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NEW YORK, Nov 1 (KUNA) -- UN Security Council expressed Friday evening, their deep concern at the continued high level of violence in Syria and condemned all violence directed against civilians.
In a statement, the UNSC expressed outrage at all attacks against civilians, as well as indiscriminate attacks, including those involving shelling and aerial bombardment, such as the use of barrel bombs, which were reportedly dropped on a displaced persons camp in Idlib governorate on October 29, leaving many dead and injured, including children.
Members of the Security Council recalled that all obligations under international humanitarian law must be respected in all circumstances, and recalled, in particular, the obligation to "distinguish between civilian populations and combatants, and the prohibition against indiscriminate attacks, and attacks against civilians and civilian objects".
Furthermore, the Council reiterated their call on all parties to immediately implement in full the provisions of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014) and 2165 (2014), and of the Presidential Statement of October 2, 2013 (S/PRST/2013/15).
The only sustainable solution to the current crisis in Syria is through an inclusive and Syrian-led political process with a view to full implementation of the Geneva Communique of June 30, 2012, UNSC reiterated. (end)
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