A/RES/73/182
Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic
humanity, and condemns the targeted disappearances of young men and the
exploitation of ceasefires as an opportunity to forcibly recruit and arbitrarily
detain them;
20. Demands that the Syrian authorities, in accordance with their obligations
under relevant provisions of international human rights law, including the right to life
and the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and
mental health, promote non-discriminatory access to health services and respect and
protect medical and health personnel from obstruction, threats and physical attacks;
21. Strongly condemns all attacks on medical and health personnel, their
means of transport and equipment, as well as on hospitals and other medical facilities,
deplores the long-term consequences of such attacks for the population and health care systems of the Syrian Arab Republic, and reaffirms that humanitarian workers
and their means of transport, equipment and facilities must be p rotected in accordance
with international humanitarian law;
22. Stresses that the situation in Idlib is of particular concern, expresses its
support for the current agreement to cease hostilities in order to avoid a humanitarian
catastrophe, and calls upon the guarantors of that agreement to ensure that the
ceasefire is upheld;
23. Demands that the Syrian authorities cooperate fully with the Commission
of Inquiry, including by granting it immediate, full and unhindered access throughout
the Syrian Arab Republic;
24. Also demands that the Syrian authorities meet their responsibilities to
protect the Syrian population;
25. Strongly condemns the intervention in the Syrian Arab Republic of all
foreign terrorist fighters and those foreign organizations and foreign forces fighting
on behalf of the Syrian regime, expresses deep concern that the ir involvement further
exacerbates the deteriorating situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, including the
human rights and humanitarian situation, which has a serious negative impact on the
region, and demands that all foreign terrorist fighters, and those who are fighting in
support of the Syrian authorities, including all militias sponsored by foreign
Governments, immediately withdraw from the Syrian Arab Republic;
26. Demands that all parties immediately put an end to all violations and
abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian
law, recalls, in particular, the obligation under international humanitarian law to
distinguish between civilians and combatants and the prohibition against
indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks and all attacks against civilians and
civilian objects, further demands that all parties to the conflict take all appropriate
steps to protect civilians, in compliance with international law, including by desisting
from attacks directed against civilian objects, such as medical centres, schools and
water stations, and refrain from militarizing such facilities, seek to avoid establishing
military positions in densely populated areas and enable the evacuation of the
wounded and all civilians who wish to leave areas of conflict, including besieged
areas, and recalls in this regard that the Syrian authorities bear primary responsibility
for protecting their population;
27. Condemns in the strongest terms all attacks on protected objects, including
indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks and those which may constitute a war
crime, taking place in the Syrian Arab Republic, and requests the Commission of
Inquiry to continue to investigate all such acts;
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