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End unilateral coercive measures now

New York (USA) | 10 December 2020
Virtual meeting of the Security Council organized according to the Arria formula, on November 25, 2020, on the theme "End unilateral coercive measures now" by the permanent missions of South Africa, China, the Russian Federation, from Niger and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Co-Chairs’ summary Background
1. On 25 November 2020, the Permanent Missions of China, the Niger, the Russian Federation, South Africa and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations co-hosted a virtual (...)

Ilham Aliyev on Karabakh: “There will be no referendum, ever! "

23 October 2020
In an interview on 22 October 2020 with the Japanese daily Nikkei, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev explained that the Azerbaijanis have always respected the Armenians, insisting that it was the latter who perpetrated a genocide against the people of his country (sic), and not the reverse.
Referring to the right to self-determination of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh, which has been enshrined in the Madrid Principles, the newspaper asked him whether he approved of the (...)

Holy See condemns sanctions against Syrian civilians

20 October 2020
On 15 October 2020, the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See was invited to an audience with Cardinal Mario Zenari, the Apostolic Nuncio to Syria.
The prelate described a country ravaged by war, whose population is dying of starvation due to economic sanctions.
He insisted that such sanctions have no impact on the "regime" they are intended to destroy, but punish instead the civilian population.
Since the 13th century, the Holy See has condemned any form of siege and later (...)

Russian statement regarding the extension of the New START Treaty

Moscow (Russia) | 20 October 2020
We have not received an official response from the United States to our October 16 note with President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to extend the New START Treaty for one year. We have only seen comments made by US officials in the social media. Considering an ambiguous reaction to this situation, we believe it is necessary to clarify the matter.
Russia has proposed extending the New START for one year and is ready to assume a political obligation together with the United States to freeze the (...)

Illegality of the US position dealing with Iran

New York (USA) | 12 October 2020
Pursuant to Iran’s letters contained in documents S/2017/739, S/2017/862, A/72/869-S/2018/453, A/73/490-S/2018/988, S/2018/1057, A/73/691-S/2018/1155, S/2018/1164, S/2019/185, A/73/885-S/2019/429, A/73/976, S/2019/667, S/2019/752, A/74/575-S/2019/928, S/2019/959, A/74/747-S/2020/201, A/74/850-S/2020/380, A/74/860-S/2020/413, A/74/891-S/2020/535, S/2020/583 and S/2020/814 regarding continuous violations of Security Council resolution 2231 (2015) and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (...)

Russia Manifesto for Cyberstability

New York (USA) | 22 May 2020
The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the issue of Cyber Security. Therefore, we support the inclusive discussion that is being carried out under the auspices of the General Assembly-established Open-ended Working Group on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security. We believe that, by focusing the discussion on arguable concepts that do not have the broad support of United Nations Member States, the organizers push (...)

Palestinians are the only people deprived of Security Council protection

23 January 2020
In the course of the past 19 years - from 29 September 2000 (A / 55/432-S / 2000/921) to 11 December 2019 (A / ES-10/831-S / 2019/937) - the Palestinian Authority lodged 678 complaints with the Security Council against further illegal acts perpetrated by the State of Israel.
Despite the remonstrations of the General Assembly, none of their complaints has been taken up by the Security Council.
The State of Israel is the only one in the world to benefit from such preferential treatment; the (...)

Iran’s drift towards US and Israeli behaviour

Damascus (Syria) | 21 January 2020
Beyond the showdown between Washington and Tehran, Thierry Meyssan highlights the profound change in Iran’s behaviour. This country, which used to be very observant of international law, now disregards it, joining the United States and Israel, which have never recognized it.

Multilateralism or International Law?

Damascus (Syria) | 11 December 2019
Contrary to popular belief, the multilateralism promoted by Europeans is not opposed to the bilateralism practiced today by the United States, but to international law. The "Paris Peace Forum", organised by President Emmanuel Macron, did not identify any method to prevent conflicts, just to try to save what remains of four centuries of European hegemony.

Interview of Bashar el-Assad with “Paris Match”

Damascus (Syria) | 28 November 2019
Régis Le Sommier with President Bachar el-Assad
After nine years of civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, supported by Russia and Iran, is the only master on board. Here is the full interview given to Paris Match.
Paris Match. Our last interview was five years ago, almost to the day. It was November 2014, your government only controlled one third of the country. Today your armies are back at the Turkish border. Do you feel you have won the war?
Bashar al-Assad. I would like to be (...)

OPCW report was falsified

26 November 2019
Wikileaks has released an email originating from an OPCW inspector (attached document) in which he expresses his concern over the grave omissions and intentional bias of the organization’s report on the alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ghouta area of Damascus on 7 April 2018 .
The OPCW was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013.
This email was strongly criticized by the current Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Fernando Arias González of Spain, but received the approval of (...)

UK flouts UN General Assembly and High Court

24 November 2019
The British government has failed to heed the 22 May 2019 UN General Assembly resolution enjoining it to vacate the Chagos Islands, which it occupies illegally, and hand them back to Mauritius within a six-month deadline.
Approached by the General Assembly, the International Court of Justice confirmed, on 25 February 2019, the unlawful handling of the de-colonization process and the sovereignty of Mauritius over the Islands. With this motion the six-month deadline was pushed up (...)

Theory and Practice of Human Rights

Damascus (Syria) | 4 October 2019
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights sets out an ideal that any responsible person tries to put into practice. But not all evils can be fought at once. It therefore establishes a hierarchy between these rights so that we can make a real difference. In order to better hide their crimes, some powers accuse others of violating human rights. Sometimes the tree hides the forest.

Destabilization of the Caribbean Basin

New York (USA) | 20 September 2019
I have the honour to write to you to denounce several dangerous actions that threaten the peace and security of Venezuela and the Latin American and Caribbean region as a whole.
In a previous communication, a letter dated 6 August 2019 (S/2019/641), the Security Council was informed of the threats made by the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, to commit an act of war by imposing a naval blockade against Venezuela. We note with concern a new attempt to fabricate an (...)

How is Donald Trump handling the Israëlo-Palestinian question?

Damascus (Syria) | 16 July 2019
President Trump does nothing like his predecessors (except for his model, Andrew Jackson), thereby destabilising his partners. The « Deal of the Century » that he dreamed up for Palestine angered President Abbas, who interpreted it from the point of view of previous US propositions. Could he have been wrong?