Qatar urges international community to protect rights of Palestinians
Date
9/15/2015 1:55:42 AM
(MENAFN- The Peninsula)A Palestinian national asked to undress in public at an Israeli checkpoint in this file photo.
DOHA/GENEVA: Qatar urged the international community on Monday to take necessary measures to protect the Palestinian people and defend their right of having an independent state.
Qatar also condemned the violations of Israel committed against the Palestinian people. The latest was the storming of Al Aqsa mosque which provokes millions of Muslims around the world.
This came during a statement delivered by Faisal bin Abdullah Al Henzab Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva during a session held as part of the 30th session of the Human Rights Council.
Al Henzab said that the council is in session during a time of increased human rights violations across the globe which requires the international community to act. Qatar's representative to the UN Office added that extremism is on the rise in the world today and people of different races and religions are suffering because of that reports QNA.
Al Henzab then switched on to the Syrian crisis and said that the fact it has entered its fifth year with no resolution looming on the horizon reflects the international community's failure as well as the lack of political will to end the crisis. The result he added was a disastrous humanitarian condition for the Syrian people after 250000 were killed and millions more displaced. Qatar's Representative to the UN Office in Geneva warned that any further deterioration in Syria will unsettle security and stability even outside of the Middle-East.
As for Yemen the Qatari official said that Houthi militia's and forces of deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh are determined to undermine the legitimate authority in Yemen. As a result they have committed a series of violations of human rights. Al Henzab concluded that those actions require the international community to force Houthi militias to respect international resolutions more specifically UN resolution 2216 of 2015.
Al Henzab concluded his speech by saying that the State of Qatar is committed to cooperating with the United Nation bodies concerned with promoting human rights.
Palestinian women waiting for security checking at a Israeli blockade in this undated photo.