Syrian Arab Republic
Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari
Syria has been a member of the United Nations since October 24, 1945. Bashar Ja’afari has served as the Syrian permanent representative to the UN since July 31, 2006. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Ja’afari’s statement during UN General Assembly debate on April 2, 2013, on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). My delegation would like to emphasize its full support for the global trend toward building a world free from the use and the threat of use of force that is governed by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, which are based on…