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Syria: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights does not mince words before General Assembly

February 16, 2012

While many of us are in despair over the inaction by the Security Council due to the exercise of a veto on geopolitical grounds, one high level official, Mrs Pillay, at least speaks out relentlessly, recently at the General Assembly of the UN in New York. The short video here embedded was uploaded by the UN:

States must “act now” to protect Syrian people, UN human rights chief tells General Assembly – YouTube.

This entry was posted on February 16, 2012 at 14:35 and is filed under films, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, UN.

Tags: arrests, civil war, General Assembly, human rights violations, humanitarian law, mass killings, Pillay, sexual violence, Syria, torture, UN, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

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