Geneva - Sana
Russia strongly criticized the British draft resolution on the human rights situation in Syria, stressing that it is "completely biased."
The TASS news agency quoted the representative of the Russian delegation to the Human Rights Council, Dmitry Vorobyov, that the document is completely biased and based on unproven stories, false beliefs, and deliberately distorting reality and is blatantly politicized.
Ambassador Husam al-Din Aalla, the permanent representative of Syria to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva, confirmed in a statement he made earlier today, prior to the adoption of the British draft resolution, that the countries that sponsor and support terrorist groups and occupy parts of Syrian territory and impose unilateral coercive measures on the Syrian people amounting to The level of crimes against humanity in light of the "Covid 19" pandemic, and humanitarian work in Syria is subject to political conditionality at the expense of the suffering of Syrians. It does not have the moral and political legitimacy to make decisions on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic.
It is noteworthy that the Human Rights Council considered today a draft resolution submitted by Britain on behalf of a group including Turkey, the Israeli occupation entity, Qatar, Germany, France and the United States on the human rights situation in Syria. The vote by the Council showed a clear division among its members, as 6 member states opposed the draft resolution. Russia, Armenia, Bolivia, China, Cuba and Venezuela and 14 other countries abstained.
In his statement, Ambassador Ala explained that Britain, the main sponsor of the draft resolution, has been over the past ten years a major actor in fabricating allegations and promoting media and political campaigns against the Syrian government and the godfather of the so-called “International Investigation Commission” that operates with an open mandate and under non-consensual decisions that confirm its reports and statements of its members. Its role in deepening the crisis in Syria and perpetuating division and polarization within the council.