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Sabbagh

lines on the record: 652
first: 2021-06-03
most recent: 2023-09-27
sittings or episodes: 62
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“More than 1,000 trucks have crossed the border in order to justify the continuation of the mechanism and guarantee the continued flow of supplies to terrorist organizations in that area. Landmines and explosive ordnance left behind by the terrorist organizations continue to pose a grave threat to the lives of Syrians, especially children. The lack of progress in the removal of those landmines and explosive ordnance has prevented Syrians from returning to their homes, farms, jobs and schools. Moreover, it continues to obstruct the delivery of vital humanitarian aid. According to the Secretary General’s report (S/2022/635), Syria is one of the countries with the highest number of reported direct victims of landmines and explosive ordnance worldwide.”
2022-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9117 (2022) · source
“Almost 66,000 barrels of Syrian oil are being stolen every day, and in the past few days more than 500 trucks laden with stolen Syrian oil have left Syria for American bases in Iraq. As a result of its desire to ensure that humanitarian aid reaches everyone in need throughout Syria without discrimination, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic has offered every means possible to help the United Nations improve and promote the delivery of humanitarian aid. However, the terrorist organizations that are running rampant in north-western Syria and their supporters continue to obstruct the delivery of such assistance. Since the adoption of resolution 2642 (2022), attention has remained focused on the cross-border mechanism.”
2022-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9117 (2022) · source
“Secondly, some donor States have reneged on their pledges to support humanitarian work and failed to uphold their obligations to provide the funding for it, including through the implementation of early-recovery projects, as stipulated in resolution 2642 (2022). So far the plan for the Syrian humanitarian response has received only a fraction of the required funding. Thirdly, the United States and its Western allies continue to impose and increase unilateral coercive measures that are inhumane and illegitimate and cause suffering among the Syrian people, owing to the severe shortages of food, medicine, fuel and other basic supplies that affect every aspect of their lives. Fourthly, the United States occupying forces continue to plunder the Syrian people’s wealth, including wheat, oil, gas and cotton.”
2022-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9117 (2022) · source
“We also hope that the mechanism will be able to identify and determine the underlying reasons for the flaws and gaps hindering that implementation and that countries will work constructively to take responsibility for ensuring that it gets done. The Syrian Government and its partners such as the United Nations bodies and humanitarian agencies continue to face great challenges and difficulties in their efforts to improve the humanitarian situation and the living standards of the Syrian people for the following reasons. First, Western countries continue to politicize humanitarian and development efforts and clearly violate the guidelines that govern such work.”
2022-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9117 (2022) · source
“We are working to ensure the conditions necessary for a voluntary, safe and dignified return of refugees to their homes. The adoption of resolution 2642 (2022) was an additional step towards improving and promoting the delivery of humanitarian aid to those in need and providing support for basic services. The resolution has also expanded the reach of humanitarian activities, including through support to early-recovery projects, especially in the area of electric power, which is a vital sector and indispensable to other basic-service sectors such as health, education and water. Almost two months after the resolution’s adoption, my delegation looks forward to seeing the Council guarantee its full implementation and hold an informal and interactive dialogue to review and monitor it, including progress on early-recovery projects.”
2022-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9117 (2022) · source
“Mr. Sabbagh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): As this is the first time that I am speaking during China’s presidency of the Security Council this month, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your successful leadership of its work. I would also like to thank your predecessor, the Ambassador of Brazil, for his successful and outstanding presidency of the Council last month. My delegation has listened to the briefings by Mr. Pedersen and Ms. Msuya, and would like to make the following points. The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic is working diligently to promote national reconciliation, create the conditions necessary for a dignified life for its citizens, rehabilitate infrastructure and basic services for the people and rebuild what has been destroyed by terrorism.”
