A/72/53/Add.1 and the recent appointment of the Head of the Mechanism, and stresses its mandate to cooperate closely with the Commission of Inquiry in all aspects of its work; 40. Invites Member States to support actively the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism, including by considering the provision of information and data on the most serious crimes under international law committed in the Syrian Arab Republic, and to provide adequate financial means for its functioning; 41. Reaffirms that, in the context of an inclusive and credible dialogue, the Syrian people should determine the appropriate process and mechanisms to achieve justice, reconciliation, truth and accountability for gross violations and abuses of international law, and reparations and effective remedies for victims; 42. Emphasizes that all efforts to bring a peaceful conclusion to the ongoing conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic must fully reflect the importance of ensuring accountability for the crimes committed in the country as a prerequisite to bringing about reconciliation and sustainable peace; 43. Expresses deep concern for the more than 6 million internally displaced persons and 5.1 million refugees in the region fleeing the violence in the Syrian Arab Republic, welcomes the efforts of neighbouring countries to host Syrian refugees, and acknowledges the socioeconomic consequences of the presence of large-scale refugee populations in those countries; 44. Deplores the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, and urges the international community to provide urgent financial support to enable the host countries to respond to the growing humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees, while emphasizing the principle of burden-sharing; 45. Expresses deep concern at the plight of the approximately 4.5 million Syrians living in besieged and hard-to-reach areas in the Syrian Arab Republic, whose needs are particularly acute and who require full, immediate and safe humanitarian access; 46. Demands that the Syrian authorities facilitate, and all other parties to the conflict do not hinder, the full, immediate and safe access of the United Nations and humanitarian actors, and that they ensure that the delivery of humanitarian aid reaches all those in need, including in hard-to-reach and besieged areas, in accordance with Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014) of 17 December 2014, 2254 (2015), 2258 (2015) of 22 December 2015 and 2268 (2016), and calls upon Member States to fully fund the United Nations appeals; 47. Strongly condemns the Syrian authorities’ removal of humanitarian aid from United Nations approved convoys, including medical aid and supplies intended to reach desperate populations deprived of food, medical aid and vital necessities; 48. Welcomes the progress made since 2013 by the international conferences on supporting the Syrian Arab Republic and the region in Kuwait City and London, and the follow-up conference in Brussels on 5 April 2017 hosted by the European Union, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Kuwait, Qatar, Germany, Norway and the United Nations, which reaffirmed international support for the United Nations-led intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, secured pledges totalling 6 billion United States dollars for 2017 and 3.7 billion dollars for 2018-2020 for humanitarian needs in the Syrian Arab Republic and the region, renewed commitment to supporting the resilience of host communities and refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt and Iraq, and underlined the need to protect civilians and respect international human rights law and international humanitarian law; 49. Renews its call upon all members of the international community to respond expeditiously to the Syrian 2017 humanitarian appeals and to deliver in full all pledges, including multi-year pledges, made at the Brussels conference; 50. Notes those countries outside the region that have put in place measures and policies to assist and to host Syrian refugees, and encourages them to do more, and also encourages other States outside the region to consider implementing similar measures and policies, also with a view to providing Syrian refugees with protection and humanitarian assistance; GE.17-18194 55