聯合國人權理事會譴責敘利亞鎮壓行動
The United Nations Human Rights Council has condemned what it calls "widespread and systematic violations of human rights" by the Syrian government, and reiterated the "urgent" need to address the humanitarian situation in the country. At a session Thursday in Geneva, the council adopted a resolution calling on President Bashar al-Assad's government to immediately halt "all human rights violations" and attacks against civilians. It highlighted the recent deaths of Syrian and foreign journalists, as well as interference in people getting access to medical care.
Russia, China and Cuba voted against the measure. The U.S. envoy to the council, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, said there is an "overwhelming international consensus" on the humanitarian crisis in Syria, and that "the vote speaks for itself." Russia and China have twice vetoed U.N. Security Council resolutions condemning the Syrian government for its deadly crackdown on a nearly year-long opposition uprising.聯合國人權理事會譴責它所說的敘利亞政府“廣泛和有系統的侵犯人權行爲”，並重申“迫切需要”解決敘利亞的人道局勢。聯合國人權理事會星期四在日內瓦舉行的一次會議上通過了一項決議，呼籲敘利亞總統阿薩德的政府立即停止所有“侵犯人權的行爲”以及對平民的攻擊。該理事會突出強調了最近的敘利亞人和外國記者死亡事件以及敘利亞當局對人們獲得醫療照顧進行的干擾。
俄羅斯、中國和古巴對這項決議案投了反對票。美國駐聯合國人權理事會代表多納霍說，在敘利亞的人道危機上存在“壓倒性的共識”。她並表示，“這次投票結果本身就說明了問題”。俄羅斯和中國已經兩次否決了聯合國安理會譴責敘利亞政府血腥鎮壓持續將近一年的反對派抵抗運動的決議案。
