Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
3 September 2013, Perdana Global Peace Foundation
The Perdana Global Peace Foundation condemns any act of military interference in Syria. We support the right of the Syrian people to self-determination, their right to live in freedom and dignity in Syria, like all other people on earth. We take the view that legitimate and moral right should prevail over illegal intrusion by foreign armed groups as well as military attacks by foreign countries. We regard it as a criminal act in defiance of a nation’s sovereignty.
Perdana Global Peace Foundation believes it is essential to work on direct diplomacy to negotiate a ceasefire with all parties. There are already reconciliation moves undertaken by local groups aimed at allowing Syrians to decide their own future.
As UN Secretary General rightfully puts it, there is no justification for military solution to the crisis in Syria. What is needed is to have a political solution. In this regard, we support Mr. Ban Ki Moon’s stand that ‘there is no time to waste’ given the alarming humanitarian situation. Therefore it is crucial for all parties to come to the negotiating table. The Security Council must uphold its moral and political responsibilities under the UN Charter by ensuring a peaceful solution through unified action.
There have been claims from both sides that chemical weapons were used by the Syrian Government and armed rebel groups. In light of these claims, the UN chemical expert team must be given sufficient time to investigate all claims of use of chemical weapons. It is incumbent on the part of the Syrian Government to facilitate this investigation to ensure that nothing will jeopardise the work of the investigating team. We support the move by Mr Ban Ki Moon to continue this investigation despite US calls for it to be discontinued.
In the same vein, we urge the OIC to uphold the spirit of ummah and stop practising partisan policies in support of certain vested interests. Neighbouring countries that are involved in the turmoil in Syria must take cognisance that in the long run, they themselves are open to interference by other countries in the name of democracy, human rights and freedom. The Arab Uprising must be seen in the context of the hegemonic intent of the superpowers.
PGPF deplores any intended decision by Western allies, in particular the US to exercise their so called ‘rights’ to take action unilaterally in the absence of UN sanctions. The world learned a bitter lesson from the false justification for the invasion of Iraq. Such acts of ‘state terrorism’ are not acceptable in our call to Criminalise War; otherwise the pursuit of global peace will remain a pipe dream.
