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Majid Takht Ravanchi

lines on the record: 278
first: 2020-04-23
most recent: 2021-10-19
sittings or episodes: 39
sources: un-security-council

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“Such unlawful and unjust measures only prolong the suffering of the people, delay the return of refugees and displaced persons, hamper the reconstruction efforts and adversely impact the political solution. We condemn weaponizing food and medicine through sanctions and, as our Foreign Minister stated on his recent visit to Damascus, we will support the Syrian Government’s efforts in resisting this economic terrorism. We will continue our efforts in assisting the people and Government of Syria to overcome the enormous challenges they face.”
2021-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/506 (2021) · source
“Alleviating the suffering of the Syrian people is imperative and requires the constructive cooperation of the entire international community. The Council must go beyond the old debate on so-called “cross-line and cross-border access”, depoliticize the humanitarian assistance-related subjects, and focus on measures that can actually and quickly lessen the suffering of those in need, ensure fair distribution of aid to people under or outside the Government’s control and, more importantly, encourage and ensure the soonest return possible of refugees and internally displaced persons to their homes. Obviously, in so doing, the sovereignty of Syria must be fully respected and ensured. In this context, once again, we call for the removal of unilateral sanctions on Syria. They are irresponsible, immoral and unconstructive.”
2021-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/506 (2021) · source
“Parallel efforts must also be made to ensure the unity, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Syria through ending the occupation of its territory, including the occupied Syrian Golan; the withdrawing of all uninvited foreign forces from that country; ceasing to support any separatist tendencies or illegitimate self -rule initiatives; and preventing the violation of Syrian sovereignty, in particular by acts of aggression of the Israeli regime, which Iran condemns strongly. More importantly, the shielding of terrorist groups in certain parts of Syria must come to an immediate end. Attempts to portray some terrorist groups as moderates or to categorize them as good and bad terrorists must stop. They must neither be shielded nor be allowed to use civilians as a shield.”
2021-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/506 (2021) · source
“I would like to begin by reiterating our commitment to support the restoration of the unity and territorial integrity of Syria. In his recent visit to Damascus, our Foreign Minister conveyed this message to the President and the Foreign Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic. He also reiterated Iran’s support for the Syrian presidential elections and hoped for their success. Committed to the peaceful resolution of the Syrian crisis, we remain hopeful that the ongoing consultations will soon result in the holding of the Constitutional Committee’s sixth meeting. To that end, we encourage the Committee’s Co-Chairs to engage constructively with Mr. Pedersen, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria.”
2021-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/506 (2021) · source
“Such cases clearly indicate that, while there are adequate binding rules for the protection of civilians and civilian objects in armed conflicts, non-compliance by certain parties with such norms is deliberate. The Security Council must therefore take the necessary measures to bring such practices to an immediate end and hold their perpetrators accountable for such crimes. Otherwise, as the Council’s inaction in the past with respect to the above- mentioned crimes has emboldened the perpetrators to commit more crimes, its possible inaction in the future would further encourage them to continue violating the relevant norms and principles of international law. Likewise, other international efforts must be redoubled to further promote the full and effective application of international humanitarian law.”
2021-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/505 (2021) · source
“Moreover, given that the recent war was sparked by the unlawful and provocative actions of the Israeli regime in Al-Quds Al-Sharif, particularly in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, that regime must be compelled to stop all such actions. Another example of targeting civilians and civilian objects in our region is the aggression against the people of Yemen, killing more than 16,000 civilians, including more than 4,000 children and 2,500 women, wounding over 25,000 others and destroying or damaging 430,779 homes, 955 mosques, 348 health and medical centres, 917 schools and other education centres and 656 markets. Similarly, the starvation of civilians has been used as a method of warfare, causing the world’s worst contemporary humanitarian crisis. All such acts are criminal, violate international law and must stop immediately.”
