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Occupation of Golan Against Law: Syrian Ambassador

reporter 1222 — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:46:00 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Syria’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar al-Jaafari said the occupied Golan Heights will always remain an integral part of the Arab country, adding that the Israeli regime’s occupation of the heights is a violation of international laws.

The occupied Golan is part and parcel of Syria and regaining it, until the line of June 4th, 1967, with all means guaranteed by the international law, is a priority to us, Bashar al-Jaafari said on Tuesday addressing a UN Security Council session.

Washington proclamation on occupied Jerusalem (al-Quds) and the occupied Syrian Golan was a unilateral act and issued by a party that has no political, nor legal capacity to dispose of parts of the Syrian Arab Republic and occupied Palestine, he added.

“Syria calls on UNSC to force the Israeli occupation to stop its practices in the Syrian Golan and looting its resources including oil,” al-Jaafari stressed, SANA reported.

He said that the Israeli occupation’s measures in occupied Palestine and occupied Syrian Golan gravely violate the international law.

On March 25, US President Donald Trump signed a decree that suited the Israeli interest regarding Golan. The signing took place at the start of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington.

Trump’s move came over a year after he recognized Jerusalem al-Quds as the “capital” of Israel and moved the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the occupied Palestinian city.

The United Nations has time and again stressed Syria’s sovereignty over the heights.

Back in December 2018, the majority of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution urging the Israeli regime to withdraw from Golan.

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Occupied Syrian Golan Identity Change is ‘Null and Void’: UN

reporter 1222 — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:49:58 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The United Nations General Assembly reiterated its demand for the Israeli regime to comply with resolutions on the occupied Syrian Golan, particularly resolution no. 497 for 1981 which considers Israel’s decision to impose its law and legal jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan to be null, void, and without international legal effect.

This came as the General Assembly adopted a decision titled “Occupied Syrian Golan” as its identity on Friday, with 157 states voting in favor, 20 states abstaining, and only Israel and the United States voting against, SANA reported.

This resolution affirms that seizure of lands by force is not permissible as per international law and the UN Charter, demanding Israel as the occupying authority to cease changing the architectural identity, demographic formation, institutional structure, and legal state of the occupied Syrian Golan, and to particularly cease building settlements.

The Assembly stressed in the resolution that any actions were taken by Israel to change the identity and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan are null and void and that such actions violate international law.

The resolution also demanded that Israel cease imposing Israeli nationality and ID cards on Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan, and to cease oppressive actions against them, with the Assembly denouncing Israel’s violations of the Geneva Conventions.

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Syria’s sovereignty over occupied Golan reaffirmed

reporter 1222 — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 09:33:18 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The UN General Assembly reaffirmed by an overwhelming majority Syria’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan and over its resources, demanding that Israeli regime cease exploiting, damaging, squandering, depleting, or endangering its natural resources.

This came in a resolution approved by the Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) of the General Assembly, with 156 states voting in favor of the resolution, while 6 voted against and 14 abstained.

The resolution of Syria’s sovereignty over occupied Golan, entails for UN Secretary-General António Guterres to present a report on the implementation of this resolution at the 76th session of the General Assembly, which would include the cumulative effect of the Israeli occupation authorities’ exploitation of natural resources in the occupied Syrian Golan.

Syria’s permanent delegation at the UN said that actual and effective monitoring of Israeli violations and their ramifications on the Syrian people of the occupied Golan require a sustainable methodology, expanding sources of information, updating data, and clarifying the UN’s legal position regarding the Israeli occupation.

Through the resolutions, UN is “expressing grave concern at the especially difficult situation of the Palestine refugees under occupation, including with regard to their safety, well-being and socioeconomic living conditions.” It also expressed “grave concern in particular at the grave humanitarian situation and socioeconomic conditions of the Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip, and underlining the importance of emergency and humanitarian assistance and urgent reconstruction efforts.”

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