Doha: Qatar has reiterated the need to stand against plans to divide and fragment Syria, stressing that maintaining the unity of the Syrian territory is one of the fixed principles that cannot be violated.
This came in a speech delivered by Ambassador Faisal bin Abdullah Al Henzab, Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva at a meeting of the 31st session of the Human Rights Council on interactive dialogue with International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.
He condemned Syrian authorities’ refusal to allow the commission to enter the Syrian territories to implement its mandate. “This interactive dialogue coincides with the launch of a new round of political talks between the Syrian parties we hope will lead to a political solution to the Syrian crisis.” He said the Syrian regime has never been serious about reaching such a solution since the beginning of the crisis that began with peaceful revolution to establish a democratic system and ensure freedom and justice and respect for human rights.
The Syrian regime has been pursuing policies and means to scuttle political talks since 2012, he said, adding the policies include military escalation, continued destruction of cities, bombing of civilians and the displaced, continued imposition of the blockade, starvation policy, hindering the delivery of relief aid and medical supplies to the Syrian people to relieve suffering, and continued imprisonment of innocent detainees, especially women and children, languishing unjustly in prisons and subjected to the worst kinds of torture and oppression.
The non-respect of the Syrian regime and its allies to the cessation of hostilities agreed upon recently and violations targeting the moderate Syrian opposition show the regime’s determination to torpedo the United Nations’ efforts to reach a political settlement, Al Henzab said.
He expressed concern over what was stated in Part V of the report on attempts to destroy Syria and ripping apart its social fabric and condemning in the strongest terms the Syrian regime and its allies’ practices to bring about a demographic change in Syria, displace people from their areas of origin and spread sectarianism and factionalism.QNA
Doha: Qatar has reiterated the need to stand against plans to divide and fragment Syria, stressing that maintaining the unity of the Syrian territory is one of the fixed principles that cannot be violated.
This came in a speech delivered by Ambassador Faisal bin Abdullah Al Henzab, Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva at a meeting of the 31st session of the Human Rights Council on interactive dialogue with International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.
He condemned Syrian authorities’ refusal to allow the commission to enter the Syrian territories to implement its mandate. “This interactive dialogue coincides with the launch of a new round of political talks between the Syrian parties we hope will lead to a political solution to the Syrian crisis.” He said the Syrian regime has never been serious about reaching such a solution since the beginning of the crisis that began with peaceful revolution to establish a democratic system and ensure freedom and justice and respect for human rights.
The Syrian regime has been pursuing policies and means to scuttle political talks since 2012, he said, adding the policies include military escalation, continued destruction of cities, bombing of civilians and the displaced, continued imposition of the blockade, starvation policy, hindering the delivery of relief aid and medical supplies to the Syrian people to relieve suffering, and continued imprisonment of innocent detainees, especially women and children, languishing unjustly in prisons and subjected to the worst kinds of torture and oppression.
The non-respect of the Syrian regime and its allies to the cessation of hostilities agreed upon recently and violations targeting the moderate Syrian opposition show the regime’s determination to torpedo the United Nations’ efforts to reach a political settlement, Al Henzab said.
He expressed concern over what was stated in Part V of the report on attempts to destroy Syria and ripping apart its social fabric and condemning in the strongest terms the Syrian regime and its allies’ practices to bring about a demographic change in Syria, displace people from their areas of origin and spread sectarianism and factionalism.QNA
