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Sabbagh

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first: 2021-06-03
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“At the same time, those countries prevented the Security Council from responding to Syria’s numerous requests to create a legal international coalition under the auspices of the United Nations to combat terrorism and support efforts to tackle that threat, to fully implement Security Council resolutions and the relevant international instruments. The United States has used fighting terrorism as a pretext to target Syrian civilian installations and infrastructure, including schools, health centres, bridges and dams. It was about to cause a humanitarian disaster as a result of bombarding Al-Furat dam in March 2017. It has destroyed the entire city of Al-Raqqa over the heads of its inhabitants.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8958 (2022) · source
“It is the product of a number of serious violations of the principles of international law and the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations by successive United States Administrations and their allies, who have bypassed the Security Council by erroneously interpreting Article 51 of the Charter to form their own illegitimate coalition, without the approval of, or coordination with, the Syrian Government. We must point out that the Governments of certain countries participating in that alleged coalition have recruited thousands of foreign terrorist fighters, facilitated their move to Syria and provided them with all kinds of support to spread terror and chaos and to kill, destroy and destabilize security and stability.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8958 (2022) · source
“Subsequently, after Da’esh’s attack, the Kassad militia invaded the neighbourhood, and planes related to the United States occupation forces carried out a violent raid on the detention centre, which led to the killing of innocent civilian victims, including women and children. As a result, there was a wave of collective displacement of tens of thousands of citizens living in the region, in addition to extensive damage and destruction of a number of homes as well as civilian and service installations, including the fuel company headquarters, the Basil bakery, the Al-Furat University, an academic college, the municipality parking area and others. What the city of Al-Hasakah has gone through in recent days is the inevitable result of erroneous and hostile approach adopted by some Western countries towards my country since 2011 until today.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8958 (2022) · source
“Mr. Sabbagh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I thank the permanent delegation of the Russian Federation for having taken the initiative to request this important meeting. I also thank Under- Secretary-General Mr. Vladimir Voronkov for his briefing. Al-Hasakah city has seen bloodshed for a number of days now, beginning with the explosion of a car bomb by Da’esh terrorist organization next to the industrial secondary school in the Ghweiran district. The United States occupation forces had turned the school into a detention centre under the supervision of their affiliated Kassad separatist militia.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8958 (2022) · source
“My delegation calls on the Council to condemn the holding of a meeting by the Israeli Government in the occupied Syrian Golan on 26 December 2021, and its declaration that it seeks to double the number of Israeli settlers there, in blatant violation of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions. My delegation also looks forward to the Security Council taking urgent action to put an end to the recurrent Israeli attacks against the sovereignty of the Syrian territories and to implement its resolutions to ensure the withdrawal of Israel from all the Syrian Golan to 4 June 1967 borderline.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8957 (2022) · source
“The Syrian Government’s efforts, as well as the facilities and approvals granted, should be commended and appreciated. On the other hand, terrorist groups, separatist militias and their sponsors are impeding internal access in order to find pretexts for extending the cross-border mechanism and continuing the violation of Syrian sovereignty. Before I conclude, I would like to mention the suffering of our citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan as a result of the practices of the Israeli occupation authorities, including oppression, terror, arbitrary arrest and the confiscation of land.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8957 (2022) · source
“They provide him with protection from any accountability for his crimes of murder, plunder, confiscation of lands, displacement, demographic changes, Turkification, deprivation of drinking water, trade in the suffering of refugees and the displacement of Syrians. Most of these crimes are tantamount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. My delegation reaffirms our position rejecting the so-called cross-border mechanism as a violation of the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic. The mechanism allows Al-Nusra Front and other terrorist affiliates to continue to control Idlib and detain its residents as hostages and human shields. My delegation also stresses that internal access, through close cooperation with the Syrian Government, is the best way to meet needs throughout Syria.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8957 (2022) · source
“These attacks claimed the lives of many innocent people. Should those behind the attack not be held accountable for that? The crimes of the United States occupation forces and their affiliated organizations in the north-east complement the crimes of the Turkish regime forces and their terrorist affiliates in north-western Syria, notably Al-Nusra Front/Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, which has been designated by the Council as a terrorist group. Although we have made several requests over the past few years to move against these terrorist groups, the Security Council remains unable to shoulder its responsibilities, given that some Western countries continue to go along with Erdoğan’s regime, which knows very well how to blackmail and deceive.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8957 (2022) · source