2021-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/505 (2021) · source
“Such crimes which materially breach fundamental norms and principles of international law, entail international responsibility of the Israeli regime, whose officials must therefore be brought to justice for committing such heinous crimes. It is a source of grave concern that in the face of such vicious crimes, due to the shameful shielding of the Israeli regime by the United States, the Security Council has failed once again to discharge its Charter-based mandate and was unable to issue even the mildest press statement calling for a halt to the aggression against civilians in Gaza. Obviously, the Council’s press statement on 22 May (SC/14527), which was issued after the agreement of the parties regarding the ceasefire, was not of much actual value.”
2021-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/505 (2021) · source
“During its brutal and all-out 11-day war on Gaza alone, Israel’s forces killed 248 Palestinians, including 66 children, 39 women and 17 elderly people, and wounded 1,948 others. That includes 13 members of an extended family who have been killed and buried in the rubble of their own home — many of whom were children, one as young as six months. Additionally, Israeli forces also destroyed 30 health facilities, around 50 schools and other education facilities, some 50 per cent of the water network, 33 offices of media organizations and damaged 43 mosques. Those barbaric acts are clear manifestations of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, contravening the most prominent principles of humanity and the dictates of public conscience, upon which international humanitarian law is founded.”
2021-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/505 (2021) · source
“In the year 2021, unfortunately, we are experiencing the worst of such cases in the Middle East, a clear example of which is the widespread forced displacement of Palestinian civilians from their homes and lands. While many Palestinians have already been forcibly displaced, it is estimated that around 90,000 Palestinians are at risk of evictions in the occupied East Jerusalem. The worst is that, when the Palestinians have protested against such unlawful forced eviction, including in Sheikh Jarrah, where they have lived generation after generation, and complained of the attacks on Muslim worshippers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadhan, the Israeli security and military forces have committed the most brutal crimes against Palestinians.”
2021-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/505 (2021) · source
“As an example, “In the West Bank, the Israeli authorities demolished 847 Palestinian structures (homes, water, hygiene and sanitation assets and structures used for agriculture, including 156 structures donated as humanitarian aid), displacing 996 Palestinians” (ibid., para. 9). The Secretary-General also reports that “Tens of thousands of children continued to be killed, maimed” (ibid., para. 28), “medical personnel, transports and facilities continue to come under attack” (ibid., para. 54), and “at least 169 security incidents against humanitarian workers were recorded in 19 States affected by conflict” (ibid., para. 43). He also maintains that “The threat of famine resurfaced, with the worst hunger and highest risks of famine clustered in conflict-affected areas” (ibid., para. 2).”
2021-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/505 (2021) · source
“According to the Secretary-General, in his annual report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, “Globally, civilian deaths and injuries from the use of explosive weapons reportedly decreased by 43 per cent in 2020” (S/2021/423, para. 6). That is indeed good news. Nevertheless, the bad news is that, as he states, “Armed conflict continued to be characterized by high levels of civilian death, injury and… destroyed homes, schools, markets, hospitals and essential civilian infrastructure” (ibid., para. 2). According to the Secretary-General, “More people were forcibly displaced”.”
2021-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/505 (2021) · source
“The question of Palestine will not and cannot be settled unless and until the principles of justice and international law are strictly applied. This is long overdue. While the Palestinians are struggling for the realization of their inherent rights, the international community has a legal, political and moral obligation to fully support their legitimate cause. In this context, the Security Council has a special responsibility. If the Council continues to be prevented from playing its role, the General Assembly should take the necessary measures against the Israeli aggressors.”
2021-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/480 (2021) · source
“We once again call on the Security Council to take its responsibility seriously and to compel the Israeli regime to put an immediate end to its military adventurism in the region, particularly its ongoing bloodshed and crimes against Palestinians; stop its deliberate, systematic and massive ethnic cleansing, including by altering the demographic composition and character of Palestine, particularly the demographic composition and Islamic and Arab identity of Al-Quds Al-Sharif; remove the unlawful and inhumane blockade of the Gaza Strip; end the occupation of all Palestinian territories, the occupied Syrian Golan and parts of Lebanon; and hold that regime accountable for committing the gravest international crimes for over several decades.”
