The U.K. on Thursday asked the UN Human Rights Council to hold an "urgent debate" this week on the situation in Syria's besieged Eastern Ghouta.
"I am writing to formally request that the Human Rights Council convene an urgent debate on the situation in Eastern Ghouta in the Syrian Arab Republic," Julian Braithwaite, Britain's ambassador and permanent representative to the UN at Geneva, said in his letter to the Council.
Noting "the extremely serious deterioration" in the human rights situation in Eastern Ghouta, Braithwaite said: "I request that the session be held this week. In convening this urgent debate, we will call upon the Council to adopt a resolution, which we will circulate as soon as possible."
The UN said in a statement it is considering the request.
"The Bureau of the Human Rights Council will consider and discuss the matter today," it said.
[aa.com.tr]
1/3/18
"I am writing to formally request that the Human Rights Council convene an urgent debate on the situation in Eastern Ghouta in the Syrian Arab Republic," Julian Braithwaite, Britain's ambassador and permanent representative to the UN at Geneva, said in his letter to the Council.
Noting "the extremely serious deterioration" in the human rights situation in Eastern Ghouta, Braithwaite said: "I request that the session be held this week. In convening this urgent debate, we will call upon the Council to adopt a resolution, which we will circulate as soon as possible."
The UN said in a statement it is considering the request.
"The Bureau of the Human Rights Council will consider and discuss the matter today," it said.
[aa.com.tr]
1/3/18
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