Syrian Arab Republic
Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari
Syria last served as an elected member of the UNSecurity Council from 2002 to 2003. Ambassador Ja’afari has been Syria’spermanent representative to the UN since July 2006. The following is excerptedfrom debate during the 5,493rd meeting of the UN Security Council,on July 21, 2006. The Security Council — the body entrusted with themaintenance of international peace and security — is meeting against thebackdrop of war crimes and crimes against humanity being perpetrated by Israel against the territory and the people of Lebanon and of Palestine. Those crimes have not spared Arabnationals, foreign tourists, or even a soldier working for the…
