A/HRC/37/40 30. Cuba vehemently condemned what it described as the violations of international humanitarian law committed by Israeli authorities in relation to Syrian detainees in the occupied Syrian Golan. It reiterated its profound concern at the continuing brutal practices, and expressed its concern at the “inhumane conditions” created by Israel. 31. Cuba stated that the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries had expressed its unconditional support and solidarity for what it described as the legitimate demand of the Syrian Arab Republic to its full sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan, on the basis of the Arab Peace Initiative and the Madrid peace process and the principle of land for peace, in conformity with relevant Security Council resolutions. It stated that the ongoing occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation were obstacles to achieving fair, comprehensive and long-lasting peace in the region. 32. Cuba emphasized that the use of the occupied Syrian Golan by the State of Israel to interfere in the Syrian conflict, by permitting terrorists groups operating in Syria to use it as a base for carrying out attacks against the country, was a destabilizing factor. It stated that such actions obstructed the progress made by the Syrian army in its fight against terrorism and negatively impacted the implementation of the de-escalation zone created in the south of the country, and exacerbated the difficult humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic. 33. On 22 December 2017, the Permanent Mission of Iraq addressed a note verbale to OHCHR, in which it expressed its full support for Human Rights Council resolution 34/27 and called on all Member States to support it. 34. Iraq stressed that the measures taken by Israel, including the building and expansion of settlements in the Syrian Golan that it has occupied since 1967, to modify the legal status, urban character and demographic composition of the occupied Syrian Golan are null and void and represent a blatant violation of international law, of the United Nations Charter and of the resolutions of the organs of the United Nations. 35. Iraq called upon the international community to assume its responsibility under international law to put an end to the violations committed by Israel, including the exploitation of the natural resources of the occupied Syrian Golan, which violates the principle of the permanent sovereignty of peoples under occupation over their national resources. 6