UN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES END TO 'INTOLERABLE' SUFFERING IN SYRIA

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UN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES END TO 'INTOLERABLE' SUFFERING IN SYRIA
New York, May 27 2013 11:00AM
The United Nations human rights chief today urged the international
community to stop the escalating bloodshed and suffering in Syria,
stressing it has become "an intolerable affront to the human
conscience."

<"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13358&LangID=E">Addressing
the 23rd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay emphasized that countries
cannot continue to ignore the plea of civilians who are in dire need
of protection and assistance.

"A humanitarian, political and social disaster is already upon us, and
what looms is truly a nightmare," she said. "Civilians bear the brunt
of this crisis in which human rights violations have reached horrific
dimensions. Confronted with the flagrant disregard of international
law and human life on every side, I feel utter dismay."

Since March 2011, fighting between the Syrian Government and
opposition forces seeking to oust Mr. Al-Assad has killed more than
70,000 people, and left 6.8 million people in need. In addition, the
UN estimates that some 1.5 million Syrians have fled their country to
escape conflict.

Ms. Pillay noted that the team dispatched by her Office in March to
monitor the situation in Syria and in neighbouring countries has
received information suggesting the Syrian Government continues to us
indiscriminate force in residential areas, and that anti-Government
forces are also committing human rights violations.

"I am extremely concerned at current reports suggesting that hundreds
of civilians have been killed or injured, and thousands may remain
trapped, by indiscriminate shelling and aerial attacks by Government
forces in Al Qusayr. Safe passage must be given to any civilians
wishing to leave," she said.

"Wanton human rights violations are also being committed by
anti-Government groups. Accounts gathered by our monitoring team
suggest that armed groups have apparently used civilians as human
shields, and that abductions are increasing. The accounts include
allegations that certain opposition groups have forced young women and
minor girls to marry combatants. And we continue to receive reports of
anti-Government groups committing gruesome crimes such as torture and
extrajudicial executions."

Ms. Pillay urged the Security Council to refer the Syrian crisis to
the International Criminal Court, emphasizing that war crimes
committed by all parties cannot go unpunished.

"We must make it clear to both the Government and the armed opposition
groups that there will be consequences for those responsible. And the
world must take action to end this terrible conflict," she said.

"One out of three people in Syria today needs international aid. Yet
the international community seems unable to make a strong commitment
to resolving the crisis. I urge States to make every effort to forge
an end to this humanitarian disaster, for it sometimes seems that we
can do little more than cry out in the darkness and try to count the
dead," she added.
May 27 2013 11:00AM
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