Ambassador Ali Ahmed: Syria affirms its inalienable right to restore the occupied Golan

Geneva (ST) – Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and other international organizations working in Geneva Haider Ali Ahmed reaffirmed Syria’s inalienable right to restore the occupied Syrian Golan, noting that the impunity of the Israeli occupation entity encouraged it to persist in its criminal and terrorist attacks, which constitute a threat to international peace and security.

In a statement at the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, under “item VII” on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, Ali Ahmad stated that “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, and to refrain from providing any assistance that would enable it to continue its violation of international law”.

Ali Ahmed stressed that the occupation’s madness, aggression and crimes were not limited to genocide in Gaza Strip and to targeting the Palestinian people, rather, its daily attacks extended to the West Bank, the Syrian territories and Lebanon that result in the loss of the lives of innocent civilians.

He indicated that the unprecedented situation of impunity has encouraged “Israel,” the occupying power, to persist in its criminal and terrorist attacks against Syria and to launch repeated attacks against residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure, including civilian airports, attacks that impeded delivery of UN humanitarian aid.

Ali Ahmed added that the Israeli occupation continues its attempts to perpetuate its occupation of the occupied Syrian Golan, and to create geographical and demographic facts to impose the illegal annexation plan, as it continues to steal lands, seize natural resources, and impose discriminatory measures against people in the Golan with the aim of forcibly displace them.

Ali Ahmed noted that the increasingly brutal and bloody crimes of the colonial occupation based on apartheid did not deter some countries from continuing to support this occupation and provide it with justifications for its crimes, nor did they deter the United States of America from applying its own standard, which is absolute and blind support for the occupying power.

Ali Ahmed thanked the States that had demonstrated their concern for international law and had engaged in discussions of item VII, which aimed to put an end to an occupation that committed grave, systematic, long-term and unprecedented violations of human rights.

Najla Khoury