2021-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/480 (2021) · source
“While condemning in the strongest possible terms all the crimes of the Israeli regime against Palestinians, the Islamic Republic of Iran reiterates its support for the just cause of the Palestinian people and the full realization of all their inalienable rights, particularly their inherent right to self-determination and to establish an independent Palestinian State throughout Palestine, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.”
2021-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/480 (2021) · source
“Yes, “America is back” — again to unreservedly support an occupying and oppressive regime, no matter how brutal its crimes are. As usual, today the Israeli regime’s representative cried wolf, played the victim, desperately attempted to distract attention from Israel’s crimes and brazenly defended the killing of Palestinian women and children. Before concluding, I must stress that Palestinians are under an unlawful occupation and blockade by the Israeli regime, and they therefore have an inherent right to self-defence.”
2021-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/480 (2021) · source
“So far, the United States has vetoed 44 draft resolutions of the Security Council against Israel. That is unprecedented in the Council’s history. Under the current United States Administration, decisions are now made to further shield the Israeli regime, to further lend shamelessly “unwavering support for Israel’s security”, to further justify Israel’s crimes with the so-called “Israel’s legitimate right to defend itself” and to further deny the inherent rights of the oppressed Palestinians, including their right to life, to dignity, to liberation, to self- defence, to self-determination and to establish their own independent State. In the past few days, the United States blocked the Security Council from issuing even a simple press statement calling for an end to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.”
2021-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/480 (2021) · source
“It is why it has waged more than 15 wars, occupied territories of other countries, invaded all its neighbours without exception, attacked countries in the region and beyond, from the Middle East to Africa, and possessed all types of weapons of mass destruction. And the list goes on and on. Then, why has the Security Council been so silent and inactive for such a long time against such grave and clear “threats to peace, breaches of peace or acts of aggression”, while, according to the Charter of the United Nations, it should have decided what measures shall be taken “to maintain or restore international peace and security”? Purely and simply because, as a permanent member of the Security Council, the United States, whether under Democrats or Republicans, has systematically shielded the Israeli regime against any action by the Council.”
2021-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/480 (2021) · source
“But why is the Israeli regime able to commit all of those crimes with total impunity? Because, for well over seven decades, the Security Council has been dead silent against all unlawful acts committed by that regime. And the Council’s decades-long utter and inexcusable inaction, in addition to resulting in a deficit of trust and confidence as well as a crisis of its credibility and legitimacy, has seriously emboldened that regime to commit more crimes with more brutality. That is why the Israeli regime has committed the gravest international crimes, namely, genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.”
2021-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/480 (2021) · source
“The answer is, because the Palestinians raised their voices against the Israeli forces who are confiscating their ancestral lands in Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem — in Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan and At-Tur — and other areas. They protested against the demolishing of their houses, where they have lived for generation after generation. They resisted forced eviction from their own houses. And they protested against the attack by the Israeli security forces against the Muslim worshippers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan. Make no mistake — these are the greatest sins if you are a Palestinian and living in Palestine, where a racist and apartheid regime, founded on aggression, occupation and oppression, is committing heinous crimes against them.”
2021-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/480 (2021) · source
“Concurrent with this meeting, the brutal forces of the Israeli regime are committing an actual massacre in Palestine, in particular in the Gaza Strip — the world’s largest open prison, where up to now 192 Palestinians, including 58 children and 34 women, have been martyred. The Israeli forces are cowardly killing defenceless women, cold-bloodedly slaughtering innocent infants and children, viciously killing family members all together, brazenly desecrating holy places, inhumanely bombing and shelling residential areas, schools and health facilities and senselessly demolishing houses. In short, they are committing all four core international crimes simultaneously. The question is, why are the Israeli forces committing such mass cruelties?”
