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STORY: UNGA79 / SYRIA
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LANGUAGES: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 30 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UNHQ
30 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Sabbagh walking to podium, General Assembly Hall
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Sabbagh, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Syrian Arab Republic:
“Israeli authorities have chosen to drag the region into a serious escalation, while benefiting from the immunity, impunity, and unlimited support provided by certain countries, in particular the United States, in a clear case of hypocrisy and double standards. Israeli forces have scaled up their attacks on countries of the region, including my country Syria, targeting vital civilian facilities, residential buildings, and even diplomatic premises, resulting in the death of dozens of civilians, significant material damage, and hindering the delivery humanitarian aid to Syrians.”
4. Med shot, Israeli delegation
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Sabbagh, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Syrian Arab Republic:
“The Syrian Arab Republic unequivocally reiterates that the Golan is an occupied Syrian territory and that its inhabitants are Syrian Arab citizens, who are and will always be an integral part of the people of Syria. They have struggled over decades against the occupation and the unjust annexation, and the attempts to impose the Zionist identity and all the flagrant and systematic violations at the hands of the brutal occupier.”
6. Med shot, Syrian delegation
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Sabbagh, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Syrian Arab Republic:
“Syria reiterates its support to the right of the Russian Federation to defend itself and to preserve its national security in response to the West’s hostile policies, and in rejection of the logic of hegemony, and unipolarity. Syria also condemns the attempts to confiscate Russian financial assets.”
8. Wide shot, Sabbagh at podium
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassam Sabbagh, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Syrian Arab Republic:
“Syria expresses once again its full support to the Islamic Republic of Iran and its legitimate right to defend its national security, as guaranteed by the UN Charter, and its right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy. We commend Iran’s constructive and responsible approach in this regard.”
10. Med shot, Syrian delegation
Syrian Minister for Foreign Affairs Bassam Sabbagh reiterated that “the Golan is an occupied Syrian territory and that its inhabitants are Syrian Arab citizens.”
Addressing the General Assembly today (26 Sep) Sabbagh said, “Israeli authorities have chosen to drag the region into a serious escalation, while benefiting from the immunity, impunity, and unlimited support provided by certain countries, in particular the United States, in a clear case of hypocrisy and double standards. Israeli forces have scaled up their attacks on countries of the region, including my country Syria, targeting vital civilian facilities, residential buildings, and even diplomatic premises, resulting in the death of dozens of civilians, significant material damage, and hindering the delivery humanitarian aid to Syrians.”
He also said, “The Syrian Arab Republic unequivocally reiterates that the Golan is an occupied Syrian territory and that its inhabitants are Syrian Arab citizens, who are and will always be an integral part of the people of Syria. They have struggled over decades against the occupation and the unjust annexation, and the attempts to impose the Zionist identity and all the flagrant and systematic violations at the hands of the brutal occupier.”
He reiterated Syria’s support “to the right of the Russian Federation to defend itself and to preserve its national security in response to the West’s hostile policies, and in rejection of the logic of hegemony, and unipolarity. Syria also condemns the attempts to confiscate Russian financial assets.”
He also expressed Syria’s support “to the Islamic Republic of Iran and its legitimate right to defend its national security, as guaranteed by the UN Charter, and its right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy. We commend Iran’s constructive and responsible approach in this regard.”