“Some representatives mentioned in their statements the targeting of public civilian health and education facilities. They took advantage of the summary work published by the Independent Senior Advisory Panel on Humanitarian Deconfliction in the Syrian Arab Republic to make false claims and demand accountability. Since these delegations seem to have forgotten the crimes of the illegal global coalition that led to the destruction of the entire city of Al-Raqqa and other cities, which claimed the lives of many Syrians, the crimes carried out by the United States occupation forces in Al-Hasakah a few days ago should awake their memory. In just a few hours, the United States Air Force destroyed facilities at the Al-Furat University, another educational institution, a bakery, a fuel station among other sites.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8957 (2022) · source
“What has happened in Al-Hasakah over the past few days shows the inability of the United Nations, its specialized agencies and other international organizations to efficiently meet this challenge, despite the fact that the Syrian Government launched an urgent appeal on 22 January and provided them with many facilities so that they can carry out their work. The Syrian Government has borne the brunt of the burden imposed by the practices of parties to these events, despite our limited capacity even to meet our own needs, owing to the coercive measures imposed on the Syrian people. The Syrian Government has made every effort to urgently respond to the needs of the displaced by providing them with shelter, food, medicine, relief items and heating supplies in this extreme cold weather.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8957 (2022) · source
“A few days ago, on behalf of my country’s Government, I addressed to the Council two identical letters on the crimes perpetrated by the terrorist Da’esh organization and the separatist Syrian Democratic Forces militia, as well as the United States occupation forces in Al-Hasakah governorate, in north-eastern Syria, which claimed the lives of innocent civilians and injured many others, including women and children. Those crimes have led to the destruction of many civilian facilities and infrastructure, as well as to the collective displacement of thousands of Syrian families into areas under the control of the Syrian State, seeking safety.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8957 (2022) · source
“They have obstructed the implementation of the provisions of resolution 2585 (2021) on taking practical steps to meet the urgent needs of the Syrian people, enhance cross-line access inside Syria and implement early-recovery projects to provide education, health and water. They have also deliberately impeded the adoption of the Strategic Cooperation Framework between the Syrian Government and United Nations to support my country’s efforts to achieve the goals of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, guarantee that we are not left behind and provide favourable conditions for a dignified, voluntary and safe return of the displaced to their homes.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8957 (2022) · source
“The unethical practices of some internationally influential countries opposed to Syria prove the falsehood of their claims that they are concerned about the humanitarian situation in my country and reveal their politicization of the basic principles of humanitarian work by using it as a blackmailing tool to apply pressure in pursuit of their anti-Syrian political objectives. Western countries that are permanent members of the Security Council, together with their allies, have impeded efforts to improve the humanitarian situation in Syria. They have withheld funding for the humanitarian response plan. The fulfilment of their pledges during the past year did not exceed 45 per cent of the overall amount required by the United Nations.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8957 (2022) · source
“It greatly limits the ability of the Syrian Government and its institutions to provide for basic needs. It has also prevented the implementation of many of the humanitarian cooperation programmes and projects between the Syrian Government and its partners, such as the United Nations and its specialized agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and dozens of foreign non-governmental organizations licensed to operate in Syria, including projects reaffirmed by resolution 2585 (2021).”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8957 (2022) · source
“Mr. Sabbagh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): The suffering of millions of Syrians is on the increase these days as a result of the extreme cold in Syria. They are finding it very difficult to meet their basic needs, in particular to obtain fuel for heat, electricity, food, medicine and health care. This situation is the result of the blatant economic terrorism and collective-punishment policies underlying the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States of America and the European Union on my country, Syria, in grave violation of all international legal standards and the provisions and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The catastrophic impact of this illegal and inhumane siege has touched all aspects of life in Syria.”
2022-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8957 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, the responsibility of the Security Council to maintain international peace and security requires it to act swiftly to counter any violation of the Charter of the United Nations and deter any violation of its resolutions. It must address the issues that come under its consideration objectively and with neutrality, including preventing its use by some countries as a platform to target other United Nations States Members.”