2021-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/480 (2021) · source
“As we approach the twenty-fifth anniversary of the CWC’s entry into force and the OPCW’s establishment, we call for enhanced efforts to universalize the CWC, including through compelling the Israeli regime to accede to it, and the materialization of the Convention’s main objective, namely the elimination of chemical weapons, which has yet to be realized due to the blatant failure of the sole major possessor State party — the United States. We once again call for the full, effective and non-discriminatory implementation of the CWC, as well as respect for the authority of the OPCW, and we stand ready to actively and constructively contribute to that end.”
2021-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/446 (2021) · source
“The intentional disregard of this high degree of cooperation, including during the coronavirus disease pandemic, is a clear regression from the very basic norms of impartiality and professionalism, which will continue to further polarize the OPCW member States and adversely impact the overall multilateral non-proliferation and disarmament architecture in the current turbulent international atmosphere. We voted against that decision, primarily because it is inconsistent with the provisions and purposes of the Convention, undermines the CWC’s authority and erodes the OPCW’s integrity and credibility. As a major victim in modern history of the most systematic use of chemical weapons, Iran once again condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere and under any circumstances.”
2021-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/446 (2021) · source
“The Conference’s one-sided and partial decision is based on those flawed conclusions and even totally fails to acknowledge Syria’s strategic decision to accede to the Convention, as well as its unprecedented cooperation and efforts to fulfil its relevant obligations, including by expeditiously presenting its initial declaration amid the conflict in Syria, destroying all its 27 chemical-weapons production facilities — which was confirmed by the OPCW-United Nations Joint Mission on the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons and, later, by the OPCW itself, submitting 89 monthly reports, holding 23 rounds of consultations with the OPCW’s Declaration Assessment Team, receiving numerous OPCW teams and providing the Technical Secretariat with copious information.”
2021-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/446 (2021) · source
“The recent politically motivated decision of the Conference of the States Parties to the CWC on Syria is the result of years of insincere attempts of Western countries in order to advance their narrow national interests regarding Syria, including through undermining the OPCW’s independence; providing it with false and fabricated information; disregarding its consensual decision-making tradition; creating the Investigation and Identification Team (IIT), which is at odds with the Convention, through a flawed procedure; as well as compelling the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission and the IIT to use unreliable open sources, invalid information, defective methodologies, as well as an improper and broken chain of custody in their activities. It is clear how that process would lead to misjudgements and erroneous conclusions.”
2021-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/446 (2021) · source
“I would like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your presidency of the Security Council this month. Today multilateralism faces numerous challenges. One such challenge is the exploitation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as well as the politicization of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the abuse of its processes, which have, unfortunately, seriously undermined the Convention; resulted in a deep legitimacy and credibility crisis for the OPCW; sowed the seeds of division among its member States; challenged the long-standing consensus decision- making tradition in disarmament and non-proliferation forums; and catalysed the increase in the existing deficit in trust and confidence in the multilateral disarmament machinery and disarmament and non-proliferation instruments, which had already begun as a result of non-compliance by nuclear-weapon States with their obligations under Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as well as two alarming and regressive trends, namely, a new nuclear arms race and new nuclear arms modernization race.”
