Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ibrahim Olabi, said that Syria and Qatar submitted the resolution titled “Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction,” and that it was adopted with more than 150 votes.
In his speech before the UN General Assembly’s First Committee on Disarmament and International Security in New York on Monday, November 3, Olabi noted that adoption of the draft represents a qualitative step toward establishing the truth and doing justice to the Syrian people after years of misinformation and obfuscation.
“Syria is no longer a country that has decisions imposed on it; it now sponsors and formulates the decisions that concern it, with support from the international community,” Olabi said in an interview with the Syrian al-Ikhbariyah channel on Tuesday evening, November 4.
He considered that Syria has returned strongly to the international community at the United Nations, with many states supporting it, adding that Syria is building its foreign policy on its developmental and economic interests.
He noted that Syria today has a different voice and presence from the past and that it is shaping its policies independently. The resolution adopted Monday with more than 150 votes is “historic,” he said, because it commended the Syrian government’s efforts and called on states to support it.
“We lost many martyrs to chemical attacks, which makes this decision extremely important,” Olabi added, stressing that “there is cooperation, openness, and transparency from the Syrian government on the chemical weapons file.”
He pointed out that Syria’s transitional president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, met survivors of chemical strikes at the presidential palace and stated he would not allow this weapon to remain in Syria to protect the country and its people.
The former regime, he said, used to obstruct and maneuver in international fora; after its fall, there has been openness, cooperation, and transparency. He believes the resolution highlighted the historical difference between the former regime’s rule and today’s Syrian government.
“We began working on the chemical weapons file before the international organization arrived, and when it did, we cooperated with it—evidence that the file is being led by Syria,” Olabi said.
Al-Sharaa’s visit to the United States
Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations affirmed that President al-Sharaa’s visit to the White House will be an “unprecedented” event and a “qualitative leap” in the diplomatic context.
He indicated that keeping the Syria file on the UN’s table and maintaining pressure on Israel is a “success” that gives Syria greater negotiating leverage.
“The UN’s view of the southern Syria file reflects the Syrian government’s view—a sense of sorrow and pain and a desire to bring this file to a close in a manner that preserves the dignity of the people of As-Suwayda (southern Syria),” Olabi said.
He added that there was a UN welcome, in the most recent Security Council session, of the Syrian government’s fulfillment of its commitments and of allowing the international committee into As-Suwayda to document testimonies.
U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said Syria’s transitional president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, is scheduled to visit Washington on November 10 and is expected to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House. According to Barrack’s comments to Axios on October 1, this would be the first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House and a major step in rebuilding U.S.–Syrian relations.
During the trip, President al-Sharaa is expected to sign an agreement for Syria to join the U.S.-led international coalition against the Islamic State group.
Israeli violations
In the interview, Olabi also addressed Israeli violations in Syria, saying he does not believe there is any state in the Security Council that has not spoken about them. He added that Syria will not be a source of threat and that it seeks a return to the 1974 Agreement, as it is the starting point for any talks related to the security track.
He stressed that the Golan is Syrian Arab land and that this issue is non-negotiable, adding that in every Security Council meeting the Syrian delegation affirms that the Syrian government has fulfilled its obligations toward its people and the region.
Foreign Ministry welcomes the decision
Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said that the First Committee’s decision, adopted Monday with the support of 151 states, represents an important step toward correcting the narrative about events in Syria and reflects the international community’s commitment to acknowledging facts after years of distortion and disregard for the suffering of victims of chemical attacks.
In a statement posted Monday, November 3, on its X account, the ministry said the decision highlights positive and advanced cooperation between Syria and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and commends the Syrian government’s full and transparent engagement with the organization, calling on the international community to provide the necessary support to sustain these efforts.
The statement noted that the decision commends practical steps Syria has recently taken to build a genuine partnership with the OPCW and reflects a firm political will to dispel doubts tied to the former regime and to establish a professional framework based on mutual respect.
Syrian openness
After the fall of the Syrian regime, OPCW Director-General Fernando Arias met on February 8 with a high-level technical delegation, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani, and Syria’s transitional president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, in Damascus.
At the time, the organization said the meetings were lengthy, fruitful, and highly open, featuring an in-depth exchange of information that would form a basis for tangible results and break a stalemate that had lasted more than 11 years.
On October 9, Syria’s Foreign Ministry welcomed the decision on the “accelerated destruction of any remnants of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic,” which also amended the title of the Syrian chemical program on the Executive Council’s agenda to read: “Removal of any remnants of the chemical weapons program of the Assad era.”
The decision asks OPCW inspection teams to continue investigating and collecting evidence related to the use of chemical weapons, with these efforts contributing to supporting national accountability tracks—unlike the previous practice, under which investigation results were shared only with UN bodies.
In June, the organization deployed the first team from the Office of Special Missions (OSM) in Syria, tasked with visiting declared or suspected sites related to chemical weapons activities, collecting evidence and documents, taking samples for analysis in designated laboratories, and performing other duties.
An Israeli strike on the General Staff building in Damascus on July 16 prevented the deployment of a second team from the OPCW Technical Secretariat.
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