2022-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8955 (2022) · source
“They have had a catastrophic impact on every aspect of Syrians’ daily lives, especially with the spread of the coronavirus disease pandemic and extreme climate change, which has been compounded by drought, the lack of rain and extreme cold weather this winter Fifthly, it must implement and ensure respect of all its counter-terrorism resolutions and support the efforts of the Syrian State and its allies to eradicate the vestiges of terrorist groups in Syria, such as Da’esh and the Al-Nusra Front/Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, and hold countries that sponsor such terrorist organizations accountable for the violations and for any drop of blood that was shed by those terrorist organizations.”
2022-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8955 (2022) · source
“Fourthly, it must end the economic terrorist policies and collective punishment through the inhumane, illegitimate and immoral unilateral measures imposed by the United States and the European Union on the Syrian people.”
2022-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8955 (2022) · source
“They must stop the looting and smuggling of national treasures, especially given what we have seen in Al-Hasakah governorate over the past few days, namely, the attack by Da’esh terrorists, the Kassad massacres of innocent victims and the massive barbaric destruction of infrastructure by the occupying United States Air Force, which resulted in many civilian deaths. It also forced thousands of families to leave their homes and seek safe haven. All of those actions are United States attempts to recycle the terrorist Da’esh organization and create a pretext for the United States forces to remain in the region, especially given the increase in domestic and international demands for them to leave the Syrian territories.”
2022-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8955 (2022) · source
“Secondly, it must end the Turkish occupation of Syrian territories in the north and north-west parts of the country and stop the Turkish regime’s crimes and practices, which are based on sponsoring terrorism, spreading chaos and destruction, Turkinization, forced migration, demographic alteration, looting economic resources and property and the use of potable water as a tool of war against millions of Syrians, for which they must be held accountable. Thirdly, it must end the illegitimate presence of the United States forces in the north-east and south- west parts of Syria, condemn their sponsoring of the separatist Kassad militia or other terrorist entities, such as Maghawir Al-Thawra, in Al-Tanf and Rukban camps.”
2022-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8955 (2022) · source
“First, it must ensure respect for its resolutions and other United Nations resolutions on the occupied Syrian Golan and ensure their implementation to end the Israeli occupation of the Golan and counter Israeli plans to build thousands of new settlement units therein and double the number of settlers in the Golan. The Council must compel Israel — the occupying Power — to end its repetitive hysterical acts of aggression against the territories of the Syrian Arab Republic and hold it accountable for them.”
2022-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8955 (2022) · source
“The Syrian Arab Republic stresses that it is unacceptable to continue to disregard the grave violations of its sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity, which have been assured in all relevant Security Council resolutions, or to turn a blind eye to the major challenges related to the improvement of the humanitarian situation of the Syrian people caused by unilateral coercive measures imposed on them, which are diametrically opposed to their interests, for whom others assert they care. Syria also emphasizes that the Security Council must act firmly and swiftly to do the following.”
2022-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8955 (2022) · source
“Syria looks forward to the seventh session of the Constitutional Committee and commends the positive and constructive engagement of the national delegation during the previous six sessions, as well as its proposals, which reflect the aspirations of the Syrian people. In addition, we underscore that we reject all forms of foreign interference in the work of the Committee, or any attempt to obstruct it, or to impose artificial timelines, or predetermined outcomes, or bypass the provisions of the agreed terms of reference, under any pretext.”
2022-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8955 (2022) · source
“The Syrian Government has therefore facilitated the launching of the work of the Constitutional Committee, and it follows it with great interest, although it is aware of the obstructive role of the Turkish regime and its representatives as well as certain Western countries that have no interest in the success of the Committee’s work. Syria stresses the need for the Special Envoy to abide by his role as a facilitator and work on implementing the provisions of the terms of reference agreed by the parties, without interfering in the substantive dialogue among the members of the Committee. He should objectively and neutrally report on developments.”
2022-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8955 (2022) · source
“My delegation stresses that any discussion of my country’s situation will be limited and a waste of time and effort as long as the attempts of certain Western countries continue to cover up the fundamental challenges facing Syria and ignore the aggressive practices that exacerbate the situation and lead to catastrophic consequences for the lives of each Syrian. We listened to the briefing delivered by Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and the statements delivered by the representatives of the Member States of the Council. We would like to stress that the Syrian Arab Republic is committed to a political solution based on an intra-Syrian national dialogue that is Syrian-led and -owned and meets the aspirations of the Syrian people and ensures full commitment to Syria’s sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity.”
