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Speaker 2: we have heard that in reports that Vladimir Putin is
Speaker 2: threatening to use ICBM missiles. Now, if you're a child
Speaker 2: who grew up before the Berlin Wall falls, you're probably like,
Speaker 2: you hear this and you're shocked because what that actually
Speaker 2: means is intercontinental ballistic missile, which is the famed nuclear
Speaker 2: missiles that were aimed at the at targets in North
Speaker 2: America and especially the United States. It was part of
Speaker 2: they were part of the Cold War, and he's threatening
Speaker 2: to use the to reaim the These nuclear will happen
Speaker 2: at targets in the Ukraine. And it brings to the
Speaker 2: idea of okay, if he is so certain that the
Speaker 2: war that he has been waging against the Ukrainian people
Speaker 2: is going so well, then why does he need to
Speaker 2: turn to such extreme measures. And the thing about about
Speaker 2: these particular missiles, and they were more of a terror
Speaker 2: attempt than they were actually a real threat, because no
Speaker 2: one actually knew what would happen if a bunch of
Speaker 2: these missiles were fired at their specific targets, and of
Speaker 2: course the return fire of these of these missiles, because well,
Speaker 2: we have managed to try to make it as automated
Speaker 2: as possible, the response. Even though the the a famed
Speaker 2: button to be pushed that we saw during the eighties,
Speaker 2: of all these different different videos of hey, We're going
Speaker 2: to push the button, it leads us to think how
Speaker 2: desperate he truly is and how much of what he's
Speaker 2: actually saying is truly propaganda, because he's trying to scare
Speaker 2: the world into siding with not the people of Russia
Speaker 2: but him as an autocrat of Russia, the single ruling power,
Speaker 2: because he controls the party that people should be voting for.
Speaker 2: So a lot to be said there between UH, Russia
Speaker 2: and Ukraine. What is actually happening Because n because we're UH,
Speaker 2: we're also hearing from mister Zelensky about how he is
Speaker 2: about them mount a large offensive on the other side
Speaker 2: of the Ukraine Russia order. Okay, So that that being said,
Speaker 2: mister Trump is lining up his ducks and his cabinet
Speaker 2: of form and to to take over the presidency in January.
Speaker 2: He has had a uh a few uh changes already
Speaker 2: for various h reasons, and he he is hiring some
Speaker 2: of the some of the positions that he is hiring
Speaker 2: for were like the secretary of Defense. It would seem, oh,
Speaker 2: it is going to be some corporate leader is opposed
Speaker 2: to a military leader, somebody who actually understands how to
Speaker 2: defend a country. And that there has been some other
Speaker 2: cabinet changes because one person was was forced to resign
Speaker 2: before he even got started. I don't really want to
Speaker 2: get into too much of that. That's why I'm not
Speaker 2: talking about names and all that sort of stuff, because
Speaker 2: in the end, we know that the cabinet either that
Speaker 2: he hires, he is hiring them because they will bow
Speaker 2: to his whim and not criticize, just do as he says.
Speaker 2: So why mentioned names, because it doesn't matter who the
Speaker 2: name is, It doesn't matter who that person is. They're
Speaker 2: there because they're just gonna do what mister Trump wants
Speaker 2: them to do. And that's the end of it. He
Speaker 2: is going to turn the Oval Office into his own
Speaker 2: little autocracy, and hopefully he won't be able to change
Speaker 2: too much with that, that Congress will be able to
Speaker 2: put up the proper checks and balances so that he
Speaker 2: cannot create himself to be an autocrat. So let's get
Speaker 2: back to his criminal case that happened in New York City. Well,
Speaker 2: that criminal case is going to disappear, he is. They
Speaker 2: are going to dismiss the case of hush money. And
Speaker 2: with that, with that is how he actually falsified documents
Speaker 2: to hide the fact that he was paying certain people
Speaker 2: to do things that were more or less unsavory. How
Speaker 2: he tried to say that it was a business expense
Speaker 2: to extort money out of a person or pay someone
Speaker 2: off so that they would just simply go away. He's
Speaker 2: going he's he is evading the whole process of justice
Speaker 2: because he became pre president of the United States, and
Speaker 2: he should shouldn't have been able to avoid it because
Speaker 2: he shouldn't have been abled legally, he shouldn't have been
Speaker 2: able to run because it was a criminal case. It
Speaker 2: doesn't matter that if the charges were trumped up or not. Okay,
Speaker 2: if the charges were false, false or not, would the
Speaker 2: case was still in the court. So if he had
Speaker 2: respect for the constant the US Constitution, he would have
Speaker 2: bowed out of the running to begin with, which would
Speaker 2: have brought about a totally different outcome for the presidency.
Speaker 2: But just just from that start right there tells us
Speaker 2: of how much he actually had has a respect for
Speaker 2: their presidency itself. What does he truly respect out of
Speaker 2: the way the United States government actually works, He has
Speaker 2: seems to have zero respect, and he thinks that it
Speaker 2: thinks that he should be allowed to bend the rules
Speaker 2: and bend the way things work to exactly what he wants.
Speaker 2: So it's going to be an interesting four years on
Speaker 2: that We're going to see who he's actually going to
Speaker 2: have represented him in conquers, and we're also going to
Speaker 2: see how the United States is going to be represented
Speaker 2: in the world, because already there have been checks that
Speaker 2: that that we're that are usually automated and written and
Speaker 2: accountable for in different international organizations that they're already questioning
Speaker 2: if those checks are going to come after mister Trump
Speaker 2: takes the presidency different causes within the United Nations and
Speaker 2: also well even within NATO. So we'll have to see
Speaker 2: what mister Trump is actually doing, and we won't know
Speaker 2: until he takes office. So let's move forward, and we're
Speaker 2: going to listen to in a few minutes about Syria,
Speaker 2: and we're going to hear reports and statements given to
Speaker 2: the UN Security Council on the current status and what
Speaker 2: is actually happening in Syria and how the people of
Speaker 2: Syria want their country back. They want to note that
Speaker 2: they can return home as a refugee, return back to
Speaker 2: their own country and be safe. They have a safe
Speaker 2: and happy home with Syria, because that's that is their land.
