Ambassador Alaa: Allegations of some member states at the Human Rights’ Council about their keenness on human rights in Syria lack credibility

Syria’s permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Hussam al-Din Alaa, said that allegations of some member states at the Human Rights’ Council about their keenness on human rights in Syria lack credibility as they continue to ignore the catastrophic effects of the unilateral coercive measures and the water war waged by Erdogan’s regime against one million citizens in Hasaka, in addition to the theft of Syrian resources by the US occupation and its separatist militias.

 

Speaking before the 74th session of the Human Rights’ Council about the fourth item of the situation of human rights in Syria, Alaa asserted that Syria refuses holding sessions and passing resolutions based on proposals of some countries that aim, through deception and lies, to justify policies of intervention and acts of military and economic aggression against Syria, which have caused enormous suffering to the Syrian people and were  directly responsible   for the migration of Syrians abroad and their displacement inside the country.

 

Ambassador Alaa added that the allegations of some sides at the Human Rights’ Council about keenness  for the humanitarian situation and human rights in Syria lack credibility because they ignore the catastrophic effects of unilateral coercive measures that directly violate the basic rights of the Syrian people, impede the work of humanitarian agencies and ignore the US and separatist militias’ acts of looting wheat and oil, depriving the Syrian people from their economic resources, ignoring the water war waged by Erdogan’s regime and depriving a million citizens in Hasaka from drinking water.

 

He affirmed Syria’s adherence to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid from inside the Syrian territory in cooperation with the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross in accordance with the principles that regulate  the work of humanitarian agencies, away from selectivity and political provisions circulated by advocates of extending the mechanism for the entry of aid across borders, which violates Syria’s sovereignty and lacks transparency, according to the Syrian News Agency (SANA). 

 

Alaa pointed out that Syria continues to take the necessary measures to facilitate the return of its citizens to their homeland.

 

He also talked about the issuance of a presidential decree on a general amnesty for crimes committed before May 2nd, 2021 and the release of dozens of detainees in Daraa and Damascus countryside after settling their status.

 

Moreover, Ambassador Alaa clarified that the re-election of President Bashar Al-Assad with a  majority of 95.1%  in Syria – and abroad where  the participation exceeded 78 % affirms the Syrians’ adherence to the sovereignty of their country and their independent decision to shape their future without external intervention.

 

Basma Qaddour