Qatar has expressed hope that the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the relevant mechanisms of the Council would continue efforts to stop human rights violations resulting from the continued blockade and unilateral coercive measures imposed on Qatar since June 2017, documented in the report of the substantive mission of the Office of the High Commissioner, which visited Doha, and working to compensate the victims and hold those responsible accountable.

In this regard, it stressed the High Commissioner's statement that the failure to respect all human rights in a balanced manner would have a negative impact on the three pillars of the work of the United Nations: peace, security, development and human rights.

This came in the speech delivered by His Excellency (H.E.) Ambassador Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office in Geneva today, during the interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights under item (2) of the agenda of the Human Rights Council.

H.E. Ambassador Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri said that the continuation of grave violations and crimes against the Syrians require the international community to act to protect them and to hold those responsible accountable.

He said that the political solution agreed upon by all segments of the Syrian people to meet their legitimate demands is the only solution that would end the crisis and maintain the unity, independence and sovereignty of Syria.

He stressed that the continuation of the Israeli occupation, the ongoing construction of settlements and the unjust siege on Gaza, the targeting and killing of peaceful Palestinian demonstrators and all other violations documented in United Nations reports would not have been possible without the silence and inability shown by the international community to hold all Israeli officials accountable for violations and crimes against the people Palestinian conflict.

H.E. Ambassador Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri called on all conflicting parties in Libya and Yemen to exercise restraint and abide by international humanitarian law and to proceed with negotiations with the participation of all components in order to stop fighting and achieve national reconciliation.

Concluding , H.E. Ambassador Al Mansouri stressed the support of Qatar for the efforts of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and its Office for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. (QNA)

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Nabeela

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