Speaker 2: We're going to hear hear from people who are going
Speaker 2: to discuss what is actually going on. One of them
Speaker 2: is going to be the United Nations repertoire As As
Speaker 2: She's going to deliver the official United Nations statement from
Speaker 2: an official office. And we're going to hear statements from
Speaker 2: Caian citizens who, like I said, to simply want their
Speaker 2: country back. They want both sides of the war to
Speaker 2: to come to an end. They want to see what
Speaker 2: is happening with with Lebanon and Israel Palestine to find
Speaker 2: a cease fire. And we've heard in early and earlier
Speaker 2: statements about how Israel saying that if Iran is is
Speaker 2: the one who's really running amok and putting terror cells
Speaker 2: all over. We are going to hear about how uh
Speaker 2: there is a terrorism terrorism problem in Syria. It is
Speaker 2: a real problem, but.
Speaker 3: Are the.
Speaker 2: What is the reason for these different terror cells? And
Speaker 2: is finding a ceasefire in the Middle East where everybody
Speaker 2: can find a way to live in peace. Is that
Speaker 2: going to be the the ultimate answer for the Syria,
Speaker 2: Lebanon and Palestine. So it would seem that some of
Speaker 2: the the problems that they were seeing there are interconnected.
Speaker 2: And how do we untwine it so that everyone who
Speaker 2: those who are the simple people, the people who go
Speaker 2: to work every day and come home just to feed
Speaker 2: their family. Those sort of people, the people who don't
Speaker 2: have any real political affiliation or influence, how are they,
Speaker 2: how are they living and how can we help them
Speaker 2: live better? So when do we listen to what we
Speaker 2: said on the United Nations Security Security Council floor about Syria.
Speaker 4: Security Council will now begin it's consideration of item too
Speaker 4: of the agenda. I now give the floor to Nagat Rush.
Speaker 5: For President.
Speaker 1: It's an honor to grieve the Security Council on behalf
Speaker 1: of the Special Envoy Pederson is in Syria at present
Speaker 1: and we'll need the Syrian government in becoming days this void.
Speaker 1: Paerson was in Astana last week for meetings with the
Speaker 1: interlocutors who meet in the Astana format. He has since.
Speaker 5: Been in the region for wide range of high level contacts.
Speaker 1: Mister President, an increasing number of Syrians find themselves trapped
Speaker 1: in an unrelenting cycle of violence and suffering, forced to
Speaker 1: flee from places of refuge now and their attack both
Speaker 1: within their homeland and beyond its borders. As humanitarian aid
Speaker 1: diminishes and hostile rhetoric and actions intensify, Syrians are being
Speaker 1: driven into increasingly precarious and unsustainable conditions. Clearly, the immediate
Speaker 1: priority for Syria is the escalation. The country is being
Speaker 1: battered by the relentless storms of regional confort by the
Speaker 1: rising waves of conflict within its own borders. This year
Speaker 1: is well on track to be the most violent since
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, and the potential for even greater devastation looms
Speaker 1: on the horizon. Designsive action by all with inference is
Speaker 1: needed to prevent Syria being further swept into a broader
Speaker 1: conflagration once again. Israeli air strikes on Syria have increased significantly,
Speaker 1: both in frequency and scope. Just yesterday we saw downs
Speaker 1: and skilled in a strike near Palmira, likely that death is.
Speaker 5: Israeli strike in Syria.
Speaker 1: Today, Israel says it strikes address target link to Iran,
Speaker 1: has bue law or Palestine Islamic jihad. But once again
Speaker 1: we have seen civilian casualty, including from significant strikes were
Speaker 1: conducted on residential areas in the heart of Damascus. Civilian
Speaker 1: infrastructure was also hit, including bridges, roads, civilian and formal
Speaker 1: and informal border crossings in some instances for the third time.
Speaker 1: This has further hindered the passage of civilians fleeing violence
Speaker 1: in Lebanon and also caused serious disruptions to essential.
Speaker 5: Import and export, now down by thirty to fifty percent.
Speaker 1: The prices of gasoline and basic goods have risen precipitously,
Speaker 1: leaving the most vulnerable in the precarious states on the
Speaker 1: Jolan as well. We are concerned about the volatile situation
Speaker 1: owing to continued violations of the nineteen seventy four Disengagement
Speaker 1: of Forces agreements, and their Secretarigian.
Speaker 5: Al La Croix will be briefing new in further details
Speaker 5: next month.
Speaker 1: But let me echo the subtregionerals call on the parties
Speaker 1: to respect the terms of the agreements and prevent any
Speaker 1: further escalation across the.
Speaker 5: Seas fire line.
Speaker 1: We have also seen reports of a rocket and some
Speaker 1: drawn attacks from Syrian territory into the occupied Syrian Julan.
Speaker 1: Syrian state media says Syrian emptyfenses have also intercepted Israelian
Speaker 1: siles in some instances. In parallel, the US carried out
Speaker 1: strikes against what is said are Iran back Malitias in
Speaker 1: response to armed drawn attacks on.
Speaker 5: Its basis in Northeast Syria. Meanwhile, since last.
Speaker 1: Briefing, Northeast Syria has seen its most serious escalation in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, after a tororist attack near Ankara on
Speaker 1: twenty third October resulted in civilian casualties. TURKEYA carried out
Speaker 1: strikes inside Syria for several days against what they stated
Speaker 1: were PKKYPG targets. These strikes resulted in civilian casualties and
Speaker 1: severely impacted or damaged critical civilian infrastructure. The STF claimed
Speaker 1: to have killed Turkish soldiers in attack on Turkish positions
Speaker 1: in Syria, with further reports of civilian areas hit but
Speaker 1: STF rocket strikes.
Speaker 5: Violence remains at traveling levels in many other theaters.
Speaker 1: Two Northwest Syria faces the wearing apstick in pro government
Speaker 1: drawn and artillery attacks, alongside many attacks involving Security councillicit
Speaker 1: terrorist group Hiattailshan. This new round of violence has also
Speaker 1: resulted in civilian casualties, new waves of displacement and damage
Speaker 1: to civilian infrastructure. In the South dada A two has
Speaker 1: continued to experience significant instability. Moreover, attacks by Security Council
Speaker 1: listed terrorist group is CEL have been increasing in the
Speaker 1: Central Desert region. Clearly, Mister President, there is an urgent
Speaker 1: need for seasfires in Gaza and Lebanon and for respect
Speaker 1: for the sovereignty, unity, independence, and territorial integrity of Syria
Speaker 1: and indeed all states in the region. Alongside regional de escalation,
Speaker 1: there is an urgent need to work towards a nationwide
Speaker 1: seasfire in Syria in line with Security Council Resolution twenty
Speaker 1: two fifty four and a cooperative approach to combating Security
Speaker 1: Council listed terrorist groups. I reiterate the Secretary General call
Speaker 1: on all parties to respect their obligations and the international law,
Speaker 1: including international humanitarian law as applicable. Let me also forcefully
Speaker 1: condemn all attacks we have seen posing hard to civilian
Speaker 1: and civilian infrastructures. Mister Presidents, you R reports that over
Speaker 1: half a million people have fled Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon
Speaker 1: and crossed into Syria since late September.
