Qatar Says: Expanded Sectarian Violence Threatens Security of Neighbouring Countries

Geneva, March 18 (QNA) - The State of Qatar has affirmed that the sectarian violence has outbordered syria posing threat to the security and stability of the neighbouring countries. The Syrian regime is the first party responsible for such acts of sectarian violence and has encouraged them for weakening the great Syrian popular revolution bearing slogans of freedonm and dignity to the entire Syrian people. This came in a speech HE Faisal Bin Abdullah Al Henzab , Qatar's Permanent Representative to the UN office in Geneva delivered on Tuesday before the 25th session of the Human Rights Council Article /4/ on interactive dialogue with the Independant International commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic. It has been cleared before the entire world that the syrian regime is the sole party practising terrorism against the innocent syrians , committing the most heinous crimes and massacres, using the startvation policies to kneel down the syrian people and destroying Syria through the use of all the internationally prohibited chemical and heavy weapons along with the terroristic bomb barrels, the matter which created a proper environment that helped the extremist groups to cement their presence amidst the chaos which the syrian regime has disseminated believing it would enable it to remain for ever in power. The Qatari diplomat has called upon the international community to bear its moral and legal responsibilities and exercise pressures on the syrian regime to stop it challenging the international legitimacy related resolutions and work seriously to reach a political settlement based on implementation of the geneva 1 statement with special emphasis on establishing a transitional rule authority . HE Al Henzab also called for taking all necessary measures and procedures to hold accountable those responsible for human rights violations and bringing them to criminal justice. The Qatari senior diplomat has questioned how the aforesaid Independant International commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic deal with the report of the Carter - Ruck office. Such a report enjoys high credibility and worked out by three former international prosecutors with evidences contained therein provide conclusive proof that the Syrian regime has killings and torture on a large scale and in a systematic manner. It is noted that the aforesaid commission was established on 22 August 2011 by the Human Rights Council through resolution S-17/1 adopted at its 17th special session with a mandate to investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law since March 2011 in the Syrian Arab Republic. The Commission was also tasked to establish the facts and circumstances that may amount to such violations and of the crimes perpetrated and, where possible, to identify those responsible with a view of ensuring that perpetrators of violations, including those that may constitute crimes against humanity, are held accountable. The Commission presented its first report to the Human Rights Council on 2 December 2011 and a subsequent report on 12 March 2012. The Commissions mandate was extended for an additional period to September 2012. On 1 June 2012, the Human Rights Council mandated the Commission to "urgently conduct a comprehensive, independent and unfettered special inquiry" into the events in Al-Houlah. The Commission presented a preliminary report on Al-Houlah on 26 June and reported its findings to the Council on 17 September. The Council once again extended the Commissions mandate for a further period, until March 2013, expanding the Commissions mandate to include the investigation of all massacres. The Commission will release its next report on 18 February to be presented to the 47-member Council in March. (QNA)