2021-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/446 (2021) · source
“The Islamic Republic of Iran will continue its efforts to further promote awareness about the norms of international humanitarian law at the national level and to enhance their full and effective application at the international level.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“That is of the utmost importance in the current circumstances, in which the adverse consequences of the coronavirus disease pandemic are exacerbating the already serious humanitarian situations in a number of conflict-ridden countries. In addition, when certain civilian objects, such as drinking-water installations, are attacked or otherwise rendered useless, unfortunately, the main victims are children. According to UNICEF, in protracted conflicts: “Children under 5 are more than 20 times more likely to die from diarrhoeal disease linked to unsafe water and sanitation than violence in conflict.” It must also be stressed that, when civilian objects are attacked, destroyed or rendered useless, it seriously impedes the return and resettlement of displaced communities, as well as reconstruction efforts in post-conflict situations.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“Even if there are situations that are not covered by such norms, civilians remain under the protection and authority of “the principles of international law, as they result from the usages established between civilized nations, from the laws of humanity, and the requirements of the public conscience”, as expressly stated in the Convention with respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land of 29 July 1899 and its annex: Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land. Indeed, what the Security Council must do is to ensure the protection of civilians and civilian objects in armed conflicts, compel the perpetrators to bring such practices to an immediate end and hold them accountable for such crimes.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“Another case is the imposition of inhumane unilateral sanctions against Syria, which prevents the import of humanitarian goods, including food and medicine, causing serious harm to the health and lives of people. In practice, their adverse effects are equivalent to starvation and must therefore stop immediately. While emerging methods and new means of warfare, developed as a result of technological advances, may require new rules, the development of which, according to Article 13 of the Charter, falls within the purview of the General Assembly, the existing norms on the protection of civilians and civilian objects are quite clear and sufficient.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“Another example is the brutalities of Saudi Arabia in its six years of aggression in Yemen, in which thousands of civilians, including women and children, have been killed; homes, mosques, hospitals, schools, market places, diplomatic missions and even wedding and funeral ceremonies have been indiscriminately attacked; and starvation of civilians is used as a method of warfare, causing the world’s worst contemporary humanitarian crisis. Moreover, in both cases, objects indispensable to the survival of civilians, such as foodstuffs, drinking-water installations and hospitals, have been the subject of systematic armed attacks or deliberate disruption and civilian places, such as ports and airports, have been the subject of strict unlawful blockades.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“Those explicit norms indicate that our challenge today is not the lack of adequate binding rules for the protection of civilians or civilian objects; rather, it is the lack of compliance with such norms and, more important, the inaction of the Security Council when they are breached materially and even systematically. A living example is the decades-long systematic inhumane and unlawful practices of the Israeli regime in the occupied territories, which cover a range of brutalities, such as deliberate systematic and massive ethnic cleansing; the demolition of homes and the confiscation of land and property of the Palestinians; the unlawful blockade of the Gaza Strip; and the killing of civilians, including women and innocent children, all of which are clear manifestations of war crimes.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“Consequently, as also clearly stated by the International Court of Justice, “States must never make civilians the object of attack” and, as stipulated in article 18 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949, civilian objects, such as hospitals, “may in no circumstances be the object of attack, but shall at all times be respected and protected by the parties to the conflict”. Likewise, starvation of civilians as a method of warfare or attacking or rendering useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population must be avoided.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“According to that principle, inflicting “unnecessary suffering”, even to “combatants”, is prohibited, let alone causing any suffering to civilians, the protection of whom is the prime objective of many international legally binding instruments constituting international humanitarian law. Distinction is another principle of international humanitarian law, according to which the parties to the conflict shall distinguish between the civilian population and combatants and between civilian objects and military objectives. In addition, in accordance with article 35, paragraph 1, of the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), the choices of “methods or means of warfare is not unlimited”.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“While the prohibition of the use of force, save the two exceptional cases authorized by the Charter of the United Nations, is a fundamental principle and a pre-emptory norm of international law, armed conflicts are still a reality of our time. However, according to international humanitarian law, which governs the conduct of States in armed conflicts, there are certain rules that must be observed by parties to conflicts. The most prominent principles upon which international humanitarian law is founded are the principles of humanity and the dictates of public conscience. As also authoritatively pronounced by the International Court of Justice, “the overriding consideration of humanity” is “at the heart of” the principles and rules of law applicable in armed conflict.”
2021-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/415 (2021) · source
“The international community has a legal and moral responsibility to ensure the unity, integrity and sovereignty of Syria and ending the sufferings of its people. Finally, while supporting the ongoing dialogue within the Constitutional Committee, we note the announcement of the Syrian Government to hold, in accordance with the current Constitution of the country, the next presidential election on 26 May. Iran is committed to a political resolution of this crisis and will continue assisting the people and the Government of Syria to restore the unity and territorial integrity of their country.”
