The Council of the Syrian Charter (مجلس المدونة السورية; Majlis al-mudawana al-suriyya) is a Syrian civil society body which officially announced its establishment in spring 2019 to bring together representatives from different families, regions, clans, tribes and religious communities from throughout Syria and from across the Syrian diaspora.[1]
The Council sees itself as "strictly non-partisan" network and as an "interface" between diverse elements of Syrian society, political actors, and the international community.[2]
The name of the council is derived from a charter called 'Code of Conduct for Syrian Co-Existence' (مدونة سلوك لعيش سوري مشترك), which was signed by its founding members in November 2017.[3] The Arabic word mudawana can stand homonymously for 'charter' or 'code' . The existence of the 'Code of Conduct' was revealed to the international media in January 2018.[4][5]
The initiative claims to be the first of its kind as it brought together prominent Syrian societal leaders, across political divides to agree on basic principles for a new social contract in the country.[6] The members of the Council consider themselves influential figures in Syrian society, who are able to facilitate mediation between parties involved in the conflict[7] They comprise representatives of Sunni Arabs, Kurds, Alawites, Druze, Ismailis, Circassians, Yazidis, Turkmens and Christians of various denominations.[1]
The tetrapylon displayed on the council's crest evokes the structure of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Palmyra, which was partially destroyed by ISIL militants in 2015.[8] The tetrapylon symbolises the resilience and cultural diversity of the Syrian people, while the crest's colours and arrangement may allude to the flag of Syria, the first Syrian Republic or those of the 1930s' independence movement from the French Mandate.
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