{"id":1611,"date":"2014-02-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/?p=1611","title":{"rendered":"UN Security Council: Adoption of resolution offers first sign of hope for Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimous vote to  adopt a resolution addressing humanitarian aid and human rights abuses in Syria  is a significant step towards alleviating the suffering in Syria, said Amnesty  International.&nbsp;<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;&ldquo;The resolution adopted today is long overdue but it  throws a lifeline to more than a quarter of a million people living under siege  in Syria and 9.3 million civilians in need of humanitarian aid, by offering a  tangible sign of hope for an end to their suffering,&rdquo; said Jose Luis Diaz, Head  of Amnesty International&rsquo;s UN office in New York.&nbsp;<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&ldquo;This is the first resolution to address the abysmal  humanitarian crisis unfolding in the country in the nearly there years since  the uprising there began. While some sections of the resolution could and  should have been much stronger, especially surrounding the issues of  accountability and ending impunity, its adoption is an important step.&rdquo;<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe resolution calls for all parties to put an end to all  violence all forms of violence and end human rights violations including those  amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity a call for all parties to  lift sieges of populated areas and for unhindered humanitarian access for UN  humanitarian agencies and their implementing partners, including across  conflict lines and across borders. &nbsp;<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&ldquo;While the resolution calls for those responsible for human  rights violations to be brought to justice, there is no mention of the  International Criminal Court (ICC). Also conspicuously absent is any call for  bodies such as the UN Commission on Inquiry to investigate all human rights  violations and abuses,&rdquo; said Jose Luis Diaz.&nbsp;<br \/>\n&ldquo;The true test will be how far the Syrian government and armed  opposition groups will abide by the demands of the resolution. Unless there is  palpable improvement in the situation on the ground the resolution will not  change things and the Security Council then has to act accordingly.&rdquo;<span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSource URL:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/for-media\/press-releases\/un-security-council-adoption-resolution-offers-first-sign-hope-syria-2014-0\">http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/for-media\/press-releases\/un-security-council-adoption-resolution-offers-first-sign-hope-syria-2014-0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimous vote to adopt a resolution addressing humanitarian aid and human rights abuses in Syria is a significant step towards alleviating the suffering in Syria, said Amnesty International.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}