2021-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/418 (2021) · source
“Instead, such efforts should have been used for the removal of inhumane unilateral sanctions, which have devastating socioeconomic and humanitarian consequences and mainly target the most vulnerable, who are already grappling with the adverse impacts of conflict and are suffering seriously from the coronavirus disease pandemic. Weaponizing food and medicine through sanctions is a flagrant violation of the purposes and principles of the United Nations. They are unjust and unacceptable and must therefore be removed immediately. Likewise, uninvited foreign forces, which are directly involved in the systematic looting of the much-needed oil of the Syrian people, must stop their shameful practice.”
2021-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/418 (2021) · source
“Instead, we applaud the approach of those countries that plan to take practical measures to expedite the return of refugees and IDPs. We stand ready to contribute to the success of such efforts. Moreover, while the provision of assistance and having access to those in need is a must, however important, it cannot substitute for the ultimate solution, that is, to ensure durable peace, security and stability in Syria. For several months, the debate about so-called “cross-line and cross-border access” has unfortunately further politicized the issues related to humanitarian aids and access.”
2021-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/418 (2021) · source
“Iran strongly condemns the occupation of parts of Syria, particularly by the United States, as well as Israel’s acts of aggression against Syria, in the face of which the Syrian Government has a sovereign right to decide how and when to exercise its inherent right to individual or collective self-defence. As the Secretary-General recently stated, “Syria is the world’s largest refugee crisis”. This indeed cannot be overcome only by providing humanitarian assistance to refugees and IDPs — in the long run, that is neither sustainable nor practicable. Discouraging the return of refugees and IDPs, as certain countries do, will only unnecessarily prolong their suffering, and it is counterproductive, and thus unacceptable.”
2021-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/418 (2021) · source
“While a political solution cannot be achieved in isolation or overnight, the Committee’s success must not be set as a precondition for assisting in reconstruction or the return of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). We express our concern over the recent reports on enhanced cooperation with terrorists by certain foreign forces in camps under their control and call for further efforts to uproot all terrorists and for the withdrawal of all uninvited foreign forces from Syria. We also strongly reject abusing counter-terrorism efforts to support any separatist tendencies or illegitimate self-rule initiatives or violation of Syrian sovereignty.”
2021-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/418 (2021) · source
“After 10 years of conflict, it has become crystal clear that the Syrian crisis has only one solution: a truly Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, United Nations-facilitated political process. This indeed was the raison d’être for formation of the Astana format, which has promoted a peaceful settlement of the crisis, including through supporting the establishment of the Constitutional Committee. To that end, regular and close consultations by our Special Envoy on Syria with Mr. Pedersen, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, have continued. We will encourage the co-Chairs to commence the Constitutional Committee’s next meeting soon. The Committee’s work must continue according to its rules of procedure, without foreign interference or externally imposed timelines.”
2021-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/418 (2021) · source
“The deliberate targeting of a highly sensitive safeguarded nuclear facility, given the high risk of potential release of radioactive material, constitutes reckless criminal nuclear terrorism, and those who planned, ordered, participated and carried out that cowardly act must be held accountable. The Security Council must fulfil its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations to put an end to the Israeli regime’s provocative and disruptive measures, which continue to threaten the peace and security of the region and beyond. Iran, for its part, reserves its right to vigorously defend its interests and citizens against any unlawful acts.”
2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source
“It is no surprise that the Zionist regime is furious about the ongoing discussions in Vienna for the full implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The same regime that did its best to sabotage the nuclear talks held between 2013 and 2015 is hard at work to derail current talks. Indeed, through systematic deception and by playing the victim, the Israeli regime intends to cover up its oppression and crimes, as well as its adventuristic regional policies — the latest of which is its dangerous, reckless sabotage of Iran’s Natanz fuel enrichment plant, thereby disrupting the operations of that nuclear facility.”
