UN Authority Figures

UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security Vice-Chairperson: Syria

"Digital Globe image taken on 30 July 2002 of the Al Safir CW plant and SCUD base." Digital Globe

Mission of the First Committee on Disarmament and International Security of the General Assembly: "The Disarmament and International Security Committee deals with disarmament and related international security questions." (General Assembly - Disarmament and International Security web-site, "First Committee")

Term of office: 2007-2008

Syria's Record on Disarmament and International Security:
"Countries determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism are designated pursuant to three laws...Currently there are five countries designated under these authorities: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria." [Syria designated December 29, 1979] "The Syrian Government continued to provide political and material support to both Hizballah and Palestinian terrorist groups. HAMAS, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP), and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC), among others, base their external leadership in Damascus." (State Sponsors of Terror, April 30, 2007, U.S. State Department)