Geneva: Qatar condemned the bombing, arbitrary arrests and harassment carried out by the Syrian regime, stressing the importance of providing protection to Syrian civilians and holding accountable all those responsible for the violations and crimes committed in the country.
On behalf of Qatar the speech was made by Deputy Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the UN in Geneva Abdullah Al Nuaimi at the forty-first session Human Rights Council item 4 under the title “Interactive dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.”
Al Nuaimi said that despite the many warnings done by countries and international organizations on the disastrous and tragic consequences that will result from the military escalation carried out by the Syrian regime and its allies in northwestern Syria since last April, especially in the Idlib Governorate which is home to more than three million people, however a great indifference and disregard by the Syrian forces is being witnessed, and they have flagrantly violated all the basic principles of international human rights law and international humanitarian law.
He added that Qatar strongly condemns the violation of the de-escalation, the Sochi agreement on Idlib, the return of Syrian forces to indiscriminate bombardment, the deliberate targeting of facilities, medical personnel, schools, civil defense centers and refugee camps, to spread terror and destruction and to force civilians to flee forcibly and inflict maximum harm on them.
