A/HRC/S-18/2 (h) To ensure timely, safe and unhindered access for humanitarian actors and the safe passage of humanitarian and medical supplies into the country; (i) persons; To facilitate the voluntary return of Syrian refugees and internally displaced 5. Expresses its grave concern over the prevailing systemic impunity for human rights violations and its entrenchment in legislation awarding immunity for State Government officials; 6. Urges the Syrian authorities to respect the popular will, aspirations and demands of its people; 7. Also urges the Syrian authorities to take immediate steps to ensure the safety of foreign nationals in the Syrian Arab Republic, in particular of diplomatic staff, as well as the protection of their property; 8. Recommends that the main bodies of the United Nations urgently consider the report of the commission of inquiry and take appropriate action; 9. Calls upon the Syrian authorities to cooperate fully with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, including through the establishment of a field presence in the Syrian Arab Republic; 10. Decides to establish the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic once the mandate of the commission of inquiry ends, to monitor the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic as well as the implementation of the recommendations made by the commission of inquiry addressed to the authorities of the Syrian Arab Republic and of the resolutions of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, and calls upon the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur; 11. Requests the Special Rapporteur to report to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly within twelve months of the establishment of the mandate, and to present oral updates to the Council during the interim period under agenda item 4; 12. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with the resources necessary to fulfil the mandate; 13. Commends and supports the efforts and measures of the League of Arab States and calls upon the Syrian authorities to implement the League’s Plan of Action in its entirety, without further delay, and urges the Syrian Arab Republic to sign a draft protocol on the mission of the League’s observers to the Syrian Arab Republic; 14. Invites the relevant United Nations agencies and regional organizations, particularly within the framework of the Plan of Action of the League of Arab States: (a) To support efforts to protect the population of the Syrian Arab Republic and to bring an immediate end to gross human rights violations; (b) To assist the Syrian Arab Republic in strengthening the independence of its judiciary and reforming its security sector through bilateral and multilateral development cooperation; 15. Encourages relevant thematic special procedures mandate holders, within their respective mandates, to continue to pay particular attention to the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, and urges the Syrian Arab Republic to cooperate with all the said mandate holders, including by allowing country visits; 16. Calls upon the Syrian authorities to cooperate fully with the commission of inquiry, including by granting it access to the country; 5

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents