New York-Sana
Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh, affirmed that economic terrorism and the collective punishment policies represented by the illegal unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States and the European Union have exacerbated the suffering of millions of Syrians who face great hardship in obtaining their basic needs, in flagrant violation of all international legal standards and principles. and provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.
In a session of the Security Council today on the humanitarian issue in Syria, Sabbagh explained that the catastrophic effects of the illegal and inhumane siege on Syria affected various sectors of life in it and greatly limited the ability of state institutions to provide basic services and prevented the implementation of many cooperation programs and projects between Syria and its partners In humanitarian work, such as the United Nations and its specialized agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and dozens of foreign NGOs licensed to work in Syria, including projects confirmed by Resolution 2585.
Sabbagh pointed out that the immoral actions and practices of some influential countries on the international scene and hostile to Syria prove the falsity of their allegations about their preoccupation with the humanitarian situation in Syria and expose their politicization of the most basic principles of humanitarian action by using them as a tool of pressure and blackmail to achieve their anti-Syrian political goals.
Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations pointed out that the Western permanent members of the Security Council and their allies obstructed efforts to improve the humanitarian situation in Syria, as they withheld funding for the humanitarian response plan. The United Nations also obstructed the implementation of the provisions of Resolution 2585 related to taking practical steps to meet the urgent needs of the Syrian people, enhance cross-line access from inside Syrian territory, implement early recovery projects to provide education, health and water services, as well as deliberately obstructing the adoption of the strategic framework governing cooperation between Syria and the United Nations, which aims To support its efforts in achieving the 2030 development goals, ensuring that they are not left behind and providing the appropriate conditions for the return of the displaced to their areas.
Sabbagh indicated that Syria sent two identical messages a few days ago to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the Security Council about the crimes committed by the terrorist organization "ISIS", the separatist "Qasd militia" and the American occupation forces in the city of Hasaka, which claimed the lives of innocent civilians and caused severe injuries to others, including children and women. The destruction of many civilian facilities and infrastructure, and led to the mass displacement of thousands of Syrian families to safe areas.
Sabbagh pointed out that what happened in Al-Hasakah during the past days revealed the inability of the United Nations, its specialized agencies and other international organizations to respond with the efficiency required to meet this challenge, despite the urgent appeal launched by Syria last Saturday and the great facilities it provided for them to do their work, as Syria bore the largest amount of The burdens imposed by the practices of the parties involved in these events, and despite their limited ability to meet the needs due to the coercive measures imposed on them, they employed all their available capabilities to respond immediately to the needs of the displaced and provided them with their requirements of shelter, food, medicine, relief materials and heating supplies, especially in light of the extremely cold weather.
Sabbagh said: In their statements, some delegations addressed the issue of targeting civilian, health and service facilities, and took advantage of publishing a summary of the work of the Advisory Committee on the humanitarian neutralization mechanism to make baseless accusations and demanded accountability for them, given that these delegations have forgotten the crimes of the illegal international coalition that It destroyed the entire city of Raqqa and other areas and caused the loss of many Syrian lives. The crimes committed by the American occupation forces in al-Hasakah just days ago should refresh their memory. Within hours, the American aircraft destroyed the Euphrates University branch building, an educational institute, a bakery, a gas station, and others. Innocent people, doesn't that call for accountability?
Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations stressed that the crimes of the American occupation forces and its affiliated organizations in northeastern Syria complement the crimes of the Turkish occupation forces and the terrorist organizations it sponsors in northwestern Syria, foremost of which is Jabhat al-Nusra, which is on the Security Council's list of terrorist entities, pointing out that Despite Syria's repeated demands over the years to act against these terrorist organizations, the Security Council is still unable to assume its responsibilities due to some Western countries' keeping pace with Erdogan's regime, which has mastered the means of blackmail and misinformation, which provided him with an umbrella of protection from any accountability for the crimes of murder, looting, land robbery and displacement Demographic change, Turkification, deprivation of drinking water, and trafficking in the suffering of the displaced and refugees, which in most of them represent war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Sabbagh reiterated Syria's rejection of the so-called "cross-border mechanism" due to its violation of Syria's sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity, and because it allows the "Al-Nusra Front" organization and other terrorist entities associated with it to continue its control over Idlib and to hold its people hostage and human shields, stressing that access from the inside is cooperation A close relationship with the Syrian government is the best way to meet the needs in various parts of the country, and that the efforts made by the state, and the facilities and approvals it grants, deserve all praise and appreciation, while terrorist organizations, separatist militias and their sponsors obstruct access from within, in order to find pretexts to extend the “cross-border mechanism” and continue violating Syria’s sovereignty. .
Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations pointed out the need for the United Nations to play its role in stopping the practices of the Israeli occupation against our people in the occupied Syrian Golan, including the operations of repression, intimidation, arbitrary arrest and the seizure of lands again. Last month, it announced the establishment of two new settlements containing thousands of units as part of its quest to double the number of settlers in the Golan, in flagrant violation of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions, expressing Syria’s aspiration for urgent action by the Security Council to put an end to the repeated Israeli attacks on Syrian lands and implement its resolutions to ensure Israel’s withdrawal From the entire occupied Syrian Golan to the June 4, 1967 line.
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