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UN chief urges international action on Syria
Sunday January 13, 2013 01:40:25 PM,
RIA Novosti
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New York:
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged international action on
Syria, comparing the ongoing civil conflict in the country to
Holocaust, the UN News Centre reported.
Speaking at a Holocaust memorial event in New York Saturday, the
UN chief referred to the principle of the responsibility to
protect, which puts the obligation on every state to protect the
population from genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes or
ethnic cleansing.
The principle was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2005.
"Neither anti-Semitism nor Islamophobia nor other such forms of
bias have a place in the 21st century world we are trying to
build," he said.
"In the face of these crimes and violations there is a
corresponding duty of the international community to act."
"The responsibility to protect applies everywhere and all the
time," Ban said.
"It has been implemented with success in a number of places,
including in Libya and Côte d'Ivoire. But today it faces a great
test in Syria."
According to UN estimates, over 60,000 people have been killed in
Syria since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began
in early 2011. Recent months have witnessed an escalation in the
conflict, which is now in its 23rd month.
"There will be no amnesties for those most responsible. The old
era of impunity is ending. In its place, slowly but surely, we are
building a new age of accountability," he said.
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