Speaker 5: And there remains the steady flow of movements.
Speaker 1: Some sixty three percent are Syrian and most of them
Speaker 1: are women and children. We repeat our hope that all
Speaker 1: stakeholders understand that this is critical moment to act responsibly
Speaker 1: and constructively.
Speaker 5: Unprotection and livelihood concerns.
Speaker 6: Unprotection, all Syrians must be protected wherever they are, those
Speaker 6: who remain outside those reasons, arrivals mostly under adverse conditions,
Speaker 6: and those who remained in.
Speaker 5: The country throughout the conflict.
Speaker 1: We echoed once again High Commissioner Grand dis appreciation for
Speaker 1: the Syrian governments keeping the borders open for all and
Speaker 1: simplifying procedures and allowing unit are monitoring presence on the borders.
Speaker 1: The safety and security of all of those arriving from
Speaker 1: Lebanon must be ensured both at the crossing and thereafter
Speaker 1: as they moved throughout Syria, by all authorities and defacto authorities.
Speaker 5: We hope to see progress on the full range of protection.
Speaker 1: The more the United Nations and other actors are able
Speaker 1: to be present and.
Speaker 5: Active on the ground, the more confidence it will instill unlikelihood.
Speaker 1: Let us remember, even before the Linkes influx of half
Speaker 1: a million people, sixteen point seven million Syrians were already
Speaker 1: in need of humilitarian assistance, the highest number recorded since
Speaker 1: the conflict began.
Speaker 5: I think called.
Speaker 1: Donors who have provided support, and stress that donors must
Speaker 1: give more, both for the emergency humanitarian appear and for
Speaker 1: earlier recovery activities in.
Speaker 5: All areas of Syria.
Speaker 1: Both approaches are essential and mutually supportive. One is not
Speaker 1: a replacement for the other. Here let me also note
Speaker 1: that the UN and its partners have just launched an
Speaker 1: earlier recovery strategy from twenty twenty four to twenty twenty
Speaker 1: eight to support building long term resilience and address the
Speaker 1: ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country. And let me also
Speaker 1: flag the critical importance of the active engagement of sanctioning
Speaker 1: states to mitigate any adverse effect of sanctions, particularly in
Speaker 1: the form of over compliance. Let me also welcome the
Speaker 1: Government of Syria's decision to extend for a further three
Speaker 1: month permission for the UN to use Babis Salam and
Speaker 1: Alrai border crossings, which remains critical to reach those in
Speaker 1: need in northwest Syria. Mister President, Syria remains in a
Speaker 1: profound an active.
Speaker 5: State of war and division.
Speaker 1: Many millions of Syrians are still outside their country or
Speaker 1: struggling to survive in a complex landscape of de facto
Speaker 1: authorities for reign, armies, armed non state actors and listed
Speaker 1: terrorist groups. Over one hundred thousand women are literally detained
Speaker 1: or missing.
Speaker 5: The economy is in.
Speaker 1: Toutters and infrastructure is destroyed and degraded. Organized crime and
Speaker 1: illicit activities are on the rise, with negative social impact
Speaker 1: and generating even further instability after almost fourteen years of
Speaker 1: war and conflict. There are no quick, fixed, technocratic solutions to.
Speaker 5: These challenges, which are deeply political.
Speaker 1: These challenges also speak to the direct involvement as well
Speaker 1: as security concerns of regional and international players. Tackling these
Speaker 1: issues requires a meaningful political process aligned with security.
Speaker 5: Comes a Resolution twenty two fifty four.
Speaker 1: This is a pivotal moments to move the political process forward.
Speaker 1: Were doing commitments and action, geopolitical wins may soon start
Speaker 1: shifting once again in.
Speaker 5: Direction that are hard to predict. If all sides.
Speaker 1: Signal region is to act constructively, responsively and practically, then
Speaker 1: we have the best chance to harness existing and you
Speaker 1: dynamics into opportunities for progress.
Speaker 5: What does this mean in practice?
Speaker 1: One signal would be the resumption of constitutional committimating the
Speaker 1: Special Envoy had in depth discussion on this during the
Speaker 1: Astana talks and in the region and looks forward to
Speaker 1: consultations with the singing governments in the days and also
Speaker 1: with the opposition Syrian Negotiation Commission. This will send a
Speaker 1: clear message that the framework for the political process remains
Speaker 1: alive and operational, and that there is a Syrian government
Speaker 1: and opposition whose numinies are able to sit together and
Speaker 1: address the critical issues at the heart of the Intrasyrian conflicts.
Speaker 1: Another signal could be to further develop step for step
Speaker 1: confidence building measures in light of the ideas on the
Speaker 1: table and bearing in mind the developments on the.
Speaker 5: Ground and diplomatically.
Speaker 1: But at this moment, all Syrian and international players can
Speaker 1: and should really be thinking bigger sending a signal that
Speaker 1: they are willing to put all the critical issues and
Speaker 1: concerns on the table. The Syrian Syrian political issues at
Speaker 1: the heart of conflict, but also the issues pertaining to protection, sovereignty, security,
Speaker 1: economy and sanctions, detainees and missing refugees and so on,
Speaker 1: issues which can only be fully addressed with external players.
Speaker 1: The Special Envoy has been sharing ideas on how to
Speaker 1: develop the comprehensive path out of these conflicts. Engagement on
Speaker 1: these ideas will be a strong signal at a time
Speaker 1: of potential change that the negotiated political solution on Syria,
Speaker 1: in line with our Solution twenty two fifty four is
Speaker 1: not beyond a recollective ingenuity and political will.
Speaker 5: Mister Presidents, We of course will.
