A/RES/76/228. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2021

Resolution NumberA/RES/76/228
Year2021
Session76th
IssuerGeneral Assembly of the United Nation
United Nations
A/RES/ 76/2 28
General Assembly
Distr.: General
10 January 2022
Seven ty-sixth session
Agenda item 7 4 (c)
Promot ion and protection of human rights: human
rights situatio ns and re ports of special r apporteur s
and re presentati ves
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 24 December 2021
[on th e report of t he Third Comm ittee (A/ 76/462/Add. 3, para. 3 4)]
76/22 8. Situation of hum an rights in t he S yrian Arab Repub lic
The Ge neral As sembly,
Guided by the Chart er of the United N ations,
Reaffirming the purpo ses and prin ciples of the Ch arter, the Universa l
Decla ration o f Human Rights
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a nd relev ant inte rnational human rights treatie s,
inclu ding the Internati onal Cove nants on Human Rig hts,
2
Reaff irming i ts st rong comm itment to the sovereign ty, independe nce, uni ty and
terri torial i ntegrity of the Syrian Ar ab Repub lic an d t o the principle s of t he Chart er,
and demandi ng th at th e Syri an reg ime m eet its r esponsibi lity to pr otect the Sy rian
popula tion and to respec t, protec t and fulfi l the huma n rights o f all per sons within its
terri tory and subject t o its juri sdiction,
Recalling its re solutions 66/176 of 19 December 2 011, 66/25 3 A of 1 6 February
2012, 66/253 B of 3 August 2012, 67/183 of 20 Decem ber 20 12, 67/ 262 of 15 May
2013, 68/182 of 18 Decemb er 2013 , 69/18 9 of 18 Decemb er 2 014, 70 /234 of
23 Decem ber 2015, 71/130 of 9 December 20 16, 71/20 3 of 19 Decem ber 2016,
71/248 of 21 D ecember 2016, 73 /182 of 1 7 Decemb er 2018, 74/169 of 18 De cember
2019 and 74/262 of 27 De cember 20 19, Huma n Rights C ouncil r esolutions S-16/1 of
29 April 2011 ,
3
S -17/1 of 23 Au gust 2011,
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S -18/1 of 2 December 20 11,
5
1 9/1 of
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Reso lution 217 A (III).
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Reso lution 220 0 A (XXI ), an nex.
3
See Offici al Re cords of the Gene ral As sembl y, Sixty -six th Ses sion, Supp lement No. 53 ( A/66/5 3),
chap . I.
4
Ibid.
5
Ibid ., Sup pleme nt No . 53B and c orrige ndum (A/6 6/53/ Add.2 and A/ 66/53 /Add.2 /Corr. 1), c hap. I I.
A/RES/76/228
Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic
21-19659
2/20
1 March 2012,
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19/22 of 23 March 2012,
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S-19/ 1 of 1 June 2012,
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20/2 2 of 6 July
2012,
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21/26 of 28 Septe mber 2012,
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22/24 of 22 March 2013,
11
23/1 of 29 May
2013,
12
23/26 of 14 June 2013,
13
24/2 2 of 27 Sep tember 2013,
14
25/2 3 of 28 Ma rch
2014,
15
26/23 of 27 June 2014,
16
27/1 6 of 25 Sep tember 2014,
17
28/2 0 of 27 Ma rch
2015,
18
29/16 of 2 July 2015,
19
30/1 0 of 1 Octo ber 2015,
20
31/17 of 23 March 2016,
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32/25 of 1 July 2016,
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33/2 3 of 30 Septe mber 201 6,
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S-25 /1 of 21 Octob er 2016,
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34/26 of 24 March 2017,
25
35/26 of 23 June 2017,
26
36/2 0 of 29 Septembe r 2017
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and 39/15 of 28 Septe mber 2018,
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Se curity Coun cil resolut ions 1325 ( 2000) of
31 October 2000, 2042 (2012) of 14 April 2012, 2043 (2012) of 21 April 2012,
2118 (2013) of 27 September 2013, 2139 (2014) of 22 February 2014, 2165 (2014)