2022-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9117 (2022) · source
“We also stress that we will continue to mobilize all international efforts to condemn Israel and to expose its aggressive goals, especially as it washes its hands of the implementation of any requirements to achieve a just and comprehensive peace in our region. The Syrian Arab Republic reiterates its commitment to support the Palestinian question and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. We will stand by them in their legitimate struggle to end the Israeli occupation and establish an independent State on its territory, with Jerusalem as its capital. We also stand in solidarity with respect to the right of return of the Palestine refugees, in line with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions, in particular General Assembly resolution 194 (III) of 1948.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099 (2022) · source
“The Syrian Arab Republic underlines once again that it upholds its right to restore the entire occupied Syrian Golan by all means, according to international law, since it is an eternal right that is not governed by statute of limitations. We also stress that all decisions and measures taken by Israel to annex the Golan or alter its legal or demographic nature or impose any laws, authorities or administrations upon it are null and void and have no legal impact, pursuant to international law and relevant United Nations resolutions, especially resolution 497 (1981). My country stresses the right to respond adequately to the repeated Israeli aggression, in line with international law and the United Nations Charter.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099 (2022) · source
“At the same time, the Israeli occupation authorities continue their incursion into Palestinian cities and towns, demolishing Palestinian homes, displacing Palestinians and confiscating their lands and uprooting their trees to build thousands of new settlement units. The Syrian Arab Republic calls upon the Security Council to end its silence and urgently shoulder its responsibility to end the Israeli occupation of Arab lands and hold its authorities accountable for its violations and aggressive practices that escalate threats to regional and international peace and security. My delegation also calls upon the representatives of the Secretariat and the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process to shoulder their obligations and not stand idly by before those Israeli practices, or cover them up in their reports and briefings.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099 (2022) · source
“Our Arab people in the occupied Palestinian territories and the occupied Syrian Golan are subjected in parallel to aggressive practices by the Israeli occupation authorities, in clear violation of the principles of international law and the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, as well as relevant resolutions of international legitimacy, in particular resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 497 (1981). Israel, the occupying Power, continues its endeavours to entrench its occupation of the Syrian Golan, prolonging it through the confiscation of more Syrian properties and lands and the stealing of natural resources. It also continues to implement settlement projects and other illegitimate measures that aim to alter the legal and demographic nature of the Golan and void it of its Syrian identity.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099 (2022) · source
“That led Israel to persist in targeting civilians and civilian facilities, as was the case in its aggression against Damascus International Airport on 10 June, which endangered civilians and fully halted airport operations for a few weeks, including halting United Nations humanitarian flights. That was preceded by similar aggression against the commercial port of Latakia at the end of last year, which led to massive damage to the civilian structure of the port and to humanitarian materials owned by the United Nations.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099 (2022) · source
“Mr. Sabbagh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): Every time the Security Council holds a meeting on this agenda item, we find ourselves before new blatant Israeli aggression against the Arab people, be it in Palestine, Syria or south Lebanon. That comes amid complete and unacceptable silence on the part of the Council. Two days ago, the Israeli occupation entity launched a flagrant attack on Syrian sovereignty from the Syrian Arab Golan, which has been under occupation since 4 June 1967. It targeted the suburbs of the city of Damascus, which led to three military martyrs and the injury of seven others, in addition to material losses. The escalating and hysterical aggression of the Israeli occupation forces came under the protective umbrella of the United States of America and its Western allies.”
2022-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9099 (2022) · source
“Mr. Sabbagh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): I apologize for asking for the floor for a second time. However, I object to what Mrs. Nakamitsu said again. The mandate of the Declaration Assessment Team is not to verify Syria’s initial declaration; it is to assist Syria in presenting its declaration. The term used should be exact. The Team has no mandate to verify; its mandate is to assist. The meeting rose at 11.40 a.m.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“Nakamitsu clearly said that the visa is a sovereign right of any State. That is correct. However, it is an issue of dealing with an expert who has lost professionalism and objectivity. Even when the Technical Secretariat suggested another location outside Syria for consultations, our position was that we agreed, but without the participation of that one expert. The issue therefore relates to the participation of an expert who has lost his professionalism and objectivity. It is therefore not a matter of visa, and it is not a matter of whom we choose. The organization has the right to choose whomever it wants, and I stress that it has sufficient experts to do the job.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“Mr. Sabbagh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): I merely wanted to comment on the observations made by Mrs. Nakamitsu just now on the mandate of the Declaration Assessment Team (DAT) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). She said that it is an investigative team. The fact is quite otherwise. At a formal meeting of the OPCW, the head of the DAT was asked whether his team was an investigative or inspection team. He replied quite clearly that it is neither one nor the other. The DAT is therefore not an investigative team, nor an inspection team. It is a team that was created to assist the Syrian Arab Republic, with its consent, to enable it to provide its initial declaration. My second point is that the issue is not related to the visa. Mrs.