Speaker 1: Continue our engagement with Syrian civil society, as you heard
Speaker 1: from Civil Society Support Room participants last month on behalf
Speaker 1: of many Syrian civil society actors, and as we keep
Speaker 1: hearing from the Women's Advisory Board too. There is a
Speaker 1: strong desire within Syrian communities for a political process that
Speaker 1: brings genuine reconciliation. Civil society must have a voice in
Speaker 1: that process. Here let me once again encourage all Syrian
Speaker 1: parties to ensure that Syrian women have a seat at
Speaker 1: the table. This remains a key element in building a resilient,
Speaker 1: peace and sustainable future for Syria, as we heard in
Speaker 1: the recent Security Council session on Women building Peace in
Speaker 1: a changing environment. Mister President, in closing, let me reiterate
Speaker 1: the Special Envoys appeal to all parties to d escalate
Speaker 1: the military situation both in the region and within Syria,
Speaker 1: and prioritize the protection and support Syrian civilians, including those
Speaker 1: crossing back. Will also call on Syrian and international stakeholders
Speaker 1: to work with a special on board to reinvigorate.
Speaker 5: The political process and also.
Speaker 1: Demonstrate a greadiness to engage on the full scope of
Speaker 1: issues necessary for a comprehensive resolution. This is a time
Speaker 1: of profound uncertainty en danger in the region. It is
Speaker 1: also exactly the time to shape a path to allow
Speaker 1: the Syrian people to realize the legitimate aspirations to restore
Speaker 1: Syria's sovereignty, unity, independence and territorial integrity, and to save
Speaker 1: peace and security.
Speaker 5: Thank you, mister President.
Speaker 4: I thank Miss Roshdi for her briefing and I give
Speaker 4: the flow to Miss Adam.
Speaker 7: What's your thank you, mister President. I'm the President, Members
Speaker 7: of the Security Council. Today I will address three key issues. First,
Speaker 7: the ongoing humanitarian impact on Syria of escalating regional conflict,
Speaker 7: including the continued influx of people from Lebanon. Second, the
Speaker 7: compounding effect on existing humanitarian needs and precious at a
Speaker 7: time when over two thirds of people in Syria are
Speaker 7: already in need of vital humanitarian assistance. And third, the
Speaker 7: heightened need for humanity and funding and working in ways
Speaker 7: that maximize resources. Since I last breathed the Security Council
Speaker 7: in October, hostilities in Lebanon have continued to drive thousands
Speaker 7: of people across the border and to Syria every day.
Speaker 7: We welcome the ongoing willingness of the government of Syria
Speaker 7: to keep its borders open and facilitate their entry. At
Speaker 7: the same time, continued air strikes along the border have
Speaker 7: made this crossing more dangerous and challenging. As you've just
Speaker 7: heard from the Deputy Special Envoy, damage from air strikes
Speaker 7: means that vehicles can no longer traverse two of the
Speaker 7: five official border crossings. This includes the main their Debt
Speaker 7: Yaboos crossing in rural Damascus, through which half of their
Speaker 7: arrivals to date have come, and the UCAA crossings in homes.
Speaker 7: People including women, children and other vulnerable groups, have resorted
Speaker 7: to navigate in the crossing on foot or seeking out
Speaker 7: longer and riskier alternative routes. Air strikes near the UCAIR
Speaker 7: border crossing in Alcusair have landed close to UNATR facilities
Speaker 7: and in one case damage the UNATR border posts at UC.
Speaker 7: Another strike in the shams In area damaged the Damascus
Speaker 7: Homes Road. Civilian casualties also continue to be reported from
Speaker 7: ongoing strikes in various parts of the country, including residential areas.
Speaker 7: These strikes are also complicating aid efforts. The movement of
Speaker 7: aid workers have been scaled back, particularly to parts of homes.
Speaker 7: The damage to border crossings has forced trucks to take
Speaker 7: longer routes, contributing to increased costs for commodities. Ongoing hostilities
Speaker 7: have also affected people's movement and response efforts in other locations.
Speaker 7: An Angio worker, for example, was injured in hostilities and
Speaker 7: Aleppo Governorate. It is critical to take all feasible precautions
Speaker 7: to avoid civilian harm, including to aid workers, Mister President.
Speaker 7: In total, more than five hundred and forty thousand people
Speaker 7: have now reportedly fled to Syria from Lebanon since late
Speaker 7: September half, more than half a million people and estimated
Speaker 7: two thirds are Syrian. More than half of this number
Speaker 7: are children, Over seven thousand are pregnant women, and about
Speaker 7: forty percent of arriving households are headed by women. The
Speaker 7: key needs of these of those arriving to date include food,
Speaker 7: household items, shelter, health assistance, protection and legal support. United
Speaker 7: Nations agencies are working alongside the Syrian Arab Crescent Red
Speaker 7: Crescent and other partners to provide their basic needs at
Speaker 7: the border and are places of onward movement. Our colleagues
Speaker 7: from UNATR as Thats Deputy Special and Boar has said
Speaker 7: as well, are monitoring and assessing those in need. However,
Speaker 7: since the launch of the three hundred and twenty four
Speaker 7: million dollars un NACR led into agency appeal in early October,
Speaker 7: we have received only fifty five million, or that's what's
Speaker 7: projected in the pipeline. Humaniturns are doing what we can,
Speaker 7: including with existing resources on hand, but this is not
Speaker 7: sustainable in a country where sixteen point seven million people
Speaker 7: more than seventy percent of the population, are already in
Speaker 7: need of assistance. While we welcome the contributions meet to date,
Speaker 7: while we are grateful to donors for their generosity, we
Speaker 7: urge donors to step forward with more funding. There are
Speaker 7: already reports of some Lebanese families returning to Lebanon due
Speaker 7: to lack of services and poor living conditions in Syria.
Speaker 7: UNATRS continuing to monitor the situation, which further illustrates the
Speaker 7: impossible decisions displaced people are often faced with, Mister President,
Speaker 7: more than one hundred thousand people have arrived in the
Speaker 7: northeast of Syria. This is adding to needs in a
Speaker 7: region where three quarters of population already requires humanitarian assistance
Speaker 7: and where conflict and other drivers of needs continue. Late
Speaker 7: last month, an escalation hostilities in the Northeast killed or
Speaker 7: injured dozens of civilians, damage to civilian infrastructure, disrupted access
Speaker 7: to water, electricity, and fuel for hundreds of thousands of people,
Speaker 7: and several humanitarian partners were forced to temporarily suspend their activities.
