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China highlights role of political solution in protecting human rights in Syria

Xinhua, September 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

China on Monday stressed that a political solution to the Syrian issue is fundamental to protecting human rights in the country which has suffered more than five years of armed conflicts.

Speaking during an interactive dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, a Chinese diplomat also noted that it had provided bilateral aid to help the people of Syria, and would work with the international community to move the humanitarian situation in Syria toward a positive outcome.

Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, chairman of the Commission of Inquiry, presented the Commission's latest report on Monday to the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, saying that all parties to the conflict need to show that they were genuinely committed to protecting the people they claimed they were fighting for.

According to the latest report of the Commission, which covers the Jan. 10 to July 20, 2016 period, Syrian civilians were bearing the brunt of an upsurge in violence since a ceasefire was brokered in February this year.

Enforced disappearances, summary executions and other crimes committed by warring factions have been recorded by the Commission set up in 2011 to investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law since March 2011 in the war-torn country.

The report found that both pro-government forces and rebel groups were responsible for attacks targeting civilians and key civilian infrastructure, which have led to scores of deaths and injuries.

Speaking on Monday, Syrian representatives said that this past Saturday's U.S.-led coalition air strike that killed dozens of Syrian soldiers in Deir al-Zour facilitated Daesh's control of a strongpoint, and that was also evidence that the Alliance established by the United States was "in fact colluding with the terrorist group."

Syria also criticized the report for not mentioning that several other states had transferred arms to the parties in Syria valued at 1.2 billion U.S. dollars. Endit