All of those, he advised the UN Normal Meeting, are exacerbated by failures of multilateral diplomacy and the failure of the United Nations to attain its founding aims.
“Whereas we beforehand sought to advertise preventive diplomacy and the peaceable settlement of disputes, we’re witnessing at present extra direct wars and proxy wars waged utilizing terrorist instruments,” he mentioned.
“As a substitute of investing efforts and sources in reaching sustainable improvement for all, some are flagrantly draining the sources of different international locations, stealing from their folks, and imposing unilateral coercive measures that impoverish and destroy nations.”
Stating that Syria has skilled unparalleled struggling for over a decade, he alleged that billions of {dollars} have been spent to erode its improvement progress, undermine safety and stability, unfold chaos, and gasoline displacement.
“All that has occurred has revealed the true intentions of the collective West, which fully contradict the rules and functions that fashioned the pillars of basis and performance of this Group,” he mentioned.
The Syrian Minister additionally condemned Israel for its ongoing occupation of Arab territories since 1967, in addition to what he described as its “genocide, warfare crimes and crimes towards humanity”. He added that by its actions since 7 October final 12 months, Israel added “one other chapter to its seven-decade-long prison document.”
“[Syria] strongly condemns the Israeli aggression towards the Palestinian folks and renew its solidarity with its reliable wrestle to liberate their occupied land and set up their unbiased state on their whole nationwide territory, with Jerusalem as its capital, whereas making certain the fitting of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland consistent with worldwide regulation and related UN resolutions,” he mentioned.
He additionally denounced Israel’s “heinous crimes” towards his nation’s folks within the occupied Syrian Golan, in addition to its “unprecedented crime” towards Lebanon.
“We stress the necessity to maintain Israel accountable for the warfare crimes it’s committing, together with the deliberate focusing on of greater than 200 personnel working for UNRWA [the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees] and different UN and humanitarian businesses.”
Minister Sabbagh reiterated Syria’s demand for full restoration of the occupied Golan Heights and referred to as for an finish to unilateral sanctions imposed by Western international locations on Syria and its allies.
In closing, he urged all nations to “summon the braveness and make the fitting alternative” to ensure a greater current and higher future for the present and future generations, and to save lots of humanity from the scourge of all-out wars looming on the horizon.
He underscored the necessity for adherence to the UN Charter, respect for worldwide regulation and multilateral diplomacy, and granting creating international locations equal alternatives to advance their societies and obtain well-being, prosperity and sustainable improvement for his or her peoples.
