Geneva: The State of Qatar condemned the Syrian authorities’ prevention of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria from entering the country to carry out its mandated tasks.
This came in a statement delivered by Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Suwaidi, in the interactive dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, during the current session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Al Suwaidi said that the report of the Commission of Inquiry demonstrates two fundamental issues: the first is the insistence of the Syrian regime and its allies on the military option and their attempt to thwart the negotiations and evade the political process and its entitlements, and the second is the failure of the international community to protect the Syrian civilians and to hold accountable all those responsible for the violations and crimes committed against the Syrian people.
He noted that the State of Qatar has already warned of attempts to repeated what had happened in the Syrian areas of Darayya, Madaya, Old Homs, Al Moadamiya and Eastern Ghouta.
Concluding, the State of Qatar stressed that all those responsible for committing crimes and human rights violations should be held accountable and brought to justice, and renewed its support for the international efforts to reach a political solution to the Syrian crisis on the basis of Geneva Declaration 1 and UN Security Council Resolution 2254, in order to meet the aspirations and legitimate demands of the Syrian people in freedom, dignity and justice, and contribute to the building of a democratic Syria and maintain its unity and sovereignty.
