Al-Jaafari: Draft Resolution on Syria Hysteric, Misleading, Serves “Israel”

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari, stressed Friday that “the draft resolution on Syria submitted by Saudi Arabia to the UN General Assembly is hysteric and misleading.”

In a speech before the UN General Assembly, al-Jaafari stressed that the Qatari-Saudi-western draft resolution serves only the interests of “Israel”.
“They violate all international legitimacy principles, primarily the principle of respecting national sovereignty and non-interference in countries’ internal affairs.”
Al-Jaafari considered that “adopting the draft resolution sends a wrong message to extremists and terrorists in Syria and elsewhere, since the terrorist acts these people carry out as an alternative to dialogue and peaceful settlements are encouraged and supported by UN member countries.”
He pointed out to “the irony in that the countries adopting the resolution presented it under article 34 on the prevention of armed conflicts, while these very same countries have had a considerable part in the militarization of the situation in Syria.”
“Some of the countries which adopt the draft resolution are leading a hysteric political media and intelligence campaign against Syria, funding and arming the armed terrorist groups,” the Syrian diplomat stressed.
He further confirmed that “if these countries voicing concern over the humanitarian situation in Syria were truly honest in their concern, they would have allocated the billions of dollars spend of funding, arming and equipping terrorists with communication devices for humanitarian aid.”
Al-Jaafari added that some of the countries that adopted the draft, such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain, cannot be considered as examples of democracy and respecting human rights, as these countries are governed by oligarchic, tyrannical regimes that don’t hesitate to suppress their people and murder protestors.”
He went on to affirm that other countries that adopted the draft are among the direct contributors to the deterioration of the situation in Syria, and that they have no credibility in terms of commitment to UN resolution in light of prior experiences.
Al-Jaafari warned against “the danger of the UN General Assembly becoming a cover for spreading “legal” – terrorism and undermining stability and security around the world through political, financial and media pressure.”
“During the current crisis, Syria witnessed a series of terrorist bombings, the Syrian authorities arrested and killed large numbers of Arab and non-Arab terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda and other extremists.”

Al-Jaafari pointed out to the contradiction in some countries – which always claimed to denounce terrorism and al-Qaeda and waged wars on this basis – are directly or indirectly supporting the growing terrorist activities of al-Qaeda and other extremist groups in Syria to serve “creative chaos”.”
He added that Syria was expecting from Saudi Arabia to submit a draft resolution to liberate the Saudi islands in the Red Sea which were occupied by “Israel” instead of faking sorrow over the Syrians and manipulating the fate of Palestinian refugees in Syria.

Al-Jaafari concluded by saying that “the General Assembly Chairman assumed a position towards the draft resolution in advance, which violates the General Assembly’s internal laws which require the Chairman to be neutral and direct the session impartially, noting that this is the tenth such violation committed by the Chairman during his chairing of the Assembly.”