Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Geneva, SANA-Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Haider Ali Ahmed, has affirmed that the continued Israeli occupation of Arab lands since 1967, is the reason for all the tension and instability in the region.
Without a doubt, the continuation of the occupation, genocide, crimes against humanity and Israeli aggression against the countries of the region would lead to a dangerous escalation whose consequences cannot be predicted, Ambassador Ali Ahmed said during a debate session on the situation of human rights in Palestine and the other occupied Arab territories within the framework of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Achieving stability and security in the region and stopping the bloodshed of innocent people does not require much research and analysis, but rather has a clear path known to everyone, which is ending the Israeli occupation and stopping its aggression against the peoples and states of the region”.He added.
He said that the hypocrisy and double standards of some Western countries, most notably the United States, have reached a point in the Human Rights Council where it has become very difficult to maintain what remains of its credibility.
“These countries provide support and protection to the occupation to continue its genocide against the Palestinian people, in an unprecedented precedent in history. This support has extended over the past few days to include the aggression against the brotherly Lebanese people, expressing Syria’s full solidarity with our people in Lebanon in confronting this brutal aggression, and its confidence that the resistance of this steadfast people will not be broken or deviated from its compass. “he added.
Ali Ahmed highlighted that the occupation persists in its repeated terrorist attacks on Syrian territory, targeting residential neighborhoods, infrastructure, and civilian airports, killing Syrian civilians, and disrupting the United Nations humanitarian operations, in addition to what this constitutes as a violation of the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement and Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 242, 338, and 497.
“The Syrian Arab Republic affirms its inalienable right to restore the occupied Syrian Golan, and calls on all countries not to recognize any steps taken by the occupying power to perpetuate its occupation “the Syrian diplomat said.
He also called on the international community to pressure the occupying entity to implement all relevant United Nations resolutions that guarantee the rights of the Arab people in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon and end the occupation of their territories.
Manar Salameh
