The Council is meeting in response to the request contained in a letter dated 9 October 2003 from the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council, document S/2003/973.
安理会是应2003年10月9日阿拉伯叙利亚共和国常驻联合国代表给安全理事会主席的信，即文件S/2003/973所载的请求开会的。