2022-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8955 (2022) · source
“What happened, and continues to happen, in the city of Al-Hasakah requires the immediate attention of the Security Council in order to look into the repercussions of those dangerous incidents as a result of the crimes committed by the Da’esh terrorist organization and the separatist Kassad militia, as well as the United States occupation forces. Those dangerous incidents are also a result of the insistence of the Governments of certain countries not to shoulder their responsibilities to repatriate their own citizen foreign terrorist fighters and their families held in camps and detention centres in north-east Syria, and then to prosecute and rehabilitate them on their own territories in order to finally remove them from Syrian territory and terminate the illegitimate presence of United States occupation forces on Syrian soil.”
2022-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8955 (2022) · source
“What does it mean that the Council holds all of these meetings and does not hold a single emergency meeting to condemn the repeated Israeli acts of aggression against Syria’s sovereignty, or to condemn the practices of the occupation forces of the United States and Turkey? Why does the Council not adopt a presidential statement or a press statement to clearly and unequivocally condemn all those violations of international law and the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations? Do all of those repeated, gross and continuing violations for years not warrant a single Council meeting to prove to the Syrian people and the world public opinion that it is shouldering its responsibility, in line with the Charter, and that it is taking seriously those grave threats to international and regional peace and security?”
2022-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8955 (2022) · source
“Mr. Sabbagh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): The Security Council is holding a meeting today to discuss the political situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, and tomorrow the Council will hold another meeting on the humanitarian situation. A few days ago, the Council held a meeting on the situation in the Middle East (see S/PV.8946) during which some also tackled, in a selective and biased manner, the situation in Syria. In addition, at the beginning of every month, the Council holds a meeting on the so-called “chemical dossier”. That raises the question: does the Council really discuss the situation in Syria during these monthly meetings, or have they become just a platform for some countries to repeat unfounded allegations and accusations against the Syrian Government in an attempt to tarnish its image?”
2022-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8955 (2022) · source
“He urged the world to pay no attention to his authorities’ repeated, decades-long attacks with missiles, heavy weapons and live ammunition on the Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The statement was a clear example of political blindness, with many biased points. Despite the fact that the statement claimed to respect our sovereignty, the EU representative found no place in it to condemn Israel’s continued aggression against Syria’s sovereignty. There was no call for an end to Israeli settlement activities in the Golan, which run counter to the resolutions of international legitimacy, despite the speaker’s call for respecting them. Can there be a more glaring example of political hypocrisy and double standards? Perhaps the most hypocritical event today occurred earlier, when the representative of Israel called for condemning a defenceless people who defy occupation with stones.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We stand with them in their legitimate struggle to defend their land and holy sites and to recover their occupied territories and all their legitimate rights, especially the right to establish their own independent State on their territory, with Jerusalem as its capital, while being granted full membership in the United Nations, as well as the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland, in line with international law and the relevant United Nations resolutions, notably resolution 194 (III) of 1948. Before concluding, I would like to refer to the statement made earlier today by the observer of the European Union (EU). The statement included a repetition of the same hostile positions on the situation in Syria, even though this has nothing to do with the topic of today’s meeting.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The Syrian Arab Republic strongly condemns Israel’s settlement policies in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially in the West Bank and Jerusalem, the most recent of which happened today in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. We remain steadfastly committed to supporting the inalienable rights of our brother people of Palestine.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We call on the Security Council to end its silence, uphold its responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations effectively and immediately and implement its mandate to maintain international peace and security, which would deter the Israeli occupation force from continuing its violations, ensuring accountability for its rogue behaviour and impunity. It would also compel Israel to end its occupation of the Syrian Golan and to withdraw completely from it to the line of 4 June 1967, pursuant to various Security Council and General Assembly resolutions as well as the relevant international terms of reference.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The continued Israeli attacks on Syria’s sovereignty, which have recently been hysterically repeated, represent a flagrant violation of the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement and the United Nations resolutions pertaining to the occupied Syrian Golan. They are clear evidence that Israel supports terrorists and fuels the war in Syria and constitute another escalation that threatens peace and security in the Middle East. The Syrian Arab Republic emphasizes that Israel’s reckless and provocative behaviour and aggressive practices would never have reached this level had it not been for the protection and cover-up for its violations that successive United States Administrations provided to Israel, the occupying Power.