A/72/53/Add.1 2. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare, in consultation with all States and the relevant intergovernmental organizations, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, special procedures, treaty bodies, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, a report on different approaches and challenges with regard to application procedures for obtaining the status of conscientious objector to military service in accordance with human rights standards, and to present the report to the Human Rights Council at its forty-first session; 3. Decides to continue consideration of this matter under the same agenda item in accordance with its annual programme of work. 40th meeting 29 September 2017 [Adopted without a vote.] 36/20. The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming all previous Human Rights Council resolutions on the Syrian Arab Republic, Reaffirming also its strong commitment to the full respect of the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic, Demanding that the Syrian authorities meet their responsibility to protect the Syrian population, Recalling the obligation by parties to the conflict to take all feasible precautions to avoid, and in any event minimize, harm to civilians and civilian objects, including schools and medical facilities as such, and the prohibition on attacking, destroying or rendering useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, including drinking water installations, Condemning the grave deterioration of the human rights situation and the indiscriminate or deliberate targeting of civilians as such, in violation of international humanitarian law, and acts of violence that foment sectarian tensions, Expressing deep concern about the situation of women, children and internally displaced persons, who remain among the most vulnerable to violence, Reiterating that the only sustainable solution to the current conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic is through an inclusive, Syrian-led and Syrian-owned political process under the auspices of the United Nations, based on the Geneva communiqué of 30 June 2012 as endorsed by the Security Council in its resolutions 2118 (2013) of 27 September 2013, 2254 (2015) of 18 December 2015 and 2268 (2016) of 26 February 2016 and relevant statements of the International Syria Support Group, Expressing full support for the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria to facilitate an inclusive and Syrian-led process in accordance with the Geneva communiqué and Security Council resolution 2254 (2015), with a view to establishing credible, inclusive and non-sectarian governance, in accordance with the aforementioned documents, and urging the Special Envoy to continue to push the parties to negotiate a political transition, Welcoming Security Council resolution 2336 (2016) of 31 December 2016, and supporting the efforts of Turkey and the Russian Federation to reduce levels of violence in the Syrian Arab Republic by helping to establish the ceasefire announced on 29 December 2016, Supporting all efforts to reduce the violence in the Syrian Arab Republic, taking note in particular of the Astana talks, and hoping that the ongoing initiative to establish deescalation areas in the Syrian Arab Republic will continue to contribute to a sustained reduction in violence, 50 GE.17-18194