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LONDON, Nov 28 (KUNA) -- British Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomed
Wednesday the United Nations General Assembly call for Syrian President Bashar
Al-Assad regime to end human rights violations.
In a statement, Hague said: "Last night the United Nations General Assembly
adopted a new resolution on the human rights situation in Syria".
He welcomed the overwhelming support that this Arab-led resolution secured.
The widespread and systematic human rights violations being committed by
the Syrian regime and its militia are absolutely appalling and deserve the
strongest condemnation, Hague emphasized.
The resolution also rightly condemns instances of human rights abuses
carried out by the armed opposition.
"40,000 people have now died in Syria, and each day brings news of fresh
atrocities. I particularly condemn the shelling by Syrian regime forces of a
hospital in Aleppo last week which killed five civilians; the reports that 10
children were killed when the regime dropped cluster bombs on a nursery school
in Damascus province; and the regime's use of arbitrary detention, torture,
enforced disappearances and sexual violence", the statement noted.
The minister called on the Syrian regime to put an immediate end to such
human rights violations and attacks against civilians.
In addition, he urged all sides to put an end to the violence and to pursue
a process of genuine political transition to meet the demands of the Syrian
people for a free Syria.
Meanwhile, Hague voiced his full support to the UN Commission of Inquiry's
call for human rights violations and abuses to be thoroughly investigated.
The UK is intensifying its support to human rights activists in Syria to
report on human rights violations and abuses, he pointed out.
It is important to document these atrocities for future prosecutions,
including possible action at the International Criminal Court, the minister
affirmed.(end)
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