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We stress that all decisions and measures taken so far by Israel, the occupying Power, with the aim of changing the natural and demographic character of the Golan or imposing its laws and administration on it under any pretext, are null and void and have no legal effect under international law or the relevant United Nations resolutions, in particular resolution 497 (1981). That resolution considers Israel’s decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan as null, void and without legal effect. The Syrian Arab Republic calls on Member States to refrain from recognizing any illegal status resulting from Israel’s illegitimate practices in the occupied Syrian Golan, and to condemn and seek an end to them.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950Resumption1 (2022) · source
“That is a flagrant violation of international law, the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and all the relevant United Nations resolutions, especially resolution 497 (1981), and represents yet another failed attempt to perpetuate and prolong the occupation and obliterate the Syrian identity of the occupied Golan. The Syrian Arab Republic strongly condemns the grave provocations and flagrant violations committed by the Israeli occupation authorities in the Syrian Golan, which include confiscations of land and property, the imposition of demographic changes and the looting of natural resources. The Syrian Arab Republic reiterates its established right to a full recovery of the Syrian Golan, occupied since 4 June 1967, by every possible means under international law. That is an eternal right that is not governed by any statute of limitations.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Wennesland directly to brief them on developments in the situation in the occupied Syrian Golan and to draw their attention to the repeated serious Israeli attacks on the security and stability of Syria and the region. However, today’s briefing by the Special Coordinator was disappointing, as it lacked objectivity and balance and did not address these aspects of his mandate. On 26 December 2021, in yet another dangerous new escalation, the Head of the Israeli Government took the provocative step of holding a cabinet meeting in the occupied Syrian Golan at which he approved a $317 million plan to double the number of settlers in the occupied Syrian Golan and construct thousands of housing units in two new settlements, to be named Asif and Matar.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Mr. Sabbagh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to welcome the presence in this open debate of my brother Mr. Riad Al-Malki, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine. My delegation would like to express its astonishment that Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, insisted on including no information in his briefing today about Israel’s settlement activities and other illegal practices in the occupied Syrian Golan while also ignoring Israel’s repeated aggressions against Syria’s sovereign territories, most recently the commercial port of Latakia, which resulted in significant material losses. My delegation had sent several letters to the Secretary-General and to Mr.”
2022-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8950Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Syria has reiterated that some of the technical issues that have been discussed by the Syrian National Authority and the Technical Secretariat are subject to multiple scientific interpretations. They must be discussed and examined. They cannot be settled hastily or selectively.”
2022-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8943 (2022) · source
“Syria stresses that Israel’s claim of responsibility for the attack, which was confirmed by its Minister for Intelligence and multiple media reports, must condemn Israel and subject it to accountability, not only for that attack but for all other attacks on Syria’s sovereignty, including the most recent attack, on the commercial port of Latakia a few days ago, and for its occupation of the Syrian Golan and its continued illegal settlement activities. In conclusion, Syria reiterates its rejection of all attempts to question the Syrian initial declaration or its cooperation with the OPCW and its Technical Secretariat. We condemn all baseless accusations based on erroneous information and attempts to jump to conclusions based on misinterpretation and probabilities in the absence of physical evidence.”
2022-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8943 (2022) · source
“The two teams of the Technical Secretariat to which I referred to earlier visited Syria within less than one month. That is a conclusive evidence about the significant cooperation between Syria and the OPCW. It also undoubtedly refutes the accusations that Syria is impeding the work of the Technical Secretariat, especially by refusing to issue visas to its members. With regard to references about two chlorine cylinders related to the alleged Douma incident, my country rejects all attempts to divert attention from the Israeli aggression on one of the declared facilities that led to the destruction of the two cylinders, which provided physical evidence.”
2022-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8943 (2022) · source
“I therefore find it strange that my colleague the representative of the United States said that Syria refused to attend the meeting. My delegation reiterates that the DAT was established to assist the Syrian Government. It is not an investigative team. It does not have the mandate to evaluate any information. Syria did not impede any of the 24 rounds of consultations held over eight years. My delegation considers that the information contained in the latest report of the Director-General (see S/2021/1103) that corrects the information contained in the previous report (see S/2021/989) concerning the issuance of visas to members of the DAT, and the clarification that the issue is related to only one member and not the entire team, demonstrates that the information provided by Syria is accurate and credible.”