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“I would like to tell him that such a description is wrong. Syria does not want to choose the experts, but Syria has the right to accept or reject with whom it is going to be dealing, especially if Syria has information proving that some experts are biased and non-objective. Those kinds of hostile and non-constructive discussions leads nowhere, but only to more complications. I therefore call on colleagues to refrain from such hostile declarations and to adopt a positive approach, thus allowing the Council to shoulder its responsibilities in line with the Charter of the United Nations and in total respect of the sovereignty and independence of Member States and the principle of non-interference in their internal affairs.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“The United States of America, as a permanent member of the Security Council and as a member of the Executive Council of the OPCW, must respect the language that is being used in those resolutions and decisions and must not encourage others to use its language. My colleague the representative of France accused us falsely, without any grounds or evidence. His accusation is part of the hostile policy that has been adopted by France towards my country for 10 years now, including by supporting terrorist organizations and violating the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Syria. Therefore, he must, before inviting others to respect resolutions, make sure that his country is respecting them. My colleague the representative of Albania said that Syria wants to choose the experts.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“In that context, I would like to mention that my delegation took part in the comprehensive review open consultations for the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) and has called for reinforcing international cooperation to prevent weapons of mass destruction, including chemical weapons, from falling into the hands of terrorist groups, thus threatening regional and international peace and security. Allow me, before concluding, to respond to some of what has been said in the statements made by some countries. My colleague the representative of the United States used in his statement the term “regime” several times to talk about the Syrian Government. I would like to ask the colleague representing the United States if the resolutions of the Security Council or the decisions of the OPCW mention Member States as regimes or as Governments?”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“It calls on the mission to issue its report on those incidents and to respect the terms of reference and the provisions of the Convention while undertaking its tasks. My delegation would like to recall that it has been keen on providing the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW with information pertaining to access by terrorists from Da’esh, the Al-Nusra Front and their affiliated entities to chemical weapons and chemical toxins in order to launch chemical attacks or fabricate scenes so as to accuse the Syrian Arab Army.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“Thirdly, regarding the work of the Fact-Finding Mission (FFM), the Syrian Arab Republic, while repeatedly condemning the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anytime, anywhere and under any circumstances, had notified the Technical Secretariat of several incidents perpetrated by terrorist organizations using chemical weapons and asked the FFM to investigate those incidents. Unfortunately, the mission has to date not submitted any reports regarding those incidents, although more than five years have passed. It has also persisted in ignoring the professional working methodologies provided for in the Convention. My delegation denounces that procrastination and calls for an end to be put to that manipulation.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“In that context, I would like to mention that the Syrian National Committee has agreed to the recent proposal of the Technical Secretariat to exchange correspondence about the work of the team for the time being, although we are aware of the limited results that can be achieved through such correspondence. The Syrian Arab Republic expresses its concern over the hindrances that are created by the Technical Secretariat, which prevent the resolution of outstanding issues. That is in Syria’s highest interests. We therefore call on the Technical Secretariat to give up those harmful tactics and that negative behaviour and go back to constructive work and fruitful cooperation.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“The answer is simply no. Secondly, as to the work of the Declaration Assessment Team, my country welcomes the holding of the twenty-fifth round of consultations and the visit of the team to Syria, with the exception of one individual, and that is due to valid reasons that we have already explained. The fact that the Technical Secretariat continues to insist on that individual at the expense of the team as a whole, although they have other equally qualified technical experts, reinforces us in our position and increases our suspicions as to the professionalism that the Technical Secretariat should show.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“The decision of the Conference of the States Parties to suspend the rights and privileges of Syria as a member of the OPCW — which was imposed by Western countries through pressure and blackmail — does not in any way mean that the Director-General can ignore his duties to communicate with the Syrian authorities concerned and seek lasting solutions to the outstanding issues between the two parties. Therefore, a visit by the Director-General to any State party is not a privilege that he grants to that State party but rather a duty that falls within his tasks and mandate. The question that has to be asked is: would Mr. Arias have visited Damascus and tried to find a solution to those outstanding issues even before the decision of the Conference of the States Parties to suspend Syria’s rights and privileges as an OPCW member State?”