Speaker 7: The region is also facing an emerging outbreak of suspected cholera,
Speaker 7: with over two hundred and seventy suspected cases and one
Speaker 7: death reported to date in the Northeast. Many of these
Speaker 7: cases are in alcohol camp where tens of thousands of people,
Speaker 7: again most of them women, and children are living in crowded,
Speaker 7: detention like conditions. The lack of adequate testing facilities in Alhassake,
Speaker 7: along with declining resources for health services, poses a serious
Speaker 7: risk to containing the cholera outbreak. Meanwhile, unestimated seven eight
Speaker 7: hundred people fleeing Lebanon have arrived in northwest Syria, where needs,
Speaker 7: displacement and civilian casualties are already high. As a result
Speaker 7: of hostilities, Mister President, members of the Council already facing
Speaker 7: staggering levels of need and overstretched humanitarian services. Host communities
Speaker 7: are pressed even further. Our partners have described a family
Speaker 7: in homes that it was already facing severe food insecurity,
Speaker 7: hosting some twenty family members who have fled Lebanon, or
Speaker 7: a classroom in Aleppo designed for up to forty five
Speaker 7: students now overflowing with more than seventy children. These are
Speaker 7: communities where humanitterne assistance has already had to be dramatically
Speaker 7: scaled by funding for the Humanitan Response Plan stands at
Speaker 7: only twenty eight percent, and about two million fewer people
Speaker 7: are receiving critical aid month aid each month now more
Speaker 7: than a year ago. The impact on food security is
Speaker 7: particularly alarming. Nearly thirteen million people already facing food insecurity
Speaker 7: in Syria. This is the fifth highest total globally, while
Speaker 7: the WFP has been forced to reduce its assistance by
Speaker 7: eighty percent in the past two years due to funding cuts. Worryingly,
Speaker 7: the latest Hunger Hotspots report issued by the World Fool
Speaker 7: Program and the Food and Agricultural Organization identifies Syria as
Speaker 7: a country of very high concern among the twelve countries
Speaker 7: most at risk for further deteriorating conditions in the coming
Speaker 7: six months, as the Resident and Human un Coordinator for
Speaker 7: Syria and the Regional HUMANTERNK for the Syria Crisis warned
Speaker 7: in a joint statement last week, unless more funding is received,
Speaker 7: consequences will be dire. More funding is needed to help
Speaker 7: some two point five million people withstand the winter months,
Speaker 7: which are setting in The situation is particularly serious for
Speaker 7: displaced people in camps and informal sites in northwest Syria.
Speaker 7: Some one point four million internally displaced persons require urgent assistance,
Speaker 7: including seven hundred and thirty thousand people still living in tents. Again,
Speaker 7: women and children, who make up majority of these people,
Speaker 7: stand to suffer the most without additional funding. Recipiratory infections
Speaker 7: and hospitalizations are largely are likely to surge, particularly among
Speaker 7: young children, even as health assistants has been scaled back
Speaker 7: and millions of children who lose out on school due
Speaker 7: to lack of heating. Mister President, the serious limitations and
Speaker 7: resources have made make direct and efficient humaniturn assistance via
Speaker 7: all available routes even more essential. In this regard, I
Speaker 7: welcomed the Government of serious extension of permission as the
Speaker 7: Deputies for Jenvoy also highlighted for the United Nations to
Speaker 7: use Babba, Salam and Arai crossings to deliver assistance from
Speaker 7: Tokyo to Northwest Syria until thirteen February twenty twenty five.
Speaker 7: The cross border operation is a critical lifeline for nearly
Speaker 7: a million people a month in Idlib and Northern Aleppo.
Speaker 7: Funding shortfalls also reinforced importance of strengthened investments in early
Speaker 7: recovery assistance under the Humanity TAN Response Plan and the
Speaker 7: New Early Recovery Strategy. For example, investing and rehabilitation rehabilitating
Speaker 7: irrigation systems will allow for greater food production and expand
Speaker 7: agriculture livelihoods, critical given this year's wheat harvest is expected
Speaker 7: to nearly be nearly fifty percent below the pre crisis level.
Speaker 7: Critical also because of the food in security numbers I
Speaker 7: shared earlier. Similar interventions are needed in health, water, education,
Speaker 7: and energy sectors, all of which have been decimated by
Speaker 7: years of conflict and crisis. Finally, Mister President, the deteriorating
Speaker 7: humanity and situation in Syria underlines the importance of sustained
Speaker 7: progress towards peace in Syria and across the region. We
Speaker 7: once again urge for special support for the Special Envoy
Speaker 7: Pedicin's efforts to facilitate a political solution in Syria, an
Speaker 7: essential step towards ending this decade long humanity and crisis
Speaker 7: and enabling the people of to rebuild their lives and
Speaker 7: restore hope for a better future. I thank you and.
Speaker 4: Thank Miss Wozoni for her briefing, and I'll give the
Speaker 4: floor to missus Sussan Abu Zonodin.
Speaker 3: Mister President, Members of the Security Council. Thirteen years ago,
Speaker 3: we brave Syrian women and men took to the streets
Speaker 3: claiming what's rightfully ours essay and how we live and
Speaker 3: how our country is governed.
Speaker 8: Our message was clear.
Speaker 3: Suri Alina Umahi la beatel. Syria is ours and it
Speaker 3: is not the property of the Assad family ad family.
Speaker 3: Thirteen years on, thousands continue to demonstrate in the streets
Speaker 3: of Sueda, undeterred by intimidations. For over a year now,
Speaker 3: they have been asserting that Syria is ours and is
Speaker 3: not the property of the Assad family, or for that matter,
Speaker 3: any of the de facto authorities that have emerged in
Speaker 3: the past thirteen years. Protesters in Idlib, Aleppo, Commissley and
Speaker 3: their resort and beyond echo this sentiment. In the years
Speaker 3: between these two moments, hundreds of thousands of us have
Speaker 3: been killed, tens of thousands forcibly disappeared or tortured to this,
Speaker 3: and millions have been displaced. Those who remain live in
Speaker 3: a fragmented Syria ruled by de facto authorities, including that
Speaker 3: of the Assad regime, who rules by force and not
Speaker 3: by legitimacy. But I am not here today to recount
Speaker 3: atrocities you know very well, nor am I here to
Speaker 3: steer your emotions or appeal to your.
