Security Council Meets on Situation in Syria

Bassam Sabbagh, Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Syria).

The Security Council adopted resolution 2642 (2022) extending the decisions in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Security Council resolution 2165 (2014), for a period of six months, that is, until 10 January 2023, only for the border crossing at Bab al-Hawa, with a further extension of an additional six months, that is, until 10 July 2023, which will require a separate resolution confirming this extension, and requests the Secretary-General to provide a special report on the humanitarian needs in Syria no later than 10 December 2022. The resolution was adopted with 12 votes in favour, none against and 3 abstentions (France, United Kingdom, and United States).