A public debate session on the report of the investigation committee on events in Syria

A public debate session on the report of the investigation committee on events in Syria

– A division among the participating countries: some support what ended up in the report, and some countries reject the report because of its lack of professionalism and its selection of interviews and witnesses.
– Egypt announced its support for the efforts of the peaceful settlement and welcomes the work of the Constitutional Committee in Geneva.

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The delegation of the National Society for Defending Rights and Freedoms – which is currently in Geneva – participated in the work of the session held today in the main hall of the International Council for Human Rights on the report of the investigation committee on Syria.

The hall witnessed many interventions by member states that were divided among themselves, some of the countries went to support the report and the results it concluded and demanded its approval, while others rejected the report’s conclusion, and argued that the report is directed and that There is a selectivity of the interviewees, and the methodology of the report is based on the idea of ​​going to condemn the Syrian regime.

While Egypt confirmed, during its speech at the International Council for Human Rights in Geneva, that civilians from among the Syrian people are the most affected by the ongoing conflict, which is represented by the interference of external forces and the presence of terrorist organizations, which greatly affected the modification of the demographic composition in northern Syria.
Egypt stressed its support for the peace settlement efforts and its great welcome to the work of the Geneva Constitutional Committee regarding Syria for the sake of the unity of the state and the advancement of the interest of the Syrian people.

Egypt indicated that the return of public services and normal life has become a necessity, stressing the need for the whole world to confront terrorism by all means and methods.
During the same session, many countries – including Kuwait, Bahrain, the Netherlands and Cuba – presented their vision of the bitter conflict raging in Syria, with emphasis on the need to confront the phenomenon of forced recruitment of children, secure their access to their schools, and protect all civilians from the scourge of war.

It is noteworthy that a delegation from the National Association for the Defense of Rights and Freedoms, headed by the human rights activist Walid Farouk, is currently attending the work of the International Council for Human Rights in Geneva at its 43rd session, to deliver the association’s speech on Thursday, on the sidelines of the UN Council’s approval of the comprehensive periodic report (UPR) for Egypt, and the approval of Recommendations requested by the Council and the Egyptian state abided by.