Speaker 8: Sense of humanity. We are beyond that.
Speaker 3: I am here today to say that we are invincible,
Speaker 3: even in the face of your contentious politics. And I'm
Speaker 3: going to explain why and propose that we leverage this
Speaker 3: determination to break the political deadlock that we all face.
Speaker 3: Members of the Council, Let's speak accountability. When Russia and
Speaker 3: China we taught this Council's resolution to refer Syria to
Speaker 3: the International Criminal Court in twenty fourteen, we persisted. We
Speaker 3: found creative workaround to the limitations imposed by this Council's
Speaker 3: political dynamics. Our documentation and advocacy led to the creation
Speaker 3: of the International Impartial and Independent Mechanism, the first you
Speaker 3: and accountability mechanism of its.
Speaker 8: Kind, and this the way for all of.
Speaker 3: Us to use universal jurisdiction to pursue accountability. Thanks to
Speaker 3: the relentless efforts of Syrian victims, survivors and human rights defenders,
Speaker 3: including women LID groups, today perpetrators are facing trials in
Speaker 3: the courts of the world, in Sweden, in Germany and France,
Speaker 3: in the US and in the UK, And thanks to
Speaker 3: the same efforts, the Netherlands and Canada brought Syria to
Speaker 3: the International Court of Justice and members of the Council
Speaker 3: exactly a year ago. In November twenty twenty three, the
Speaker 3: ICJ issued a landmark ruling demanding Syria and torture, a
Speaker 3: call the regime.
Speaker 8: Has blatantly ignored.
Speaker 3: And as Syrians stood outside the ICJ that day demanding accountability,
Speaker 3: they were still fighting for the creation of the independent
Speaker 3: Institution of Missing Persons, for.
Speaker 8: Their right to truth and justice.
Speaker 3: And yes they did have the General Assembly establishing that
Speaker 3: last year on chemical weapons, a crime that shock the world.
Speaker 3: We didn't give up either, despite Russia's repeated vetos, our
Speaker 3: determination to seek justice remains persistent. In fact, tomorrow in
Speaker 3: the Hague, Syrian Civil Society will host members of the
Speaker 3: international community in our second conference on chemical Weapons, where
Speaker 3: we will high right progress in this regard our collective efforts.
Speaker 3: The collective efforts of Syrian victims, survivors and human rights
Speaker 3: defenders have led to two historic developments. First, the international
Speaker 3: arrest warrants for basharal Assad and others, holding them accountable
Speaker 3: for their role in the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Speaker 3: This smart the first ever weren't issued by a foreign
Speaker 3: court against a sitting head of states for war crimes
Speaker 3: and crimes against humanity, a groundbreaking precedent. And second, the
Speaker 3: first of its kind working group to advance proposals for
Speaker 3: criminal accountability for chemical weapon us consisting of states from
Speaker 3: nearly every region of the world coming together to say
Speaker 3: no to impunity members of the Council. The political dynamics
Speaker 3: have also hindered access for millions of.
Speaker 8: Syrians to aids, but not our will to act.
Speaker 3: After last year's earthquakes, it took a week for the
Speaker 3: Yuan to secure the Syrian government's permission and approval to
Speaker 3: open border crossings into onto northwest Syria, an entire week
Speaker 3: win every three second counted during that critical time. Our
Speaker 3: own white helmets, alongside tens of humanitarian Syrian organizations and
Speaker 3: voluntary groups, were the only responders. We did our utmost
Speaker 3: when the United Nations of this world hesitated, despite legal
Speaker 3: scholars affirming that it had the authority under international law.
Speaker 8: But politics prevailed, and.
Speaker 3: Then came the Russian vetos to end cross border aid
Speaker 3: all together, pushing the Yuan to a consent based model,
Speaker 3: granting the Syrian regime power over aid delivery across Syria.
Speaker 3: This is a regime with a track record of deadly sieges,
Speaker 3: of obstructing cross line aid, of tampering with the humanitarian convoys,
Speaker 3: stripping them of life saving medical supplies.
Speaker 8: A regime notorious for its.
Speaker 3: Innovative methods of a diversion has been in practice granted
Speaker 3: a de facto veto power over Syrians rights to humanitarian
Speaker 3: assistance by this Council's politics.
Speaker 8: So yes, it is all politics.
Speaker 3: Yet on the one issue that requires political results and
Speaker 3: diplomatic ingenuity, this Council's remains paralyzed. Members of the Council,
Speaker 3: I'm speaking of Resolution two two five four. For thirteen years,
Speaker 3: the international community has complicitly politicized every technical aspect of
Speaker 3: the Syrian conflict, empowering the regime and leading Syria into
Speaker 3: a political stylemate. Meanwhile, it has depoliticized the conflict ruth causes,
Speaker 3: fueling calls to normalize with this narcotic regime under the
Speaker 3: gease of pragmatism them.
Speaker 8: And humanitarian necessity.
Speaker 3: Resolution two two five four, born in this very chamber
Speaker 3: in twenty fifteen, has been systematically undermined by your passive
Speaker 3: approach to the conflict's political core. Let's not forget serious
Speaker 3: conflict did not emerge from a vacuum. It began with
Speaker 3: a regime massacring its own people, the same regime you're
Speaker 3: thanking today for.
Speaker 8: Opening borders and crossing points.
Speaker 3: Today, the political process is installed reduced to a futial
Speaker 3: constitutional path, and worse, it's diluted by multiple trajectories regionally
Speaker 3: and internationally to normalize with the regime. But it's in
Speaker 3: this context that Medenia came into being a collective of
Speaker 3: over two hundred organizations with members and representatives present with
Speaker 3: me here today, working across all regions inside Syria and
Speaker 3: across all sectors inside Syria and the diaspora, and coming
Speaker 3: together to reclaim political agency to our civic space, not
Speaker 3: to replace any of the Syrian bodies engaged in the
Speaker 3: political process, but to assert our rightful role as civic
Speaker 3: actors in shaping the political future of our country, and
Speaker 3: to propose that we use all liveries to incentivize a
Speaker 3: genuine political solution. Members of the Council, two files Early
Speaker 3: Recovery and refuse you return are critical here. While sustainable
Speaker 3: aid through early recovery is overdue, in trusting the Syrian
Speaker 3: regime with it under mine efforts for political progress, you
Speaker 3: are tampering with power dynamics on the ground. You are
Speaker 3: supposed to be exerting pressures on the regime to cooperate
Speaker 3: in the political process, not granting it critical files to
Speaker 3: fortify its grip of power over the.
