Syrian UN Delegate Highlights Refugee Return as Priority

Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Ibrahim Al-Labbi, highlighted Damascus's position on the human rights and humanitarian issues during the Third Committee of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York. Al-Labbi confirmed that Syria has taken steps to combat discrimination, promote equality, protect children's rights, empower women, and combat cross-border crime. He emphasized the importance of returning refugees and internally displaced persons through the "Syria Without Camps" vision, which aims to shift from temporary humanitarian responses to lasting solutions and reconstruction. Syria reiterated its support for the UN mechanisms concerned with the Syrian file, emphasizing the importance of national efforts in accountability processes and in uncovering the fate of the missing, and called for strengthened cooperation with these mechanisms. On the political level, Al-Labbi demanded accountability from Israel for violations of international law and human rights, affirming that the Golan Heights are Syrian territory and that Israeli annexation measures are illegal according to Security Council Resolution 497.

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