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Özgür

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2022-02-25

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2023-12-22

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1. “Owing to the identified gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies that remain unresolved, the OPCW still cannot consider the Syrian regime’s declaration accurate and complete. We call on the Syrian regime to fully cooperate with the OPCW Technical Secretariat, submit pending declarations and documents and fulfil all its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and resolution 2118 (2013). We commend the independence, impartiality and professionalism demonstrated by the OPCW’s Technical Secretariat. We also welcome Technical Secretariat’s efforts to deliver on its mandate by using new or alternative methods when faced with hurdles. In those efforts, the OPCW needs the support of the Security Council, not discouragement.”

   2023-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9275 (2023) · source

2. “Mrs. Özgür (Türkiye): We too would like to thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing. It has been nearly 10 years since the unanimous adoption of resolution 2118 (2013). Last month, the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) briefed the Security Council (see S/PV.9255) and subsequently submitted his 113th report (see S/2023/158), which demonstrates that outstanding issues in relation to the Syrian regime’s initial and subsequent declarations persist. As we heard from High Representative Nakamitsu today, the OPCW Technical Secretariat is still awaiting a response to its inquiries sent to the regime with regard to its chemical weapons production facilities and the unauthorized movement of chlorine cylinders used in the Douma attack in 2018.”

   2023-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9275 (2023) · source

3. “We have heard from High Representative Nakamitsu that the outstanding issues in relation to the Syrian regime’s initial and subsequent declarations persist. We once again call on the Syrian regime to fully cooperate with the OPCW Technical Secretariat and provide the necessary information, as it is obligated to do so under the Convention. Lastly, at Council meetings held in recent months under this agenda item, we have emphasized the significance of continued regular consideration by the Council of the Syrian chemical weapons programme. The recent developments, including the third IIT report, only reaffirm that necessity. Therefore, as a neighbouring country, we urge the Council to maintain this crucial item on its monthly calendar.”

   2023-02-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9255 (2023) · source

4. “Last month, in its third report, the IIT concluded that the Syrian regime was the perpetrator of the chlorine gas attack that took place in Douma on 7 April 2018. That follows the IIT’s two previous two, both of which confirmed the responsibility of the regime in three chemical weapons attacks in Latamenah in March 2017 and the chlorine gas attack in Saraqib in February 2018. The use of chemical weapons is a grave violation of international law and unacceptable under any circumstances. Türkiye strongly condemns the repeated use of chemical weapons in Syria. We will continue to support the efforts, first and foremost, of the United Nations and the OPCW that are aimed at ensuring accountability in Syria. That is also our collective responsibility for the hundreds of innocent lives lost due to the chemical weapons attacks in the country.”

   2023-02-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9255 (2023) · source

5. “Mrs. Özgür (Türkiye): Let me start by sincerely thanking you, Madam President, and other Security Council members, as well as Mrs. Nakamitsu, Mr. Arias and Mr. Oñate-Laborde, for their expressions of condolences, support and solidarity at this difficult time. We thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu, Director-General Arias and Coordinator Oñate-Laborde for their briefings. We commend the independence, impartiality and professionalism upheld by the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The OPCW Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) was established with a mandate to identify those responsible for the chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Türkiye co-sponsored the decision granting that mandate to the OPCW in 2018.”

   2023-02-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9255 (2023) · source

6. “We also look forward to the Secretary-General’s proposals for consideration by the relevant General Assembly committees at the Assembly’s seventy-eighth session, with a view to a gradual increase in the United Nations regular budget allocation to the Agency. Let me conclude by reiterating Türkiye’s continued support for all efforts aimed at finding a comprehensive and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Türkiye’s support for the Palestinian people reaching fulfilment of their long-delayed rights to live in their own sovereign and independent State is unwavering.”

   2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source

7. “The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) plays a vital role in delivering on our joint responsibility as the international community to provide assistance to the Palestine refugees until a just solution is found to their problems. We welcome the General Assembly’s renewal last month of the Agency’s mandate until June 2026. Equally significant is to ensure the Agency’s financial stability so that its lifeline services for millions of Palestine refugees can continue. We strongly encourage everyone to provide generous financial support to UNRWA. For its part, in 2022 Türkiye continued its annual contribution of $10 million and provided 26 tons of flour as in-kind contribution.”

