Ambassador Ala: The contribution of the Human Rights Council to the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis requires acquiescing to the atrocities committed against the people of Donbass

Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Husam El-Din Ala, affirmed that the contribution of the Human Rights Council to settling the Ukrainian crisis requires recognizing the policy of systematic violations of human rights and atrocities committed against the residents of Donbass and acknowledging that imposing illegal coercive measures on Russia and flooding Ukraine with lethal weapons and mercenaries confirms Western countries’ efforts to escalate the crisis and continue to threaten Russian national security.

In a speech today before the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Ambassador Alla clarified that the holding of the special session of the Council on Ukraine, less than two months after a similar discussion session, and the recycling of the content of the previously approved resolution, comes in the context of a systematic Western move to defame Russia and serve agendas that seek to escalate the situation in Ukraine and obstruct reaching a peaceful solution, which contradicts the Council’s role in promoting and protecting human rights based on universal and objective principles, away from politicization and double standards.

Ambassador Ala stressed that the council session and the draft resolution before it, which ignores the facts and seeks to selectively blame Russia, express an approach that has proven its failure in addressing human rights issues in a fair and non-discriminatory manner, calling on council members to reject this approach.

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