Syria affirmed that the full restoration of the occupied Syrian Golan to the line of June 4, 1967, by all means guaranteed by international law, is a national priority and an inalienable right, renewing its support for the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people.
Syria’s permanent delegate to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, Hossam El-Din Ala, said in a speech before the resumed forty-third session of the Human Rights Council: Israel, from the first day of its occupation of Palestine and the Syrian Golan, accompanied this criminal policy With arbitrary practices and systematic violations … some of them amount to war crimes … such as the forced transfer of residents, the demolition of homes, the confiscation of lands and property, the theft of natural resources, the siege of cities, the destruction of agricultural crops and livelihoods, “adding that since then the international community has been calling for the full withdrawal of” Israel “from the Syrian Golan Occupied to the line of the fourth of June 1967 in compliance with Security Council resolutions 242 in 1967 and 338 in 1973 And 497 in 1981, which stipulated, among other things, the nullity of the decision of “Israel” the occupying power to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, and considered it null and void, without legal effect, and demanded its immediate retreat from it. The Israeli occupation entity continues to violate the rules of international law and human rights in the territories Occupied Arab countries benefit from the protection provided by some permanent members of the Security Council, particularly the United States
Ala pointed out that after fifty-three years since the Israeli occupation, the occupation entity continues to disdain the rules of international law and the United Nations Charter and related resolutions and in committing grave violations of international humanitarian law and human rights in the occupied Arab territories, benefiting from this umbrella of protection provided by some permanent members In the Security Council, foremost of which is the United States of America, which decided to withdraw from the Human Rights Council and other international bodies against the backdrop of its absolute and blind support for the Israeli occupation after its failure to prevent the condemnation of its gross and systematic violations of human rights violations.
Ala explained that under the current administration, American support reached an unprecedented level in its identification with Israeli colonial plans and formed a major factor in accelerating its dedication to the illegal occupation and annexation of East Jerusalem, the occupied Syrian Golan, and large parts of the West Bank. In launching the name of US President Donald Trump on the latest settlement projects in the occupied Syrian Golan, an expression of gratitude for the unprecedented support provided by Trump to the Israeli occupation entity.
He indicated that, in light of this reality, the Human Rights Council bears a special responsibility in addressing the crimes of the occupation authorities and their violations of the rights of the Palestinian people and the people of the occupied Syrian Golan .. Syria calls on countries that continue to adopt double standards in their approach to the discussions of Item 7 of the agenda and its decisions to reconsider their positions Biased towards “Israel”. Syria condemns the Israeli settlement in the occupied Syrian Golan and the systematic violations of the rights of its Syrian sons and demands that it cease
Ala said: Syria condemns the Israeli settlement in the occupied Syrian Golan and the systematic violations of the rights of its Syrian sons, and demands that it stop them and stop attempts to change the physical character, demographic composition and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan, which violates the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and the relevant Security Council resolutions .. and condemns the continuation of “Israel” The occupying Power is plundering the natural resources of the occupied Syrian Golan, confiscating land and property, and demolishing homes to push residents to displace, in violation of their property rights, and as part of the demographic change plans in the occupied Syrian Golan.
Ala added: Syria warns of the pressures that the occupation exerts on the occupied Golan to compel them to show ownership documents for their lands and properties inherited from their parents and grandparents and registered in the motherland of Syria and register them instead with the property department of the Israeli occupation authority and threatening to confiscate lands and properties in the event that their owners refuse to comply with those Arbitrary decisions in contravention of the legal obligations imposed on the occupying Power. Exercise of the suffocating blockade of Gaza, arbitrary detention and mock trials are examples of grave violations by the Israeli occupation forces
He added: Syria also warns of the danger of the Israeli occupation authorities granting licenses to American companies to explore for oil in the occupied Syrian Golan and environmental and health damages to build giant wind turbines on agricultural lands owned by Syrians from the occupied Golan and threatening their lives and agricultural crops that constitute their primary source of livelihood .. Syria renews its categorical rejection of the attempts of the Israeli occupation authorities to impose local councils, which are rejected by the sons of the occupied Golan who adhere to their national identity and belong to their motherland, Syria.
Ala pointed out that the practice of suffocating siege on Gaza, closure, movement restrictions, field killings at checkpoints, arbitrary arrest and mock trials are examples of the grave violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian people and the right of the Syrian citizens in the occupied Golan .. In this context, Syria is demanding the lifting of the siege that is not Humanity from the Gaza Strip and the immediate release of Palestinian and Syrian prisoners from the Israeli occupation prisons, especially children from them, and providing protection for the Palestinian people from the indiscriminate killings of the occupation authorities against them. Restoring the occupied Syrian Golan until the fourth line of June 1967 by all means guaranteed by international law National priority and an inalienable right
Ala said: Syria calls on the High Commissioner for Human Rights to exert pressure on the Israeli occupation forces to open the Quneitra crossing point before our people in the occupied Syrian Golan who want to visit their homeland and their relatives in Syria and pay special attention to the access of the people of Golan to appropriate medical care in light of the spread of the pandemic as a threat 19 as an additional threat For their lives in light of the discriminatory treatment of the occupation authorities against them .. It also calls the High Commissioner to update the list of the database of companies operating in Israeli settlements in the occupied Arab territories annually in implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 36/31.
He concluded by saying: Syria affirms that restoring the occupied Syrian Golan to the entire line of the fourth of June 1967, by all means guaranteed by international law, is a national priority and an irrevocable and non-subject to statute of limitations… and renews its support for the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people, foremost of which is their right to establish their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital And ensuring the right of return for Palestinian refugees, in implementation of Resolution 194, and demanding the withdrawal of “Israel” from the remaining Lebanese occupied lands.
Source : Sana
