Iran Press/Middle East: “Syria’s sovereign right to restore all the occupied Golan till the line of June 4, 1967, is inalienable and doesn’t fall with the passage of time,” Ambassador Hussam Eddin Ala said asserting Syria’s rejection of all measures taken by the Israeli occupation authorities in Golan.
Ala’s remarks came through Syria’s statement at the 41st session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) ‘Item Seven’ on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, SANA reported.
“Syria welcomes the council’s discussion of the Israeli occupation authorities’ violations of human rights and the international humanitarian law in Palestine and in the occupied Syrian Golan and it underlines the importance of the accountability for these violations and that their perpetrators mustn’t escape punishment again,” Ala said.
Israel unilaterally annexed the Golan Heights in 1981. The UN Security Council resolution 497, issued after the annexation, refers to Israel as "the occupying power" and says Israel's attempt to "impose its laws, jurisdiction, and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and without international legal effect."
US President claimed on Mar 22 that it is time for the US to "fully recognize Israel's Sovereignty" over occupied Golan Heights.
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Ala reiterated Syria’s rejection of the occupation authorities’ attempts to embody the occupation of the Golan and its condemnation of the illegitimate proclamation of the US administration on the occupied Golan and its attempts to evade the obligations of the Security Council’s resolution no. 497 for the year 1981.
He noted that the continuation of the Israeli occupation’s violations of the UN Charter, UN resolutions and the political, civilian, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people and the people of the occupied Syrian Golan from 52 years hold the Human Rights Council responsible for investigating into these violations and for holding the occupation entity accountable for its arbitrary and hostile practices.
He added that the occupation’s continued arbitrary practices and usurpation of lands and properties of the Palestinians and of the people in the occupied Syrian Golan are a flagrant violation of the international humanitarian law and the UN resolutions.
Ala affirmed that Syria condemns in the strongest terms holding a meeting for the Israeli occupation Government in the occupied Syrian Golan on June 16th and the establishment of a settlement on its land named after US President Donald Trump and its attempts to force the locals in the Syrian villages to obtain the so-called “Israeli documents” and other arbitrary hostile measures.
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