Syria Rejects Using Human Rights Council to Violate Countries’ Sovereignty, Stresses Solidarity with Legitimate Government of Venezuela
GENEVA, (ST)- Syria’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations and other international Organizations in Geneva Hussam Eddin Ala has affirmed Syria’s full solidarity with the people and legitimate government of Venezuela against US interventionist policies and voiced its support for any dialogue initiative based on respecting Venezuela’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
In a statement during the 41st session of the Human Rights Council dedicated to discuss the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on human rights situation in Venezuela, Ala reiterated Syria’s firm rejection of selectivity, double standards and politicization in the activities of the Human Rights Council.
Syria is also against attempts to use the Human Rights Council as a tool to violate ‘countries’ sovereignty, interfere in these countries internal affairs and target their legitimate governments, he added.
He stressed that Syria rejects holding more council sessions motivated by certain political goals and considerations and accompanied by a propaganda that reports fake news about the situation on ground in targeted countries.
Ala condemned threats of using force against Venezuela and the unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Venezuelan people that badly affected basic services. He also denounced the acts of vandalism which targeted the country, including the attacks on the electric network that affected the work of hospitals thereby causing the death of several patients.
He reiterated that the “regime change” policies, the acts of vandalism to destabilize countries in addition to the unilateral coercive measures, are all basic elements for the eruption of humanitarian crises and for the deterioration of economic and living conditions.
The Syrian diplomat stressed the Venezuelan people’s right to decide their political and economic system away from foreign interference, noting the Venezuelan government’s cooperation with the high commissioner’s visit.
“We hoped that the commissioner’s report had dealt with more objectivity and balance when reviewing the causes of the current crisis in Venezuela,” Ala said, expressing Syria’s reservation about the commissioner’s attempts to justify the unilateral coercive measures and ignore the fact that these measures violate international law, UN Charter and human rights.
Hamda Mustafa