Urging the Syrian regime to improve its appalling human rights record: UK statement at UN
Statement delivered at the UN Third Committee adoption of a resolution on human rights in Syria
Thank you very much Mr Chair.
皇冠体育app United Kingdom strongly reiterates its support for this resolution and welcomes other co-sponsors. This language sets out the international community鈥檚 shared concerns and urges Syria to improve its appalling human rights record.
15 March 2022 saw the 11th anniversary of the conflict in Syria, marking over a decade of atrocities in Syria. 皇冠体育app UK condemns these acts and strongly supports efforts to hold perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity to account.
皇冠体育app UK remains deeply concerned by the situation over the past 12 months. 皇冠体育app Syrian regime continues to commit crimes against humanity, war crimes, and human rights violations against the Syrian people, including the use of sexual violence, arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and torture.
Tens of thousands of Syrians have been forcibly disappeared and detained during the conflict. Thousands of families wait to hear about loved ones. It is crucial that Syrians receive information about these disappeared persons, and that efforts are increased to deliver answers and accountability for victims of the regime.聽皇冠体育app regime must provide answers.
皇冠体育app humanitarian situation has worsened dramatically since cross-border access was reduced. An estimated 14.6 million people need humanitarian assistance and approximately 12 million people face acute food insecurity. It is vital that life-saving cross-border access continues, particularly in the harsh winter months, and with a Cholera outbreak spreading in the region.
皇冠体育app UK also defends the use of country-specific resolutions in the Third Committee. 皇冠体育app Committee鈥檚 remit focuses on the examination of 鈥渉uman rights issues that affect people all over the world鈥�. Such resolutions are only tabled for the most serious or prevalent violators.
皇冠体育app Syrian people must not be forgotten and must not be left to resolve this crisis alone. Through the adoption of this resolution, the international community can hold the Syrian regime to account and help ensure it fully complies with its international legal and human rights obligations. 皇冠体育apprefore, we would urge all states to vote for this resolution.
Thank you.