Speaker 8: Lives of Syrians.
Speaker 3: Early recovery should build the foundations of a principal state,
Speaker 3: not restore a criminal regime. Support must invest in building
Speaker 3: and bridging local institutional infrastructure, including that of Syrian civil
Speaker 3: society across all regions, based on a human rights conditionality
Speaker 3: to rebuild Syria as a whole, on a foundation of
Speaker 3: sovereignty and national ownership claimed by its own people, not
Speaker 3: by regimes who hold power through the rule of repression
Speaker 3: and violence. Similarly, refugee return must be voluntary, safe and dignified.
Speaker 3: Yet some Member states misrepresent forced displacement as voluntary returns,
Speaker 3: portraying Syria as safe and using displacement as a tool
Speaker 3: for normalization. Those fleeing is rarely a tax and Lebanon
Speaker 3: or deported from neighboring countries are not returning home. They
Speaker 3: are being forcibly displaced. This demands a nuanced response, ensuring
Speaker 3: support and protection to those in need while addressing the
Speaker 3: root causes to create conditions for a voluntary return, and
Speaker 3: how so by incentivizing the political process.
Speaker 8: Members of the Council. I will leave you with the
Speaker 8: three messages.
Speaker 3: First, stop tampering with power dynamics through your passive political approaches.
Speaker 3: Your inaction is undermining Resolution two two five four, empowering
Speaker 3: war criminals and worsening the situation not just for us,
Speaker 3: but for the reason the international order and ultimately for you. Second,
Speaker 3: leverage technical files to incentivize political progress. Demand a reversibil
Speaker 3: con sessions that can push the political process forward. AID
Speaker 3: and accountability have been politicized to empower the Syrian regime
Speaker 3: for long.
Speaker 8: It's time that you ask how they.
Speaker 3: Can be used to shift power dynamics in favor of
Speaker 3: the Syrian people.
Speaker 8: And finally, work with us.
Speaker 3: We are the stakeholders and the future of Syria.
Speaker 8: We are the future of Syria.
Speaker 3: Any political settlement that's concluded at our expense that denies
Speaker 3: our rights and dignity will inevitably fail, because we will
Speaker 3: not rest until we claim back our state of citizenship
Speaker 3: and democracy.
Speaker 4: Give the floor to the Representative of the United States.
Speaker 9: Thank you, mister President, and thank you definitely, Special Envoy
Speaker 9: roachd and Director Warsnu for your briefings, and missus Zanerin,
Speaker 9: thank you for your powerful and precise presentation. Your remarks
Speaker 9: will resonate in this chamber for some time to come.
Speaker 9: I hope the Assaud regimes puppet masters. We're listening carefully,
Speaker 9: and as we've heard, the truth clearly struck a nerve.
Speaker 9: The United States remains deeply concerned about the plight of
Speaker 9: vulnerable individuals Syrian, Lebanese and otherwise who have displaced who
Speaker 9: have been displaced by the current conflict in Lebanon. We
Speaker 9: are closely monitoring their well being and treatment, and we
Speaker 9: applaud the work of UN agencies and other humanitarian partners
Speaker 9: who are doing their utmost to provide aid to those
Speaker 9: in need. At the same time, we are concerned by
Speaker 9: ongoing reports of the Assaud regimes abuses, including against Syrians
Speaker 9: displaced from Lebanon, of Syrians who have faced arbitrary detentions, disappearances,
Speaker 9: forcible conscription, and death while in regime custody, reportedly due
Speaker 9: to torture. We are also concerned with the escalation of
Speaker 9: Russia backed to tacks in northwest Syria that have killed
Speaker 9: and injured scores. These human rights violations and abuses demonstrate
Speaker 9: that the regime, which has a long history of oppression,
Speaker 9: has not changed its ways and is seeking to rehabilitate
Speaker 9: its image by exploiting humanitarian disasters and regional crises. The reality, colleagues,
Speaker 9: is that Syria remains unsafe and unsuitable for large numbers
Speaker 9: of returns. We must reject the flawed notion that certain
Speaker 9: parts of the country are safe for large scale returns.
Speaker 9: The best way to enable the voluntary return of refugees
Speaker 9: is for the ASSAD regime to create the conditions needed
Speaker 9: for return, which will require bold political leadership and inclusive
Speaker 9: political processes. This includes the elimination of Law ten, as
Speaker 9: well as accountability for the missing and detained, among others.
Speaker 9: Refugees must not be expected to return until they see
Speaker 9: a safe future for themselves and their children. In the meantime,
Speaker 9: we continue to support UNHCR's efforts to improve the protection
Speaker 9: environment in Syria for over half a million people IT
Speaker 9: estimates have crossed from Lebanon since late September. As we
Speaker 9: continue important work to help the most vulnerable refugees, internally
Speaker 9: displaced persons and host communities, we once again urge other
Speaker 9: donors to help fill the significant funding gaps. It is
Speaker 9: worth repeating that the u S sanctions Program against this,
Speaker 9: the Assaud regime contains numerous exemptions and licenses specifically to
Speaker 9: facilitate humanitarian aid, and that we are committed to working
Speaker 9: with humanitarian partners to mitigate unintended impacts on their programs.
Speaker 9: We would also point to Resolution twenty six sixty four,
Speaker 9: which established a humanitarian carve out across UN sanctions regimes.
Speaker 9: This resolution was an important step forward to ease the
Speaker 9: delivery of food, medicine, and humanitarian aid to those most
Speaker 9: afflicted in conflict zones around the globe while upholding robust sanctions.
