A/HRC/RES/30/10 decision of the Security Council that the Syrian Arab Republic shall not use, develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile or retain chemical weapons, or transfer, directly or indirectly, chemical weapons to other States or non-State actors;1 10. Welcomes the unanimous adoption of Security Council resolution 2235 (2015) of 7 August 2015, in which the Council established a joint investigative mechanism of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations to identify those involved in uses of toxic chemicals as weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic, and emphasizes the need to hold those responsible to account; 11. Condemns the Syrian authorities’ use of heavy weapons, cluster munitions and aerial bombardments, including any indiscriminate use of ballistic missiles and barrel bombs, and attacks on medical facilities, and also condemns the starvation of civilians as a method of combat against the Syrian population; 12. Condemns in the strongest terms the increasing number of massacres and other mass casualty incidents, including any which may constitute a war crime, taking place in the Syrian Arab Republic, in particular the outrageous attack in Douma by the Syrian regime, which struck a busy market place on 16 August 2015, when at least 111 civilians were killed, including women and children, and requests the Commission of Inquiry to continue to investigate all such acts; 13. Stresses the need to promote accountability for those responsible for the unlawful killings of civilians, including any during the attack in Douma, and also stresses the importance of holding to account those responsible for all violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law; 14. Strongly condemns violence against all persons based on their religious or ethnic affiliation, and calls upon all parties to fully respect international law; 15. Demands that all parties take all appropriate steps to protect civilians, including members of ethnic, religious and confessional communities, and stresses that, in this regard, the primary responsibility to protect the Syrian population lies with the Syrian authorities; 16. Strongly condemns the damage and destruction of the cultural heritage of the Syrian Arab Republic, as well as the organized looting and trafficking of its cultural property, as outlined by the Security Council in its resolution 2199 (2015) of 12 February 2015; 17. Condemns the reported forced displacements of the population in the Syrian Arab Republic and the alarming impact on the demography of the country, and calls upon all parties concerned to cease immediately all activities related to these actions, including any activities that may amount to crimes against humanity; 18. Calls upon the international community to support the leadership and full participation of women in all efforts aimed at finding a political solution to the Syrian Arab Republic, as envisaged by the Security Council in its resolutions 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 and 2122 (2013) of 18 October 2013; 19. Recalls that the International Criminal Court was established to help to end impunity for such crimes where the State is unwilling or unable to genuinely carry out investigations or prosecutions; 1 See Security Council resolution 2235 (2015). 3