Kuwait calls for harnessing all means to protect Syrian people

GENEVA, Feb 28 (KUNA) -- Kuwait has called for the use of all possible means to stop the humanitarian disaster in Syria and to help improve the humanitarian situation of the Syrian people.
Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the United Nations in Geneva Ambassador Dharar Razzouqi said in a speech, before a panel dedicated for the discussion of the Syrian Human Rights, that Kuwait would like to join all efforts to bring emergency humanitarian aid to Syria.
He stressed that Kuwait considers the importance of exerting all efforts to find a peaceful solution on the basis of the Arab initiative.
At the same time, he pointed out that the International Commission of Inquiry for Syria in its report confirmed the occurrence of persistent, widespread and systematic human rights abuse and the use of force against civilians, saying that the Syrian authorities failed to protect its citizens.
He quoted from the committee report a credible evidence that determines senior officials in the Syrian armed forces who have ordered their subordinates to shoot unarmed protestors and kill the soldiers who refuse to obey such orders and arrest people randomly in addition to mistreatment of detainees and attacking civilian neighborhoods with tank fire and machine guns randomly.
He explained that the human rights situation in Syria has deteriorated significantly since November 2011 and "what has been mentioned in the report is obvious to us every day through various media and no single party can hide." He expressed strong condemnation of the State of Kuwait for the violations carried out by the Syrian authorities and the ongoing and extensive human rights abuses.
Razzouqi added that "the authorities in Syria, alas, rejected all initiatives, including the Arab Plan of Action, which was aimed at a transitional stage where a government of national unity could have been formed including all components of the Syrian people inorder to move Syria to safety". (end) ta.tg KUNA 281637 Feb 12NNNN