Syria
- Syria has been a member of the United Nations since 24 October 1945
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- Syria is part of the Asia / Middle East block
- Syria has participated in 1459 votes since 26 October 1994, most recently on 23 December 2008
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Minority votes in the General Assembly
Sometimes these votes highlight an issue where there is a difference from the majority of the international community.
Syria…
| voted alone (out of 168 nations) against | Draft resolution I (resolution 60/200). | 22 December 2005 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 129) to abstain on | Part V. | 21 December 2007 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 153) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 55/158). | 12 December 2000 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 151) to abstain on | Draft resolution II (resolution 54/110). | 9 December 1999 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 108) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 50/89 B). | 7 June 1996 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 164) to abstain on | The last preambular paragraph of draft resolution A. | 9 December 1994 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 162) to abstain on | Paragraph 3 of draft resolution A. | 9 December 1994 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 161) against | The fifth preambular paragraph. | 20 November 2000 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 162) against | Operative paragraph 4 (b) of draft resolution R. | 22 November 2002 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 149) against | Paragraph 15. | 21 December 2007 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 179) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 63/87). | 2 December 2008 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 164) against | Draft resolution A/51/L.40 (resolution 51/29). | 4 December 1996 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 161) against | Paragraph 2. | 20 November 2000 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 163) against | Paragraph 5 (b). | 20 November 2000 |
| voted with 3 other nations (out of 181) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 62/59). | 5 December 2007 |
| voted with 3 other nations (out of 178) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 61/104). | 6 December 2006 |
| voted with 3 other nations (out of 178) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 58/71). | 8 December 2003 |
| voted with 3 other nations (out of 183) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 59/109). | 3 December 2004 |
| voted with 3 other nations (out of 177) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 60/95). | 8 December 2005 |
| voted with 4 other nations (out of 137) to abstain on | Operative paragraph 5 of draft resolution A/57/L.14. | 11 November 2002 |
Minority votes in the Security Council
For a permanent member a vote against constitutes a veto.
- 12 March 2002 – The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
- 13 December 2002 – Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts
- 14 August 2003 – The situation between Iraq and Kuwait Report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 24 of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003) (S/2003/715)
- 30 December 2002 – The situation between Iraq and Kuwait
- 12 June 2003 – United Nations peacekeeping Letter dated 6 June 2003 from the Permanent Representatives of Canada, Jordan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand and Switzerland to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2003/620)
Ambassadors
People who have spoken in the General Assembly or Security Council in the name of Syria. Sometimes ministers or heads of state take the place of the official ambassador of the day.
| Name | Speeches | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. A’Ala | 3 | 16 December 1997 | 20 December 2000 |
| Mr. Abou-Hadid | 14 | 16 November 1995 | 2 December 1998 |
| Mr. Adi | 3 | 6 May 2008 | 9 December 2008 |
| Mr. Al-Attar | 6 | 9 December 1994 | 13 December 1996 |
| Mr. Al-Hariri | 5 | 7 June 1996 | 31 October 2000 |
| Mr. Al-Jafari | 2 | 30 November 2006 | 1 December 2006 |
| Mr. Al-Moualem | 3 | 26 September 2006 | 27 September 2008 |
| Mr. Al-Nuqari | 1 | 8 May 2006 | 8 May 2006 |
| Mr. Al-Shara | 5 | 3 October 1994 | 14 November 2001 |
| Mr. Al-Shara’ | 13 | 24 October 1995 | 31 October 2005 |
| Mr. Farouk Al-Shara’ | 1 | 14 September 2000 | 14 September 2000 |
| Mr. Al-Sibai | 1 | 14 October 2004 | 14 October 2004 |
| Mr. Alhariri | 1 | 30 May 2006 | 30 May 2006 |
| Mr. Ali | 2 | 19 December 2006 | 8 May 2009 |
| Ms. Al Haj Ali | 1 | 6 December 2004 | 6 December 2004 |
| Mrs. Astour | 1 | 12 December 2007 | 12 December 2007 |
| Mr. Atieh | 23 | 14 December 2001 | 30 June 2006 |
| Mr. Awad | 2 | 2 March 1994 | 28 February 1995 |
| Mr. Darwish | 5 | 9 November 2006 | 29 October 2007 |
| Mr. Diab | 3 | 20 June 2008 | 7 April 2009 |
| Mr. Elji | 5 | 23 December 2004 | 22 December 2006 |
| Mr. Eljy | 1 | 18 June 2004 | 18 June 2004 |
| Mr. Fallouh | 1 | 16 December 2002 | 16 December 2002 |
| Mr. Falouh | 2 | 25 March 2009 | 27 July 2009 |
| Mr. Abdu Hadid | 1 | 19 October 1994 | 19 October 1994 |
| Ms. Halabi | 5 | 13 December 2006 | 18 December 2008 |
| Mr. Hallak | 17 | 30 November 1994 | 18 December 2008 |
| Mr. Ja’afari | 42 | 21 July 2006 | 13 November 2009 |
| Mr. Jaafari | 2 | 8 September 2006 | 14 December 2006 |
| Mr. Khani | 1 | 14 October 1994 | 14 October 1994 |
| Mr. Maldoun | 1 | 15 September 2006 | 15 September 2006 |
| Mr. Mekdad | 138 | 17 October 1996 | 14 June 2006 |
| Mr. Nakkari | 9 | 15 June 2000 | 7 October 2003 |
| Mr. Obeid | 2 | 15 December 1997 | 12 December 2000 |
| Miss Rizk | 1 | 15 December 1999 | 15 December 1999 |
| Mr. Rustom | 1 | 6 October 2005 | 6 October 2005 |
| Mr. Saati | 1 | 26 October 1995 | 26 October 1995 |
| Mr. Sabbagh | 1 | 22 December 2005 | 22 December 2005 |
| Mr. Shaheed | 1 | 23 December 1994 | 23 December 1994 |
| Mr. Sulaiman | 10 | 1 December 1995 | 17 December 1999 |
| Mr. Taleb | 2 | 30 October 2006 | 11 December 2008 |
| Mr. Wehbe | 87 | 17 October 1996 | 4 September 2003 |