Speaker 9: We are compelled to make this point because the regime
Speaker 9: and certain Council members falsely claim, on a repeated basis
Speaker 9: that u S sanctions are the primary cause of Syrian's
Speaker 9: economic suffering, when in fact, it is the Assad regime's
Speaker 9: war against its own people, destruction of Syria, and long
Speaker 9: term and pervasive corruption that only benefits the elites. Separately,
Speaker 9: we wish to highlight persistent needs at al Hull and
Speaker 9: Raj displace persons camps, as well as at detention facilities
Speaker 9: in North East Syria housing former ISIS fighters. There are
Speaker 9: still forty two thousand, five hundred displaced persons and nine
Speaker 9: thousand foreign terrorist fighters currently residing at those camps and facilities. Ultimately,
Speaker 9: the only long term, durable solution to the challenges of
Speaker 9: these displaced persons, camps and detention facilities is the repatriation
Speaker 9: or return of both displaced and detained persons to their
Speaker 9: areas or countries of origin. Only there can be only
Speaker 9: there can they be effectively rehabilitated and reintegrated into their communities, and,
Speaker 9: where appropriate, prosecuted. Turning to the political process, we continue
Speaker 9: to support Special Envoy Pederson's efforts to advance it. To
Speaker 9: that end, we reiterate that US sanctions will remain in
Speaker 9: place until there is at a minimum concrete measurable progress
Speaker 9: toward a political solution. In line with Resolution twenty two
Speaker 9: fifty four, we underscore this point again a again because
Speaker 9: we want to see an authentic and sustainable political process.
Speaker 9: We stress once again that the Assad regime must curb
Speaker 9: the destabilizing activities over on and its proxies in the region.
Speaker 9: It is telling that instead of sitting down with the
Speaker 9: opposition and forging peace, the regime prefers to lend out
Speaker 9: its own country to his Bullah and other terrorists. It
Speaker 9: is time for Assad to focus on the needs of
Speaker 9: his own people rather than his sponsors in Tehran who
Speaker 9: wish to use Syria as a launching pad. The United
Speaker 9: States will continue to support Israel's right to defend itself
Speaker 9: from threats in Syria to prevent further escalation and expansion
Speaker 9: of conflict in the region. The United States will continue
Speaker 9: working with our diplomatic partners toward resolving tensions. And finally,
Speaker 9: Mister President, with regard to charges from some about Western
Speaker 9: exploitation of Syrian oil and other natural resources, these allegations
Speaker 9: are patently false. Syria's natural resources are there for the
Speaker 9: benefit of the Syrian people. The United States neither sees
Speaker 9: nor sells any Syrian oil, wheat, or other commodities, including
Speaker 9: from North Assyria where our troops are present. To the contrary,
Speaker 9: the United States has provided millions of dollars worth of
Speaker 9: assistance to communities across North Assyria, helping them restore essential services,
Speaker 9: generate livelihoods, and build businesses. In fact, it is the
Speaker 9: regime that owes an explanation to the Syrian people about
Speaker 9: how its natural resources have been misused. It is Day
Speaker 9: who should explain why the proceeds of the country's sovereign
Speaker 9: wealth end up not in the hands of average citizens,
Speaker 9: but in Moscow and Tehran. It is day who should
Speaker 9: explain why virtually any successful business in regime areas get
Speaker 9: shaken down for bribes or forcibly sold off to regime cronies.
Speaker 10: Spread and it gives the flow to the representative of Japan.
Speaker 10: Thank you, mister President, I thank you. I thank Miss
Speaker 10: Deputy Especial Envoy, Miss rush Tea and the Ultra Director,
Speaker 10: Miss Wilson for their informative griefings. I also thank Miss
Speaker 10: Susan who have very powerful remarks. The conflict in Lebanon
Speaker 10: that has escalated since September continues to have a profound
Speaker 10: impact on Syria, with five hundred and forty thousand Syrians
Speaker 10: and Lebanese deported to have entered the country, seventy five
Speaker 10: percent of whom are women and children. In addition, Israeli
Speaker 10: asterisks on targets inside Syria have escalated, resulting in an
Speaker 10: increase in civilian casualties. Conflicting Gada and Lebanon must not
Speaker 10: spill over into the entire region and calls for the tragedy.
Speaker 10: Japan once again calls for immediate ceasefire between Israel and Cibola.
Speaker 10: We also add all parties to exercise maximum restrained and
Speaker 10: work diligently toward the diplomatic solution in order to avoid
Speaker 10: further escalation in the region. Japan has done its at
Speaker 10: most to provide assistance to those facing difficulty. On October
Speaker 10: twenty nine, in response to the deteriorating insituation in Syria
Speaker 10: affected by conflicting Lebanon the Government of Japan decided to
Speaker 10: provide a new emergency granted which amounts to ten million
Speaker 10: US dollars. Through this financial outlay, we will provide humanitary
Speaker 10: assystems such as daily necessities, hood, water and sanitation through
Speaker 10: uncl WWP, UNISF and und mister Present. Even putting the
Speaker 10: spirit over from Lebanon a side, the humanitarian situation in
Speaker 10: Syria remains extremely serious. According to the UM contributions to
Speaker 10: the humanitarian response ran only twenty eight percent of what
Speaker 10: was requested. As to the problems caused by Labanon crisis,
Speaker 10: only seventeen percent of the emergency appeal announced in September
Speaker 10: has been collected. We continue to call on all donors
Speaker 10: to provide whatever systems they can to address urgent need
Speaker 10: of the population. It was a necessary. Ones that are
Speaker 10: not raised before winter sets in the people of Silia
Speaker 10: could face even harsher conditions. While we must deal with
Speaker 10: other pressing issues, we must not abandon Sylian people. Mister President,
Speaker 10: we emphasize that only solution to the political stalemate in
Speaker 10: Syria is to advance siia date and syria owned political process.
Speaker 10: It is regrettable that more than two years have passed
Speaker 10: since the last meeting of the Constitutional Committee and people's
Speaker 10: expectations waiting, so we strongly add that meeting be held
Speaker 10: as soon as possible. In this connection, we note that
Speaker 10: twenty second meeting of the Standard Process was held in
Speaker 10: November eleven to twelfth in Kazakhstan. We hope that this
Speaker 10: process will promote confidence building among the parties concerned. Also,
Speaker 10: we note that especially Ends is currently visiting the region,
Speaker 10: including Damascus, and we hope that meaning discussions will take
Speaker 10: place with stakeholders. I mean the present. It is unacceptable
Speaker 10: that tragic situation of Silian people continues due to the
Speaker 10: deadlog in the political process. We call on all parties
Speaker 10: to resolve the conflict through dialogue so that the flames
Speaker 10: that are raising in the region can be extinguished and
Speaker 10: the Silian people and the other innocent can be done
Speaker 10: to living in Regis. I think.
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