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“In his introductory statement to the OPCW Executive Council earlier in the month, he claimed that he could not hold the high-level meeting in Damascus, stating that: (spoke in English) “In any event, as Director-General, I cannot justify travelling to a State party that has been deprived of certain rights by the Conference of the States Parties”. (spoke in Arabic) Ironically, no one knows where the Director- General found that explanation. There is no mention in the Convention or in any document of the OPCW, either directly or indirectly, of such a justification. It is clear that the Director-General has gone too far in submitting to the policies of Western countries and has started to implement the Convention based on the political agendas of those States, demonstrating that he has not been professional in carrying out his mandate.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“First, with regard to the proposed high-level meeting between the Syrian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates and the OPCW Director-General, I wish to underscore that my country immediately welcomed the invitation to convene that meeting. We were keen to hold it as soon as possible, and the two parties were asked to agree on a venue and agenda for the meeting. During consultations, the Syrian party suggested holding the meeting in Damascus. The Director- General, however, did not respond positively to that proposal, for which he gave an excuse unprecedented in the history of the OPCW.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“It is unfortunate that the Syrian National Committee’s cooperation with the OPCW, as well as the fact that it has been upholding its commitment under the Convention, was met with ingratitude and denial. The monthly reports of the OPCW Director-General, especially the most recent one (see S/2022/530), have focused on negative developments and ignored any positive developments. They also provide only a partial account of certain issues in a way that undermines the OPCW. Therefore, in recent months the Chair of the Syrian National Committee has sent several letters to the Director-General, explaining the inaccuracies included in the reports of the Technical Secretariat and asking for them to be rectified. I would like to address some of the issues raised in today’s discussion.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“In that context, I would like to mention several positive developments that were not mentioned by Mrs. Nakamitsu. The Syrian Arab Republic submitted its 104th monthly report on the elimination of its chemical weapons and their production facilities. It also agreed to the extension of the tripartite agreement among the Syrian Arab Republic, the OPCW and the United Nations Office for Project Services for an additional six months until 31 December 2022, which should facilitate the tasks and activities of the OPCW in Syria. A report was also issued recently on the eighth round of inspections of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre, confirming the absence of any prohibited activity under the agreement and commending Syria’s full collaboration and excellent facilities during that round.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“Mr. Sabbagh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): The Syrian Arab Republic acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention voluntarily and in good faith and began implementing the Convention even before its ratification, notwithstanding our difficult circumstances. My country has cooperated fully with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). We destroyed our stockpiles of chemical weapons and their production facilities in record time, as confirmed in OPCW reports. Despite the politicization of the chemical weapons file in previous years, the hostile approach of certain States and the deliberate procrastination of the Technical Secretariat in dealing with some aspects of the file, my country has maintained its constructive approach and positive engagement.”
2022-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9097 (2022) · source
“My delegation calls on UNICEF and other relevant United Nations agencies to play an effective role in returning those children to a normal life and helping them overcome the negative effects of years of conflict.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Fifthly and lastly, my delegation stresses the importance of dissociating the issue of promoting the protection of children around the world from all political considerations. We want to underline that effectively reintegrating all children suffering from the impact of various conflicts requires serious and organized engagement aimed at motivating them to return to school, rehabilitating schools that are affected and providing them with an environment conducive to enabling them to become a pillar of sustainable development in the post-conflict period. They must also become a major part of the foundation underlying social cohesion and sustained peace.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Many children in the camp are at serious risk of being indoctrinated into extremist takfiri ideology, which will turn them into time bombs and pose a threat to security and stability in the region and beyond if the issue is not immediately addressed. Addressing the problem of foreign terrorists’ families, including women and children, requires genuine political commitment on the part of their countries of origin, which should guarantee the repatriation, rehabilitation and reintegration of every family member. My delegation calls on the countries concerned to follow the example of the successful experiences of a number of countries that have genuinely assumed their responsibilities and have repatriated their citizens in coordination with the Government of Syria, not through suspect deals with terrorist entities or separatist militias.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Many have been subject to recruitment by terrorist organizations and separatist militias that have forcibly involved them in the scourge of war. All such actions represent grave violations of children’s rights. Children under the yoke of the Israeli occupation in the occupied Arab territories in Palestine and the Syrian Golan also continue to suffer as victims of Israel’s various violations. Fourthly, the situation in north-eastern Syria in the Al-Hol camp, which is under the control of separatist militias that are proxies for the United States occupation forces, is a pertinent example of the suffering that children are enduring.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In 2013, a law that includes an amendment to the penal code was adopted to criminalize child recruitment and children’s participation in combat. We also adopted a national plan to address the issue of victims of child recruitment. Last year, we adopted a law on the rights of the child to promote the role of the State and its various institutions in protecting and focusing on the welfare of children, in order to ensure their cultural, psychological and socioeconomic development and rehabilitation and create the conditions they need to contribute in every aspect of development. Thirdly, our children have regrettably fallen victim to various countries’ well-known aggression against Syria. They have suffered and continue to suffer from the unilateral measures imposed on us.