WCA Letter to UK PM Mr David Cameron re Syria
The Right Honourable Mr David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
10 Downing Street London W1
Stockholm, 30 July 2013
Re: Appreciation for not sending weapons to Syria and the plight of the native Christians
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Your Excellency, Dear Mr Cameron,
We wish to express our deep gratitude towards Her Majesty’s Government for not sending weapons into Syria, but hope that the budget will now be reserved instead for the direly needed humanitarian aid. As we have learned since the outbreak of the war in the country, the move to flood the country with more weapons would only have led to an increase in violence and bloodshed of innocent civilians.
Letter to the Representatives at the EU Foreign Affairs Council regarding the Arms Embargo to Syria (24 May 2013)
Friday, 24 May 2013
Re: Urgent call by Syrian Christians to uphold the weapons embargo to Syria
Your Excellency,
We refer to the upcoming European Union meeting to be held this Monday 27 May 2013 in Brussels, which will discuss the current EU weapons embargo to Syria. The great majority of Syrian people are vehemently against the Syrian war and plead with international community to put the pressure on relevant parties to solve this war through peaceful means, not through an increase in weapons supplies to any party, including the rebel movement.
Photo: Muzaffer Salman (REUTERS)
Letter to Greek Ambassador in New York regarding Syrian Refugees in Athens (11 March 2013)
To the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations in New York City
Ambassador H.E. Anastassis Mitsialis
Monday, 11 March 2013
Dear Mr. Ambassador Mitsialis,
We refer to the meeting on 4 March 2013 of the World Council of Arameans (Syriacs) (“WCA”) in New York City with the First Counselor Mr. Venizelos and the Second Secretary Mr. Dimitris Felopoulos. We primarily discussed issues pertaining the Syrian crisis, in particular that of the Aramean (Syriac) Christian refugees from Syria who have arrived in Greece.
WCA Letter to UNSC Members: Plea to address still kidnapped archbishops and seek political solution to war in Syria (25 July 2013)
To the Honorable Permanent and Non-Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC): China, France, Russia, UK, US, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Australia, Guatemala, Luxemburg, Morocco, Pakistan, Korea, Rwanda, Togo
Stockholm, 25 July 2013
Re: Plea to address still kidnapped archbishops and seek political solution to war in Syria
Distinguished Excellencies:
In reference to tomorrow’s briefing of the UNSC in New York City by the Syrian Coalition President Mr. Ahmad Al-Assi Al-Jarba and a senior delegation of Coalition representatives on the ongoing war in Syria, we request your immediate attention and assistance in relation to the next two critical issues:
OPEN BRIEF AAN DE MINISTER VAN BUITENLANDSE ZAKEN: SYRIË SCHREEUWT OM VREDE, NIET OM OORLOG
Z.E. de heer Frans Timmermans
Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken
Postbus 20061
2500 EB Den Haag
Hengelo, 13 mei 2013
OPEN BRIEF AAN DE MINISTER VAN BUITENLANDSE ZAKEN: SYRIË SCHREEUWT OM VREDE, NIET OM OORLOG
Hooggeachte Heer Timmermans,
Als voormalig lid van de Raad van Commissarissen van de voetbalclub Roda JC Kerkrade, mijn huidige werkgever, bent u wellicht vertrouwd met mijn achtergrond. Ik ben werkzaam in Nederland als Belgisch staatsburger, maar ik ben geboren en getogen in Syrië als Aramese christen behorend tot de Syrisch-orthodoxe kerk van Antiochië.
WCA & FAB asks EU to Reconsider its Position on Syria
Middle East Division I - Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
European Union
European External Action Service
Office: EEAS/PARC - 2/268
9A Rond Point Schuman,
B-1046 Brussels
Dear Sir/Madam,
We thank you for the meeting with the Fédération des Araméens (Syriaques) de Belgique (“FAB”) in Brussels on 28 November 2012.
THE FORGOTTEN PLIGHT OF THE INDIGENOUS ARAMEANS (SYRIACS) OF SYRIA (16 July 2013)
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
According to international law, the Aramean (Syriac) people and their endangered Aramaic (Syriac) language are indigenous to Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, where they are still struggling hard for survival and for appreciation and official recognition as an ancient Semitic people with their distinct (read: non-Arab, non-Turkish, non-Kurdish, non-Muslim) identity, language, literature and religion.
WCA Letter to UNSC: Condemn abduction of missing Archbishops in Syria and ensure their safe return home
To the Honorable Permanent and Non-Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, UK, US, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Australia, Guatemala, Luxemburg, Morocco, Pakistan, Korea, Rwanda, Togo
London, 26 April 2013
Re: Condemn abduction of missing Archbishops in Syria and ensure their safe return home
Congratulations on Electing new Board Federation of Arameans in Switzerland
To the Honorable Board of the Federation of Arameans in Switzerland,
Dear Friends,
The Board of the World Council of Arameans (Syriacs) and its Member Federations have the honor and pleasure to congratulate you upon your election as distinguished Members of the new Board of the Federation of the Arameans in Switzerland (FAS), again presided over by Mr. Melki Toprak.
