Slovenia’s ambassador to the United Nations and president of the UN Security Council for December, Samuel Zbogar, expressed the Council’s support for Syria’s sovereignty, unity, independence, and territorial integrity.
Speaking at a press conference in Damascus on Thursday, 4 December, on behalf of the Security Council delegation, Zbogar said the word “trust” was the central theme of the visit, explaining, “We came to build trust, to support Syria’s efforts to achieve a better future, and to strengthen the Syrian people’s confidence in the efforts of the Security Council and the United Nations.”
Zbogar noted that the Council delegation met with Syria’s transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani, and several members of the Syrian government.
The delegation also held a series of meetings with the UN team in Damascus, civil society organizations, religious leaders, members of communities affected by the recent events on the coast and in Suwayda province (in southern Syria), the committees investigating those events, and families of the missing.
According to Zbogar, the meetings covered a wide range of issues, including justice and reconciliation, the inclusiveness of the political process, national dialogue, reconstruction, economic development, and counter terrorism.
“Our message was unified, simple, and clear, we recognize your country’s aspirations and challenges, and the path to the future of the new Syria will be a future led and owned by Syrians, and the international community stands ready to support you in achieving this goal,”
Zbogar said.
He added that the presence of a UN team in Syria helps support the country with the tools and expertise needed to move toward a better future.
Meeting with the Suwayda inquiry committee
The delegation of Security Council member state representatives was briefed on the methodology and operating procedures of the National Committee to Investigate the Events in Suwayda, with the aim of supporting the course of justice in the new Syria and reinforcing Syrians’ confidence that the international community stands with them in confronting the past and building the future.
Judge Hatem al-Naasan, head of the National Committee to Investigate the Events in Suwayda, told the state news agency SANA that the delegation was briefed on the committee’s work during the summer of 2025 and its adoption of a “professional methodology” based on UN protocols for evidence collection and an approach that places victims’ rights, witness protection, and procedural transparency at the heart of its work.
Al-Naasan explained that the committee has been working to analyze the facts to distinguish between criminal acts and human rights violations and to determine which actions require legal accountability.
He noted that the committee works in direct coordination with the International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, which recently entered the city of Suwayda with the Syrian government’s facilitation, considering this a clear sign of the state’s openness to uncovering the truth and assuming responsibility.
Al-Naasan added that regular meetings are being held between the two committees to harmonize investigative methodologies and exchange evidence and information, in a way that strengthens national and international efforts to reveal the truth and ensure accountability.
Committee spokesperson Ammar Ezzeddine said the committee’s goal has been clear from the outset, namely to precisely identify criminal responsibility and to submit recommendations that would prevent a repetition of what happened.
Ezzeddine considered the partnership with the United Nations essential to ensuring a fair and effective investigation in line with international standards and to preventing any future attempts at politicization or exploitation.
Meeting with al-Sharaa
Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ibrahim Olabi, spoke about the meeting that brought together the transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and the delegation of Security Council member states.
Olabi told SANA that Israeli violations formed a main focus of the meeting, as al-Sharaa raised them as a “priority” within what the Security Council can offer Syria, referring to the incident in the town of Beit Jinn (in the southwestern countryside of Damascus, near the occupied Syrian Golan Heights) as an example of repeated Israeli incursions.
The discussion also touched, according to Olabi, on economic and development issues, as well as sanctions and their impact on Syrians.
Olabi considered that the Security Council delegation’s visit to Damascus on the anniversary of liberation “carries a clear message of solidarity,” noting that the members expressed a consensus on supporting Syria, its government, and its people at this stage.
He believes the timing of the visit reflects the Council members’ recognition of what he described as the “achievements” made over the past year, saying that their presence in Damascus was to send a “strong message of solidarity” and to listen to al-Sharaa’s vision for the country’s future.
Olabi explained that there has been a change in how the Security Council deals with the Syrian file, noting that Syria previously represented a point of crisis inside the Council and a source of division, whereas he now sees the 15 members united in their stance during this visit, which he described as an “important transition,” adding that unanimous agreement on the visit itself is a “historic achievement.”
He pointed out that Slovenia’s ambassador to the UN, who holds the Council presidency for December, Samuel Zbogar, had made it clear before arriving in Damascus that the goal of the visit was to “restore the Syrian people’s trust” after years of division within the Council, and that the delegation seeks to build that trust.
Olabi said the continued unity of the Security Council around supporting Syrians could help move Syria from being seen as a “source of crises” to a “stable” country able to contribute to international peace and security.
The delegation of representatives of Security Council member states arrived in Syria on Thursday morning via the Jdeidet Yabous crossing (on the Syrian Lebanese border west of Damascus). The delegates visited the Jobar neighborhood (in eastern Damascus), which suffered extensive destruction as a result of shelling by the former regime.
Accompanied by Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ibrahim Olabi, and the UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Najat Rochdi, the delegation also visited a number of historic and heritage sites in Old Damascus, including Beit al Wali Hotel in Bab Touma and the Umayyad Mosque.
According to SANA, the delegation held back-to-back meetings at the Semiramis Hotel in Damascus with several Syrian civil society actors and religious leaders from various sects.
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