Al-Jaafari Disputes UN Death Toll as Unprofessionally Sourced

New York, (ST) –” despite political, economic and media pressure exerted on Syria, the Syrian government is still doing its utmost and shouldering its responsibilities towards its people as regards  delivering   necessary humanitarian needs for them,” underscored Syria’s permanent representative to the UN Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari.

Speaking at the Security Council session convened on Tuesday on  the Human Rights Council report on Syria, al-Jaafari said: “based on constructive cooperation with the UN and with the aim of positively and realistically dealing with the human impacts of the ongoing events,  the Syrian government has got involved actively and seriously in the negotiations which resulted in the revised 5th humanitarian response plan,”

“the  armed terrorist groups are flocking to  Syria via  the  neighboring countries’ borders , wreaking havoc, spreading terrorism and violence, and destroying infrastructure, crops and humanitarian aid for the Syrians, “underlined al-Jaafari.

“The media, political and diplomatic propaganda is still producing numbers that are either exaggerated or distorted regarding the number of people who were killed, displaced or detained in Syria,” al-Jaafari said, disputing  the UN death toll as  unprofessionally sourced,”.

Al-Jaafari criticized  the use of an American company to collect data .

“the said company is entrusted by  some sides at the UN to collect data and these sides are linked to  countries that are openly hostile to Syria, “clarified al-Jaafari.

Al-Jaafari made it clear that those sides exert no efforts to examine the reality of every deceased or displaced .And they also take no account  of the percentage of the martyrs of the  Syrian Army and security forces in their data..

“the Syrian Army is facing unprecedented terrorism around the clock, confronting terrorists and extremist groups brought over from all over the world to destroy Syria and kill the Syrians, “emphasized al-Jaafari.

“it is time to show courage for  every concerned body and individual to say that there is a fault and consequently to combat the cross-border terrorism  which currently hits Syria, “asserted al-Jaafari.

“if the UNSC  members neglect this serious matter(countering-terrorism),one day ,terrorism will spread in their countries and they(some countries governments) will regret over what they are doing to Syria’s people, economy and infrastructure, “concluded al-Jaafari.

M.D