financed and protected by Qatar and Saudi Arabia persist, as highlighted by their own media.”
2012-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6757Resumption1 (2012) · source
“More than 30,000 political detainees currently crowd Saudi prisons. In addition to carrying out arbitrary arrests and violating the freedoms of movement and peaceful expression, some Saudi sheikhs have issued religious edicts authorizing those who participate in such peaceful demonstrations to be killed. I do not wish to go into greater detail because I would thereby fall into the very trap that the representatives of a number of other Member States have fallen into. As to the Western countries that have criticized the human rights situation in my country, it is they that are to blame for the deterioration of that situation, as it is their Governments that have imposed unjust economic measures that have had a devastating impact on the daily lives and livelihoods of Syrian citizens.”
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“The Qatari authorities continued to use such destructive language before and following the adoption of the resolution in New York and participated in the Istanbul meetings, as well as those in Tunis and Paris. In that regard, we wish to recall that it was Qatar that, in cooperation with Saudi Arabia, terminated the mission of the League of Arab States to Syria. Having been relieved of its responsibilities and duties, the mission unmasked the policies of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which continue to support and finance armed terrorist groups and to promote terrorism and the shedding of Syrian blood. The Saudi authorities do not hesitate periodically to kill peaceful demonstrators in Al-Qatif and Al-Awamiya or to cordon off areas where there are demonstrations in an attempt to intimidate and cow civilians.”
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