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Mr. Sabbagh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I thank you, Mr. President, for holding this important meeting. I would like to add the following brief remarks. First, my delegation stresses that Syria’s national legislation has been framed by the principle of the protection of children under the provisions of our Constitution. The Syrian Government’s national plan on the protection of children is based on its comprehensive understanding of the current challenges and willingness to address the consequences of the terrorist war imposed on Syria, while ensuring the security and prosperity of all Syrians. Secondly, in line with its commitments to upholding international human rights law, over the past 10 years the Syrian State has adopted a number of laws and legislation on child protection and child care.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“My delegation urges the Secretariat to include in the report of the Secretary-General that the resolution requests a meticulous quantitative, qualitative and geographically based assessment of the humanitarian needs in Syria and the impact of the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States of America and the European Union on responding to such needs. In conclusion, my delegation appreciates the flexibility of the delegation of the Russian Federation in facilitating the adoption of resolution 2642 (2022). We also call for the strict implementation of its provisions without selectivity, discrimination or politicization. We look forward to the convening of the informal interactive dialogue meetings referred to in the resolution, which would represent a platform for reviewing and following up on its implementation.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9089 (2022) · source
“What my delegation requested, in coordination with friendly delegations in the Security Council, was the introduction of improvements in the text of the draft resolution that would ensure an adequate response to humanitarian needs in a balanced, transparent and quantifiable way in order to improve the humanitarian situation of the Syrian people and their livelihoods and alleviate their suffering, including through promoting early-recovery projects, especially in the critical electricity sector, which has now been included in resolution 2642 (2022), just adopted by the Security Council.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9089 (2022) · source
“However, the political selfishness of the three Western permanent members of the Security Council compelled them to exploit the Council yet again, using it to garner the support of public opinion through a media disinformation campaign designed to offend the Governments of Syria and Russia. They are trying to create a false impression that they are concerned about humanitarian issues while at the same time they have been responsible for an unethical, inhumane and illegitimate siege imposed on the Syrian people that has made them suffer and obstructed the implementation of humanitarian operations.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9089 (2022) · source
“That refutes all the allegations spread by certain hostile countries and their proxies in order to justify the extension of the so- called cross-border mechanism, despite the fact that it was intended to be a temporary exceptional measure to address circumstances that are no longer relevant. In a statement before the Security Council two days ago (see S/PV.9087), the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic laid out in detail all of Syria’s concerns about the implementation of humanitarian operations in Syria and expressed our readiness to undertake serious work in collaboration with all parties to ensure that every concern is addressed. What was achieved today could have been achieved days ago.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9089 (2022) · source
“Mr. Sabbagh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic has stressed time and again that it has primary responsibility for all matters concerning the Syrian people. In the past few years we have repeatedly expressed our commitment to ensuring that humanitarian assistance reaches all Syrians all over the country without discrimination or exclusion. In extremely challenging times, my Government has succeeded in facilitating many of the convoys from the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, as well as the humanitarian work of partners in various parts of Syria.”
2022-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9089 (2022) · source
“My delegation reaffirms that it stands ready to engage in any positive and constructive effort to alleviate the humanitarian suffering of the Syrian people while fully respecting the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Syria.”
2022-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9087 (2022) · source
“We deplore the fact that the three Western countries — the United States of America, Britain and France — have been so insistent on misleading facts and disregarding the genuine and objective concerns expressed by my delegation and that of the Russian Federation. Those countries continue to politicize humanitarian work, obstruct every genuine effort to alleviate the suffering of the people and use that as a tool for political blackmail and pressure against my country. The draft resolution put forward by the delegation of the Russian Federation is a sincere attempt to allow the Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities. It exposes the real parties that are fully responsible for the failure to implement the provisions of resolution 2585 (2021).”
2022-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9087 (2022) · source
“My delegation would like to thank the Russian Federation’s delegation for taking the initiative and putting forward draft resolution S/2022/541, which was just voted on and which supports the implementation of key provisions of resolution 2585 (2021) to improve the humanitarian situation in Syria by promoting early- recovery projects and increasing their number and quality by ensuring that assistance is delivered to all those in need from within the country. That will have a positive impact on the humanitarian situation in Syria. My delegation regrets that the balanced draft resolution put forward by the Russian Federation’s delegation was not adopted.”