2022-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8943 (2022) · source
“The pre-conclusion contained in the statement of the United States of America on those investigations, even before any report about them has been issued, clearly demonstrates the politicization of the issue and the misinformation surrounding this dossier. It exposes those who are trying to jump to conclusions and cast false accusations. Concerning the visit by the OPCW Declaration Assessment Team (DAT) to hold the twenty-fifth round of consultations, my delegation recalls that the Syrian Government welcomed the announcement of the visit by the DAT, and we have asked for one of its members to be replaced. We also welcomed the proposal to hold the meeting at The Hague. However, the meeting did not take place, as the Technical Secretariat did not fund it.”
2022-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8943 (2022) · source
“The Syrian Government also facilitated the visit of the Fact-Finding Mission before the end of 2021 to complete the investigations into the incidents that occurred in Hama governorate in 2017. The investigations have yet to be completed, although it has been five years since terrorist organizations used chemical weapons there. That raises the following questions. Why are the investigations on the use of chemical weapons by terrorist groups, such as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and the Al-Nusra Front, lagging? Why would some cover up those incidents, although they were confirmed in United Nations reports?”
2022-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8943 (2022) · source
“With regard to the latest developments pertaining to the cooperation between Syria and the OPCW since the previous discussion in the Council (see S/PV.8921), the focal points on the two sides are continuing with preparations for the meeting between the Foreign Minister and the OPCW Director-General to agree on an agenda to discuss all issues between the two sides comprehensively and objectively. The Tripartite Agreement has been extended for six months, to 30 June. Syria presented its ninety-seventh monthly report on 16 December 2021. The Syrian Government facilitated the eighth round of inspections of the Barzah and Jamrayah facilities of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre during the period from 10 to 17 December 2021.”
2022-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8943 (2022) · source
“Fourthly, on 10 December 2021, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria sent a letter to the OPCW Director-General, explaining the position of the Syrian Government with regard to the reports of the Technical Secretariat and the inaccurate information contained therein, which have become the foundation and the pretext of the baseless accusations made within the OPCW decision-making bodies against Syria. The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs noted the letter that I sent her explaining our concerns. In his letter, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates emphasized that, despite our disappointment with the OPCW’s mistaken and unbalanced approach, Syria would continue to cooperate constructively with the Technical Secretariat and its teams.”
2022-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8943 (2022) · source
“Thirdly, while the Syrian Government has cooperated with the OPCW and fulfilled its obligations under the Convention, some Western countries have fabricated lies and waged a disinformation campaign while applying pressure in order to adopt resolutions and establish illegal mechanisms, such as the Investigation and Identification Team, which is a clear politicization and distortion of the technical work of the OPCW and another example of the hostile policies adopted against Syria by the same Western countries. As a consequence of those practices, the reports of the Technical Secretariat and its teams have become part and parcel of the hostile campaign against Syria, thereby undermining the work of the organization, the credibility of its reports and the professionalism of its teams.”
2022-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8943 (2022) · source
“We stress that, despite the serious challenges faced by the Syrian Arab Army and its allies as a result of the crimes committed by terrorist organizations and their sponsors, we have never used any type of these prohibited weapons or any toxic chemicals. Secondly, the Syrian State decided in 2013 to join the Chemical Weapons Convention. We have cooperated with the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to eliminate our stocks of chemical weapons and production facilities. We completed that process in record time and in unprecedented manner in mid-2014, as confirmed by the reports of the relevant organization.”
2022-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8943 (2022) · source
“Mr. Sabbagh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): Madam President, at the outset I congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month. Rest assured, Madam, that we stand ready to work with you and provide you with updates on the latest developments in the situation in Syria. I also congratulate the members who joined the Council at the beginning of this year. The participation today of the five new members for the first time in the Council meeting on the Syrian chemical dossier prompts us to recall some of the main elements of the issue. First, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic condemns the use of chemical weapons anywhere, anytime, by anyone and under any circumstances.”
2022-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8943 (2022) · source
“We note that the cooperation of the Syrian State in the efforts of our Russian friends has resulted in the release of a number of detainees and abductees, despite all attempts by the Turkish side and its agents to block that humanitarian initiative. In conclusion, I wish to take this opportunity to thank your delegation, Mr. President, as well as those of Tunisia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Viet Nam for their efforts and objectivity as members of the Security Council.”
2021-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8937 (2021) · source