Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh, affirmed that Syria rejected a draft resolution submitted to the General Assembly about suspending Russia’s membership at the Human Rights Council as it implies a dangerous state of hostility and reinforces the hegemony of Western countries on the Council.
“This international forum witnesses once again an exploitation of human rights’ issues in service of narrow political interests of some states to create a state of polarization and politicization to target Russia under the pretext of dealing with the humanitarian situation in Ukraine,” Sabbagh said in a statement during an urgent session of the General Assembly on a draft decision about suspending the Russian Federation’s membership at the Human Rights Council.”
He affirmed Syria’s keenness on guaranteeing the respect for human rights and the importance of providing the necessary humanitarian assistance to regions of crises and, at the same time, Syria rejects any politicization of humanitarian issues , stressing the importance of adopting the principles of neutrality, objectivity and non-discrimination in human rights issues.
Sabbagh said that the Western systematized movement to defame the Russian Federation has nothing to do with human rights in Ukraine or anywhere else, but it falls within the framework of Western countries’ endeavor to impose their hegemony and control over the world by besieging Russia.
He added that when the United States and its allies destroyed the city of Raqqa and killed thousands of Syrians, “we did not see this international political or media mobilization to uncover violators of human rights.
Sabbagh said that Syria, based on its firm stance in rejecting all attempts to politicize or manipulate human rights, voted against the draft resolution, and it calls for keeping human rights issues away from any political considerations and rejecting the policy of double standards.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)