Syrian National Bloc, Damascus, 23/9/2025
Our movement is a peaceful civic bloc committed to establishing a state of citizenship that upholds neutrality toward all religious and political doctrines. Accordingly, any proposed political solution must be grounded in the participation of the people through their civic and party structures, rather than along sectarian or ethnic lines. We hereby declare our objectives under our highest motto: “Religion belongs to God, and the homeland belongs to all”.
It is no secret to any observer that the presence of war criminals and perpetrators of crimes against humanity is not new at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The inclusion of Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Muhammad al-Julani, as listed in Security Council documents and the Counter-Terrorism Committee) constitutes a serious violation of the principles and norms declared by the United Nations as an organization dedicated to maintaining international peace and security.
Over the past 14 years, the Security Council has
issued only one unanimous resolution—Resolution 2254—which specifically
addresses ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra in a detailed paragraph urging all countries
in the region to combat these groups. Last month, the Council reaffirmed the
necessity of implementing this resolution. Therefore, this event constitutes a
humiliating precedent and a blatant breach of international counter-terrorism
principles and resolutions endorsed by the General Assembly and the Security Council.
It also represents a betrayal of the memory of the victims and a trampling of
human dignity.
The Syrian National Bloc, based on its vision of
building a democratic civil state that reflects the will of the Syrian people
and their aspirations for freedom, dignity, and national sovereignty, strongly
rejects Ahmad al-Sharaa’s participation in the work of the United Nations
General Assembly as a "representative of the Syrian people." Such
representation has never occurred legitimately; it was imposed through a
“military operations room”, where more than half of the participants are listed
on international terrorism sanctions.
How can this international organization turn a blind
eye to the continuation of sectarian terrorist and criminal practices against
the Syrian people in the coastal region and Sweida? Have the killings,
kidnappings, starvation, sieges, and arbitrary arrests ceased? Do Syrian men
and women enjoy safety under the control of these factions? And does the United
Nations uphold its own resolutions when it allows such actions?
The Syrian people, who have made immense sacrifices
for over a decade in pursuit of freedom and justice, cannot have their
representation reduced to a dictatorial authority that holds no electoral or
constitutional legitimacy and does not reflect the true will of Syrians.
The Syrian National Bloc believes that allowing
al-Sharaa to participate and ascend the podium at the United Nations
constitutes standing in opposition to the legitimate demands of the Syrian
people for democratic change, the end of tyranny, terrorism, and occupations,
and the establishment of a state founded on the principle of equal citizenship.
The Syrian National Bloc stresses that any
representation of Syrians in international forums must be based on national and
popular legitimacy, deriving from the free will of all Syrian citizens.
