A/HRC/37/L.38 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 19 March 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-seventh session 26 February–23 2018 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Andorra,* Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria,* Canada,* Croatia, Czechia,* Denmark,* Estonia,* Finland,* France,* Germany, Iceland,* Ireland,* Israel,* Italy,* Jordan,* Latvia,* Liechtenstein,* Lithuania,* Luxembourg,* Kuwait,* Maldives,* Malta,* Monaco,* Montenegro,* Morocco,* Netherlands,* New Zealand,* Poland,* Qatar, Romania,* Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden,* the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,* Turkey,* Ukraine, United States of America: draft resolution 37/… The rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic The Human Rights Council, by the Charter of the United Nations, Guided all previous Human Rights Council resolutions on the Syrian Arab Reaffirming Republic, its strong commitment to the full respect of the sovereignty, Reaffirming also independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic, that the Syrian authorities meet their responsibility to protect the Syrian Demanding population, the grave deterioration of the human rights situation and the Condemning indiscriminate or deliberate targeting of civilians as such, in violation of international humanitarian law, and acts of violence that foment sectarian tensions, about the situation of women, children and internally Expressing deep concern displaced persons, who remain among the most vulnerable to violence, the obligation by all parties to the conflict to take all feasible precautions Recalling to avoid, and in any event minimize, harm to civilians and civilian objects, including schools and medical facilities as such, and the prohibition on attacking, removing, destroying or rendering useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, including drinking water installations, supplies and food stuffs, that the only sustainable solution to the current conflict in the Syrian Reiterating Arab Republic is through an inclusive, Syrian-led and political process under
United Nations A/HRC/37/L.38 General Assembly Distr.: Limited 19 March 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-seventh session 26 February–23 2018 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Andorra,* Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria,* Canada,* Croatia, Czechia,* Denmark,* Estonia,* Finland,* France,* Germany, Iceland,* Ireland,* Israel,* Italy,* Jordan,* Latvia,* Liechtenstein,* Lithuania,* Luxembourg,* Kuwait,* Maldives,* Malta,* Monaco,* Montenegro,* Morocco,* Netherlands,* New Zealand,* Poland,* Qatar, Romania,* Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden,* the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,* Turkey,* Ukraine, United States of America: draft resolution 37/… The rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming all previous Human Rights Council resolutions on the Syrian Arab Republic, Reaffirming also its strong commitment to the full respect of the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic, Demanding that the Syrian authorities meet their responsibility to protect the Syrian population, Condemning the grave deterioration of the human rights situation and the indiscriminate or deliberate targeting of civilians as such, in violation of international humanitarian law, and acts of violence that foment sectarian tensions, Expressing deep concern about the situation of women, children and internally displaced persons, who remain among the most vulnerable to violence, Recalling the obligation by all parties to the conflict to take all feasible precautions to avoid, and in any event minimize, harm to civilians and civilian objects, including schools and medical facilities as such, and the prohibition on attacking, removing, destroying or rendering useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, including drinking water installations, supplies and food stuffs, Reiterating that the only sustainable solution to the current conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic is through an inclusive, Syrian-led and political process under
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