2022-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9087 (2022) · source
“For years, those three countries have chosen to follow an approach that violates Syria’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity and to besiege and suffocate its people economically, plundering their resources and depriving them of the most basic necessities of life. Those countries must realize that they cannot turn back the clock and that the wrong approach that they adopted must stop, that those hostile policies must be changed and that starving the Syrian people is not in anyone’s interest. My delegation fully agrees with the compelling reasons that prompted the delegation of the Russian Federation to veto the draft resolution introduced by the humanitarian co-penholders. We commend its commitment to achieving a response to the humanitarian needs of Syrians and alleviating their suffering.”
2022-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9087 (2022) · source
“My delegation believes that the United States of America, Britain and France bear full responsibility for thwarting the implementation of key provisions of resolution 2585 (2021) and for hiding behind the wording of draft resolution S/2022/538, put forward by the humanitarian co-penholders. They pushed for a vote on it, even though it does not achieve a real response to the humanitarian needs and does not include any substantive amendments or improvements that meet the concerns that we have repeatedly expressed and made it impossible to accept such discriminatory and unbalanced version.”
2022-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9087 (2022) · source
“In order to ensure the efficient implementation of all the provisions of resolution 2585 (2021) and that such implementation be measured, we also called for the resolution to be extended for no more than six months, thereby allowing for a review and follow-up process. My delegation commends the sincere efforts of the Russian Federation’s delegation to ensure that the humanitarian needs of Syrians are met in an effective, balanced, transparent and measurable manner. Together with our friends, we have exercised maximum flexibility to ensure that the humanitarian needs of all the Syrian people are met.”
2022-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9087 (2022) · source
“Such operations are extremely important to save the lives of Syrians and facilitate the safe return of refugees and displaced persons to their homes and land. Among the important issues that the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic have stressed is the need for a monitoring, review and follow-up mechanism for implementation. That will ensure tangible results in the implementation of early-recovery projects and non-delivery of cross-border humanitarian assistance to terrorist groups. That can be assured by enabling the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross to oversee the distribution of humanitarian assistance across the country.”
2022-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9087 (2022) · source
“My delegation stresses the need to implement early-recovery projects that include vital sectors such as electricity, which is essential to all humanitarian activities related to providing basic services, including health care, education, water and others. The Syrian people have been suffering from a lack of electricity for long hours in most Syrian regions as a result of the unilateral inhumane coercive measures imposed by Western states. Imagine living without electricity for just one hour to see really how Syrians suffer. My delegation also called for the inclusion of a clear reference in the draft resolution on support for demining operations and the removal of explosive devices planted by terrorist groups.”
2022-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9087 (2022) · source
“We have also been open to all genuine initiatives and efforts aimed at meeting the humanitarian needs of all Syrians across Syria without politicization, discrimination or exclusion. In that regard, we have detailed the flaws in the implementation of the Security Council resolutions on the humanitarian situation that we have identified in the past years and months. We have exposed the manipulation and misleading tactics carried out by some States, in addition to the catastrophic repercussions of the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States and the European Union. We have called for an end to those measures and all hostile and inhumane practices. We have called also for the provision of genuine guarantees so as to ensure the effective and transparent implementation of resolution 2585 (2021).”
2022-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9087 (2022) · source
“Since the beginning of the negotiations on the extension of resolution 2585 (2021), my delegation has taken a clear and constructive approach, pointing out the flaws and risks represented by the cross-border mechanism, exposing the double standards related to the promotion of access from within and showing how the early-recovery projects were not seriously implemented. We have always stressed that the reason for the humanitarian crisis in Syria is the adoption of wrong policies by the United States of America, France and Britain which continue to practice deception and fraud. We saw that very clearly in their statements today. They have falsely pretended that they are keen to provide humanitarian support to the Syrian people. My country’s delegation has been frank in expressing its fundamental concerns.”
2022-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9087 (2022) · source
“Mr. Sabbagh (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, since this is the first time I take the floor under your presidency, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on presiding over the Security Council for July. We are confident that you will lead it to a successful outcome. The Syrian Arab Republic attaches great importance to the humanitarian situation. We have been making considerable efforts to meet the humanitarian needs of the Syrian people and alleviate their suffering. For that reason, at all previous meetings of the Security Council on the humanitarian situation, we have pointed out relevant weaknesses and flaws as well as the impediments imposed by some Western countries, including by deliberately politicizing humanitarian work.”
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