UN Documents for Syria
Selected Security Council Resolutions | View All |
9 January 2023 S/RES/2672 | This resolution extended the authorisation for the Syria cross-border aid mechanism for an additional six months, until 10 July 2023. |
12 July 2022 S/RES/2642 | This resolution reauthorised the cross-border humanitarian aid mechanism in Syria for six months until 10 January 2023 and required a separate resolution to extend the mandate for an additional six months until 10 July 2023. |
8 July 2022 S/2022/541 | This was the Russian draft on Syria cross-border assistance that received two affirmative votes (China and Russia) and failed to be adopted. |
Selected Security Council Presidential Statements | View All |
22 November 2019 S/PRST/2019/14 | This statement reaffirmed the Council’s strong support for the Chemical Weapons Convention and for the work of the OPCW in accordance with the Convention. |
8 October 2019 S/PRST/2019/12 | This was a presidential statement welcoming the Secretary-General’s announcement of the formation of the Constitutional Committee. |
16 December 2015 S/PRST/2015/25 | This was a presidential statement on trafficking in persons in situations of conflict, with a particular focus on ISIS and the impact on women and children. |
Selected Secretary-General's Reports | View All |
20 April 2023 S/2023/284 | This was the Secretary-General’s 60-day report on the implementation of resolution 2672. |
21 February 2023 S/2023/127 | This was the 60-day report on the implementation of resolution 2672. |
15 December 2022 S/2022/956 | This was the 60-day report on the implementation of resolution 2642. |
Selected Sanctions Committee Documents | View All |
20 October 2015 SC/12090 | Included suggestions to member states for the implementation of resolution 2199 regarding the illicit financing of ISIS and Al-Nusra Front. |
2 October 2015 SC/12067 | This was the 1267/1989 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee listing of four ISIS-affiliated individuals and one individual affiliated with Al-Nusra Front. |
30 September 2015 SC/12066 | The 1267/1989 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee added one individual to its sanctions list for affiliation with ISIS. |
Selected Security Council Letters | View All |
15 March 2021 S/2021/257 | This was from Iran rejecting US' allegations that it backs militias in Iraq. |
3 March 2021 S/2021/197 | This was from Syria, condemning a 25 February attack by the US in eastern Syria. |
3 March 2021 S/2021/202 | This was from the US, invoking Art. 51 of the UN Charter for a 25 February attack in eastern Syria. |
Selected Security Council Meeting Records | View All |
27 April 2023 S/PV.9314 | This was a briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. |
23 March 2023 S/PV.9291 | This was a briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. |
25 January 2023 S/PV.9248 | This was a briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. |
Selected Security Council Press Statements | View All |
29 April 2022 SC/14876 | This was a press statement marking the 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC). |
10 March 2017 SC/12749 | Council members welcomed the announcement by de Mistura of a clear agenda for future negotiations as indicated by resolution 2254. |
31 January 2017 SC/12701 | This welcomed the International Meeting on Syria held in Astana, Kazakhstan and took note of the joint statement adopted at the meeting by Iran, Russia and Turkey. |
Selected General Assembly Documents | View All |
21 December 2016 A/RES/71/248 | Established the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to assist in the investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the most serious crimes under international law committed in Syria since March 2011. The resolution was drafted by Liechtenstein and was passed with 105 votes in favour to 15 against with 52 abstentions. |
9 December 2016 A/RES/71/130 | Expressed outrage at the recent escalation of violence, particularly in Aleppo, and demanded an immediate and complete end to all attacks on civilians and civilian objects and to all sieges throughout the country. The resolution was drafted by Canada and was passed by 122 votes in favour to 13 against with 36 abstentions. |
2 November 2015 A/C.3/70/L.47 | This was General Assembly’s Third Committee adopted a resolution drafted by Saudi Arabia that condemns the Syrian regime and ISIS and expresses regret that a May 2014 Security Council draft resolution referring the situation in Syria to ICC was not adopted. |
Selected Human Rights Council Documents | View All |
16 January 2020 A/HRC/43/CRP.6 | This was a report on children’s rights published by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic |
24 September 2019 A/HRC/42/L.22 | This was a resolution on human rights in Syria by a vote of 27 in favour, six against and 13 abstentions. |
15 August 2019 A/HRC/42/51 | This was a report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic. |
Selected Other Documents | View All |
30 April 2021 OPCW S/1943/2021 | This was the report of the OPCW Investigation and Identification Team (IIT), which sets out the findings of the investigations conducted in the period between April 2020 and March 2021, focusing on the incident in Saraqib, the Syrian Arab Republic, on 4 February 2018. |
30 April 2021 OPCW C-25/DEC.9 | This was a decision by the OPCW Conference of State Parties (CSP) to suspend the rights and privileges of the Syrian Arab Republic to vote in the OPCW CSP and the OPCW Executive Council, to stand for election to the OPCW Executive Council, and to hold any office of the CSP, the OPCW Executive Council, or any subsidiary organs. |
20 December 2019 S/2019/961 | This was a Belgium/Germany/Kuwait draft resolution on cross-border and cross-line humanitarian access to Syria that was vetoed by China and Russia. |