Urgent Debate on Eastern Ghouta - Human Rights Council

The Human Rights Council today (05 Mar) in Geneva concluded its urgent debate on the situation in Eastern Ghouta by adopting a resolution in which it requested the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, upon renewal of its mandate, to urgently conduct a comprehensive and independent inquiry into the recent events in Eastern Ghouta, and to provide an update followed by an interactive dialogue on the situation to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-eighth session.
In the resolution, adopted by a vote of 29 in favour, 4 against and 14 abstentions, as orally revised, the Council welcomed the Security Council Resolution 2401 (2018) which had demanded that all parties to the conflict cease hostilities without delay for at least 30 consecutive days to allow safe, unimpeded, and sustained delivery of humanitarian assistance and medical evacuations of the critically sick and wounded.
The Council also demanded that all parties, particularly the Syrian authorities allow safe, unimpeded and sustained access by the United Nations, their implementing partners, and humanitarian operators to all people in need, including immediate access for aid deliveries and medical evacuations to and from Eastern Ghouta, and protection of medical and other humanitarian personnel, facilities and transport.
16th Meeting, 37th Regular Session Human Rights Council
Urgent debate on “The situation in Eastern Ghouta in the Syrian Arab Republic” -
Consideration of draft resolution A/HRC/37/L.1 ADOPTED (29 YES / 4 NO / 14 ABSTENTIONS) ,
and amendmentsA/HRC/37/L.2 REJECTED (10 YES / 19 NO / 17 ABSTENTIONS) ,
A/HRC/37/L.3 REJECTED (9 YES / 19 NO / 18 ABSTENTIONS) ,
A/HRC/37/L.4 REJECTED (9 YES / 20 NO / 17 ABSTENTIONS) ,
A/HRC/37/L.5 REJECTED (4 YES / 23 NO / 19 ABSTENTIONS)
Item: 1 - Organizational and procedural matters
37th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council.
SPEAKERS
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Julian Braithwaite
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Edgardo Toro Carreño
Brazil, Ms. Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo
Germany, Ms. Susanne Fries-Gaier
Mexico, Ms. Socorro Flores Liera
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Julian Braithwaite
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Julian Braithwaite (Request for the Vote)
Mr. Vojislav Šuc, President of Human Rights Council (Vote on Amendment L.2)
United States of America, Mr. Jason Mack
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Julian Braithwaite
Mr. Vojislav Šuc, President of Human Rights Council (Vote on Amendment L.3)
United States of America, Mr. Jason Mack
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Julian Braithwaite
Mr. Vojislav Šuc, President of Human Rights Council (Vote on Amendment L.4)
Belgium, Mr. Geert Muylle
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Julian Braithwaite
Mr. Vojislav Šuc, President of Human Rights Council (Vote on Amendment L.5)
Mexico, Ms. Socorro Flores Liera
Pakistan, Mr. Farukh Amil
Egypt, Mr. Alaa Youssef
Peru, Mr. Claudio Julio De La Puente Ribeyro
Iraq, Mr. Mouayed Saleh
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Edgardo Toro Carreño
Tunisia, Mr. Walid Doudech
Australia, Mr. Lachlan McCleve Strahan
Cuba, Mr. Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta
China, Mr. Jiang Duan
Mr. Vojislav Šuc, President of Human Rights Council (Vote on Draft Resolution L.1 as orally revised)
France, Ms. Elisabeth Laurin
Russian Federation, Mr. Alexei Goltiaev
Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Hussam Edin Aala