of 14 July 2 014, 2170 (2014) o f 15 August 2 014, 2178 (2014) o f 24 S eptember 2014 ,
2191 (20 14) of 17 December 2014, 2209 (2015) of 6 March 2015, 2235 (2015) of
7 August 2015, 2242 (2015) of 13 October 2015, 225 4 (2015) of 18 Decembe r 2015,
2258 (2015) of 22 December 2015, 2268 (2016) of 26 February 201 6, 2286 (2016) of
3 May 2016, 2314 (201 6) of 31 October 2016, 2319 (2016) of 17 November 2016,
2328 (2016) of 19 D ecember 2016, 2 332 (201 6) of 21 Decem ber 2016 , 2336 (2016)
of 31 December 2016, 2393 (2017) of 19 December 2017, 2401 (2018) of 24 February
2018, 2449 (2018) of 13 December 2018, 2504 (2020) of 10 January 2020,
2533 (2020 ) of 11 July 20 20 and 258 5 ( 2021) of 9 Jul y 2021, and th e statem ents by
the Pre sident of the Security Co uncil of 3 August 2011 ,
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2 Octo ber 2013,
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17 Augu st
2015
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and 8 October 2019,
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Deplor ing the fact th at March 20 21 marked 1 0 years sin ce the peac eful uprisi ng
and its b rutal r epression that led t o t he confl ict in the Syrian Ara b Repu blic, which
has had a devasta ting impact on civil ians, includin g thr ough grave viola tions and
abuses of interna tional hu man rights law and vi olations o f interna tional hum anitaria n
law,
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Ibid ., Six ty-sev enth Sessi on, Su pplem ent N o. 53 and corrig endum (A/6 7/53 a nd A/6 7/53/ Corr.1 ),
chap . III, sect. A.
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Ibid.
8
Ibid ., cha p. V.
9
Ibid ., cha p. IV, se ct. A.
10
Ibid ., Sup pleme nt No . 53A (A/67 /53/A dd.1) , cha p. III .
11
Ibid ., Six ty-eig hth S essio n, Sup pleme nt No. 53 ( A/68 /53), chap. IV, sect . A.
12
Ibid ., cha p. V, sec t. A.
13
Ibid.
14
Ibid ., Sup pleme nt No . 53A (A/68 /53/A dd.1) , cha p. III .
15
Ibid ., Six ty-nin th Se ssion , Supp lemen t No. 53 ( A/69/ 53), c hap. I V, sect. A.
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Ibid ., cha p. V, sec t. A.
17
Ibid ., Sup pleme nt No . 53A and c orrige nda ( A/69 /53/Ad d.1, A/ 69/53/ Add.1 /Corr.1 and
A/69 /53/A dd.1/ Corr.2) , chap . IV, se ct. A.
18
Ibid ., Sev entiet h Ses sion, Suppl ement No. 5 3 (A /70/5 3), ch ap. II .
19
Ibid ., cha p. V, sec t. A.
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Ibid ., Sup pleme nt No . 53A (A/70 /53/A dd.1) , cha p. II.
21
Ibid ., Sev enty- first Sessi on, Su pplem ent No . 53 (A/7 1/53), chap. II.
22
Ibid ., cha p. IV, se ct. A.
23
Ibid ., Sup pleme nt No . 53A and c orrige ndum (A/7 1/53/ Add.1 and A/ 71/53 /Add. 1/Corr. 1), c hap. I I.
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Ibid ., Sup pleme nt No . 53B and c orrige ndum (A/7 1/53/ Add.2 and A/ 71/53 /Add.2 /Corr. 1), c hap. I I.
25
Ibid ., Sev enty- secon d Sess ion, S upple ment No. 5 3 (A/ 72/53 ), cha p. II.
26
Ibid ., cha p. V, sec t. A.
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Ibid ., Sup pleme nt No . 53A (A/72 /53/A dd.1) , cha p. III .
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Ibid ., Sev enty- third S essio n, Su ppleme nt No . 53A (A/7 3/53/ Add.1 ), cha p. III .
29
S/PR ST/20 11/16 ; see Resolu tions and Decisi ons o f the Securi ty Co uncil , 1 Au gust 2011–3 1 Jul y
2012 (S/ INF/6 7).
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S/PR ST/20 13/15 ; see Resol utions and Decis ions o f the Secur ity C ouncil , 1 Au gust 2013 –31 J uly
2014 (S/ INF/6 9).
31
S/PRST/2 015/15; s ee Resoluti ons and Dec isions of th e Security Council, 1 Aug ust 2015 –31 Decembe r
2016 ( S/INF/71).
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S/PR ST/ 201 9/1 2.

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