Ambassador Ala: The illegal activities of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on the Syrian soil should be stopped

Geneva-Sana

Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations Office and International Organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Hussam El-Din Ala, warned of the danger of some of the member societies of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies illegal activities on Syrian soil once again demanding that those associations be stopped from these illegal practices.

Ambassador Ala said in a Syrian statement today to the thirty-third International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva that the Syrian state, despite its great challenges and its continued fight against terrorism and facing aggression, external interference and foreign occupation of parts of its territory, is continuing its cooperation and dialogue with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of the Red Cross The Red Crescent to respond to the needs of its affected citizens in all Syrian regions without discrimination.

Ambassador Ala pointed out that the thirty-third International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent coincided with the seventieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions is an occasion to recall the violations of the implementation of international humanitarian law in occupied Palestine and the occupied Syrian Golan and the continued Israeli occupation authorities in preventing the Syrian and Palestinian national societies from carrying out their humanitarian work in the territories The occupied Arab region, pointing out that the success in implementing the conference slogan on “The Power of Humanity” prompts us to stress the importance of adhering to the force of law and returning to the international system to prevent the world from slipping towards chaos. Government of the law of the jungle.

Ambassador Ala pointed out that the world today faces unprecedented challenges with the escalation of international chaos and the domination of unilateral trends that underestimate the rules of international law and the principles upon which the contemporary international system was founded, where resorting to unilateral use of force and foreign occupation, imposing unilateral coercive measures, supporting terrorism and using it in the context of attempts to tamper with stability Countries and targeting of their national institutions and legitimate governments are essential factors for the spread of wars and armed conflicts and the associated human suffering and forced displacement unprecedented in many regions of the world during the few years Past.

Ambassador Ala expressed regret that the international response to these humanitarian situations remains hostage to political approaches, double standards and targeted international investigation mechanisms that lack political and legal legitimacy and seek to serve narrow political agendas and interests, explaining that addressing traditional and emerging challenges that characterize wars and armed conflicts requires addressing their root causes and that ensuring compliance with the law International humanitarian law requires the abandonment of double standards in dealing with its violations and ensuring compliance with the rules of international law and the principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter on which the international system is based.

Ambassador Ala pointed out that the increasing external support for terrorist groups and their ability to control entire cities and destroy their infrastructure and use their residents as human shields were essential factors in transforming hostilities towards urban areas and imposing unprecedented challenges in dealing with them and with the associated human suffering.

Ambassador Ala stressed the necessity for the countries that support terrorist organizations to comply with the legal rules governing hostilities under international law and Security Council resolutions related to combating terrorism, pointing out that distancing humanitarian response efforts from political conditionality and integrating the development dimension in it is the most effective way to assist victims of this type of war and provide solutions Sustainable economic and social impacts associated with it.

Ambassador Ala reaffirmed Syria's firm commitment to promoting respect for international humanitarian law and the dissemination of its principles within the framework of the international conference and its aspiration to succeed in agreeing to adopt its decisions stating that in 2015 Syria restructured the National Committee for International Humanitarian Law headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants and includes representatives from the relevant ministries The Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross in an effort to activate their efforts and organized workshops and seminars with academics specializing in international humanitarian law for judges and legal advisers at the Ministry of Justice and diplomats. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and members of the People's Assembly and participated in regional courses of international humanitarian law.

Ambassador Ala pointed out that Syria is continuing its efforts to integrate international humanitarian law into the curricula of various levels and in its efforts to harmonize national legislation with its legal obligations arising from the conventions related to international humanitarian law that have been ratified or acceded to by the Syrian Arab Republic.

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