2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source
“The Islamic Republic of Iran reiterates its support for the just cause of the Palestinian people and the full realization of all their inalienable rights, particularly their inherent right to self-determination and to establish an independent Palestinian State throughout Palestine, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. Before concluding, I must categorically reject all fabrications and accusations made today against my country by the representative of the Israeli regime. His desperate attempt to portray Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities as a threat is aimed at diverting attention away from the nuclear weapons of the Israel regime, which continue to threaten the peace and security of the region and beyond.”
2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source
“We also condemn all provocative measures by the Israeli occupying forces against the Al-Aqsa Mosque as well as the acts of aggression against worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan. At the regional level, the Israeli regime has continued its military adventurism and destabilizing practices, including by invading some countries of the region, particularly Syria. The Security Council has a special responsibility to put an end to this situation. It must therefore compel the Israeli regime to end the occupation of all Palestinian territories, the occupied Syrian Golan and parts of Lebanon.”
2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source
“The international community, particularly the Security Council, must therefore hold the Israeli regime accountable for commissioning such crimes and compel it to immediately cease all those acts. Another criminal act committed by the Israeli regime, which has continued for the past 14 years, is the unlawful blockade of the Gaza Strip. That is the systematic collective punishment of the civilian population, causing serious humanitarian and socioeconomic crises. That inhumane blockade, the negative impacts of which have also been severely exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, must immediately come to an end. The silence and inaction of the Council with respect to that unlawful act is unacceptable.”
2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source
“In that context, the objective of the regime, pursued through the forced displacement of Palestinians and their replacement with settlers, is to alter the demographic composition and character of Palestine, particularly the demographic composition and Islamic and Arab identity of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. That indeed is not mere discrimination and apartheid; it is, rather, a deliberate systematic and massive ethnic cleansing aimed at the Judaization of Palestine. All such oppressive and inhumane practices are clear violations of international human rights and humanitarian law and, as manifestations of war crimes, entail the international responsibility of the Israeli regime.”
2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source
“While the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has further worsened the situation in Palestine and made life more difficult for the Palestinian people, who have already been under the wanton oppression of the occupying forces, the Israeli regime has also exploited the state of emergency and lockdown to accelerate some of its oppressive measures against the Palestinians. For example, in furthering its unlawful settlement plans, the Israeli regime has continued the confiscation of Palestinian land, homes and property, in particular in and around Al-Quds Al-Sharif, leading to the forced displacement of many Palestinians. All such settlement-related measures are unlawful, violate international law and binding Security Council resolutions and must therefore come to an immediate end.”
2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source
“The situation in Palestine once again has been exacerbated, acts of brutality by the Israeli regime against the Palestinians have continued unabated, and the adventuristic and destabilizing practices of the Israeli regime have intensified. Meanwhile, the dead silence and the decades-long, utter and inexcusable inaction of the Security Council — resulting from the systematic shielding of the Israeli regime by the United States — with respect to Palestine has further emboldened the Israeli regime to commit more crimes with even greater brutality while enjoying total immunity. That in turn has resulted in a trust and confidence deficit and in a credibility and legitimacy crisis for the Council.”
2021-04-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/404 (2021) · source
“That initiative, which has so far received positive reactions from a number of regional countries, can indeed create a proper venue for all States of the Persian Gulf region to work together towards establishing a safer and more stable and prosperous region. The Islamic Republic of Iran stands ready to fully engage in dialogue with countries of the region and the United Nations, within the context of resolution 598 (1987), to discuss all aspects of the HOPE initiative.”
2021-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/394 (2021) · source
“That is of the utmost importance in a volatile region such as the Persian Gulf, where there is no regional organization encompassing all regional countries. In that context, during the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran proposed the Hormuz Peace Endeavour, known as HOPE, the objective of which is to launch a genuine dialogue within the region, with the active and constructive engagement of all regional countries, based on mutual respect, inclusivity and adherence to common principles, such as dialogue, S/2021/394 mutual respect, respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of international borders, the peaceful settlement of all disputes, rejection of the threat and use of force, non-aggression and non-intervention in the internal or external affairs of other States and rejection of, and non-participation in, coalitions and alliances against fellow States.”
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