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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria's U.N. ambassador complained on Thursday thathis mission is unable to open a U.S. bank account due to sanctionsimposed on his country because of its 14-month assault on anopposition determined to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Last year several U.S. banks suddenly closed the accounts of anumber of diplomatic missions and foreign diplomats due to the highcosts of monitoring financial activity to prevent money launderingand monetary support for terrorist activity. Syrian U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari told the U.N. budgetcommittee that because of the closure of his mission's accountslast year, it found a new bank in Washington. "This new bank has now closed our accounts unexpectedly and theSyrian delegation is now without a bank account here in the hostcountry," he said. "We are now facing enormous difficulties as wesearch for another bank. All of the banks we have contacted haverefused to open an account for our delegation." "We would like to remind the host country of its obligations withregard to guaranteeing an appropriate environment for member statesso that those member states can carry out their U.N.-relatedactivities," he said. Ja'afari urged the U.S. government and U.N. secretariat to find a"quick solution" to the problem, which he said was preventing hismission from functioning. The U.S. mission was not immediately available to comment. He blamed the problem on "unilateral sanctions." The United Statesand European Union have imposed an array of sanctions on Damascusdue to the Syrian bloodshed, which they blame on Assad'sgovernment's assault on an uprising that began peacefully but hasbecome increasingly militarized. Western powers have urged the U.N. Security Council to imposesanctions too, but Russia and China have rejected the idea. "We are therefore unable to receive adequate transfer of funds inorder to cover the expenses of our delegation on a daily basis," hesaid. "We are therefore unable to maintain our financialcommitments to the organization this year." "This is an absolutely absurd situation," Ja'afari said. "It's evensurreal." (Reporting by Louis Charbonneau ; Editing by Lisa Shumaker ). I am an expert from best-laser.com, while we provides the quality product, such as RF Beauty Equipment Manufacturer , E-light IPL RF, Diode Laser Hair Removal,and more.
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