Syria UN envoy: UN vote shows Israel presence in Golan illegal
Syria’s UN envoy has said that the UN’s recent positive vote for a draft resolution concerning Israel’s occupation of Golan Heights shows that the Tel Aviv regime’s actions are “unacceptable and violate the principles of international law.”
Syria’s Ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari made the remarks while addressing the Special Political and Decolonization Committee, the SANA news agency reported on Saturday.
Jaafari stressed that the sweeping vote reiterates the member states’ rejection of the Tel Aviv regime's occupation of the Golan Heights.
“It also asserts that the attempt to annex the Golan by Israel is null and void and has no legal effect in accordance with UN Security Council’s Resolution No. 497 for 1981, and therefore all such practices, including the settlement activities and cooperation with terrorist groups such as Daesh and Jabhat al-Nusra in the Syrian Golan will be denounced by all those who are keen to upgrade international law, end the foreign occupation and to reject the principle of annexing the lands of others by force,” he said.
He added that Israel is in continuous cooperation with Daesh in Golan which “violates Security Council resolutions that prohibit dealing with terrorism.”
Read More:
- Israel attacks on Golan sign of collusion with terrorists, Syria tells UN
- At least three Israeli airstrikes hit Syrian army on Golan Heights
- “Israeli attacks against Syria act of war”
- Israel intensifies air raids in Syria' Golan Heights
Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and has continued to occupy two-thirds of the strategically-important territory ever since, in a move that has never been recognized by the international community.
The regime has built tens of illegal settlements in the area since its occupation and has used the region to carry out a number of military operations against the Syrian government.
US vetoing of Gaza ceasefire resolution ‘disgraceful’: Iran’s UN envoy
Syria condemns Israel's killing of 36 in 'horrific' strike on Palmyra
Israeli airstrike kills 36 people in Syria’s historic town of Palmyra
Iran to launch ‘new, advanced’ centrifuges in response to IAEA resolution: AEOI
Yemen fires hypersonic missile at Israeli airbase
VIDEO | New Delhi chokes under toxic smog as air quality remains at hazardous levels
VIDEO | Press TV's news headlines
VIDEO | ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu to worry Western politicians: Former British diplomat
Iranians protest against Israel after Netanyahu ICC warrant
Germany undecided on complying with ICC arrest warrants for Israeli war criminals
VIDEO | Former FBI agent criticizes US Congress for 'outright corruption'
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