   2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source

8. “There cannot be lasting peace in the Middle East without an independent and sovereign State of Palestine on the basis of 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. Until and unless Israel’s unilateral acts come to an end, tension and imminent risk of escalation will continue to be present. Ending the occupation is a prerequisite for, and key to, finding a solution. A genuine peace deal to end the occupation should be the objective for all parties concerned. Similarly, in order to contain tensions, the international community should collectively prioritize the preservation of the sanctity and status of Al-Haram Al-Sharif. In all those efforts, the Security Council and its members have a special responsibility that they cannot abdicate.”

   2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source

9. “The additional punitive measures by the Israeli officials against the Palestinian people and leadership do not help to solve any issues. We call on Israel to reconsider this policy. Continuing violations against the sanctity and status of Al-Haram Al-Sharif, including the provocation earlier this month at Al-Aqsa Mosque, are unacceptable and add to the serious concerns about what lies ahead. Türkiye condemns this blatant act of violation. The status of Al-Haram Al-Sharif must remain above domestic political considerations. The lack of interest by the international community in find a just, lasting and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian question is deeply frustrating. The situation in the occupied territory is not sustainable, and it is also a major source of destabilization in the wider region.”

   2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source

10. “Mrs. Özgür (Türkiye): We thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate and also thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing. Today’s meeting takes place at a critical juncture. The challenges facing the State of Palestine and the Palestinian people have grown immensely. We note with deep regret and concern that 2022 was the deadliest year since the United Nations started recording civilian fatalities in the occupied Palestinian territory, in 2005. Israel’s unilateral steps, namely, the expansion of illegal settlements, demolitions, forced evictions and increased loss of life in the occupied Palestinian territory, are serious cause for concern and continue to undermine the prospects for a two-State solution to the conflict. The international community cannot turn a blind eye to this alarming situation.”

    2023-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9246Resumption1 (2023) · source

11. “The work of the Fact-Finding Mission and the current investigations by the Investigation and Identification Team are critical if we are to establish the truth about the use of chemical weapons in Syria. We therefore look forward to the completion of the ongoing study and investigations by the Fact-Finding Mission and the Investigation and Identification Team, as well as their next reports. The use of chemical weapons is unacceptable under any circumstances. It is our collective responsibility to ensure accountability for that egregious crime and to honour the hundreds of innocent lives lost to the chemical-weapon attacks in Syria. Finally, as a neighbour of Syria, we believe that the Council’s continued regular consideration of Syria’s chemical-weapons programme is a necessary and crucial item on the monthly calendar.”

    2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9235 (2023) · source

12. “Moreover, the Technical Secretariat’s efforts to organize the next round of consultations with the Declaration Assessment Team either in Syria or Beirut have so far been unsuccessful. Furthermore, the Technical Secretariat is still waiting for responses to its inquiries regarding the regime’s chemical-weapons production facilities and the unauthorized movement of chlorine cylinders related to the 2018 Douma attack. We look forward to receiving information at the next Council meeting on the results of the limited in-country activities to be carried out from 17 to 22 January in Syria by a reduced team from the Technical Secretariat. We call on the Syrian regime to fully cooperate with the Technical Secretariat and to provide the necessary information, as it is obligated to do under the Chemical Weapons Convention.”

    2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9235 (2023) · source

13. “Mrs. Özgür (Türkiye): At the outset, let me join other delegations in congratulating Japan, as well as Ecuador, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland, on beginning their terms as non-permanent members of the Security Council. We thank the Deputy High Representative, Mr. Ebo, for his briefing. We also commend the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Technical Secretariat for upholding its independence, impartiality and professionalism. The latest report of the OPCW Director-General (see S/2022/1016) shows that the outstanding issues around the Syrian regime’s initial and subsequent declarations persist. Owing to the gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies that have been identified and remain unresolved, the OPCW Technical Secretariat still cannot consider Syria’s declaration accurate and complete.”

    2023-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9235 (2023) · source

14. “Mrs. Özgür (Turkey): My Permanent Representative has just said what needed to be said. We are not going to respond to that shameless individual.”

    2022-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8978 (2022) · source