GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Thirty-fifth session
Items 26
THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Note verbal dated 27 October 1980 from the permanent mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
The permanent mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and has the honors to enclose herewith a message addressed by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs to His Excellency, the Secretary-General of the United Nations with regards to the occupied Syrian territory in of the Golan. The Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations kindly requests to the Secretary General to circulate this message as an official document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 26, and of the Security Council.
Letter from the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Secretary-General
In view of information received for to the effect that the Israeli Knesset intend to discuss a bill for the annexation of the Syrian Arab region of the Golan to Israel ,the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic wishes to draw the attention of the international community to the fact that mere consideration the of such a bill constitutes a blatant of violation of the principles of international law and the charter of the United Nations under which respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States is one of the first rules of international orders.
The disdain of the Israeli authorities for the international law, their denial of the rights of the Palestinian Arab people and their disregard for the decisions and resolutions of the United Nations, from their seizure of the territory of others by force, the establishment of settlement in the occupied territories, the expulsion of the Arab populations from its lands, up to the annexation of Arab Jerusalem and its adoption as their capital, would not have happened if the Security council had gone beyond censure of these steps to the stage of applying to Israel the sanctions provided for in the charter of the United Nations.
The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, while keeping a close watch on these new hostile Israeli intentions in the Golan region ,can only draw the attention of the international community and, in particular ,of the Security Council and the General Assembly to the grave dangers to peace and security in the region and in the world which this new Israeli scheme involves.
The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic re-emphasizes the need for the international community to take Practical steps finally to Put an end to aggressive and expansionist Israeli practice and to work for the implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations on this matter.
(signed) Abdul Halim Khaddam
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Syrian Arab Republic
