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Date: 29 May 2013 16:00:01 -0400
Subject: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CALLS FOR END TO SYRIA FIGHTING,
CONDEMNS FOREIGN FIGHTERS
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UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CALLS FOR END TO SYRIA FIGHTING, CONDEMNS
FOREIGN FIGHTERSNew York, May 29 2013 4:00PMThe United Nations Human
Rights Council today called for an immediate end to the fighting in
Syria as well as for an independent inquiry into the events in Qusayr,
where the violence has recently intensified, while condemning the
involvement of foreign fighters in the conflict.
Intense shelling and clashes between Government forces and supporting
militias and anti-Government armed groups have reportedly resulted in
hundreds of civilian deaths and injuries in and around Qusayr, a town
near the Lebanese border. Hundreds of families are said to have fled
the area over the last month as efforts to capture the town have
intensified.
During an urgent debate held today in Geneva, the 47-member Council
adopted a resolution in which it called on the Syria authorities "to
meet their responsibility to protect the Syrian population and to put
an immediate end to all attacks against the civilians of Al Qusayr."
The text, adopted by a vote of 36 in favour to 1 against (Venezuela)
with 8 abstentions, also condemned the intervention of foreign
combatants fighting on behalf of the Syrian regime in Qusayr, and
voiced deep concern that their involvement poses a "serious threat" to
regional stability.
<"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13372&LangID=E">Addressing
the Council prior to the adoption of the measure, UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that the situation in Syria reflects
a "colossal failure" to protect civilians.
"Day after day, children, women and men suffer the brutality of
unbridled violence and gross human rights violations by all parties,"
she stated. "The increasing number of foreign fighters crossing
Syria's borders to support one side or the other is further fuelling
the sectarian violence, and the situation is beginning to show
worrying signs of destabilizing the region as a whole."
Since March 2011, fighting between the Syrian Government and
opposition forces seeking to oust President Bashar Al-Assad has killed
more than 70,000 people, and left 6.8 million people in need. In
addition, the UN estimates that some 1.5 million Syrians have fled
their country to escape conflict.
"The conflict in Syria is spinning out of control," warned Ms. Pillay,
who called for immediate action to stop further bloodshed and
suffering. "The solution must be political. It will not be military,"
she added.
In the run-up to the proposed international conference on Syria to be
held next month in Geneva, Ms. Pillay called on "States with influence
to pull the parties back from the brink of catastrophe."
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his call for a political
solution today in a
<"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=6856">message to the
consultative meeting on Syria that was held in Tehran. "Syria is
disintegrating before our eyes. The chaos is creating fertile ground
for radicalism and increasingly threatens regional stability," he said
in the message, which was delivered by the UN Resident Coordinator in
Iran, Gary Lewis.
Mr. Ban noted the efforts by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
and United States Secretary of State John Kerry to bring the Syrian
parties to the negotiating table. "These talks are the best
opportunity we have had in nearly a year for a negotiated solution.
The challenges ahead are formidable but we cannot afford to miss this
opportunity."
He added that he is deeply concerned by the reports of countries
sending arms to either side of the conflict in Syria, and by
admissions of outside groups that they are participating in the
fighting inside the country. This heightens the dangers for Syrians
and their neighbours, he stated, urging all parties to use their
influence to help stop the arms flows and persuade outside groups to
withdraw fighters from Syria.May 29 2013 4:00PM
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