Ban underlines need for concerted international effort to end bloodshed in Syria
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today underlined the need for concerted action to end the crisis in Syria, lamenting that the international community has thus far failed in its responsibility to stop the bloodshed in the country, where he said the Government was waging an "atrocious assault" against its own people.
"In fact, the actions " indeed, the inaction " of the international community seems to have encouraged the Syrian authorities in their brutal suppression of its citizens," Mr. Ban said as he reported to the General Assembly on the implementation of its 16 February resolution on Syria.
That resolution strongly condemned the continued "widespread and systematic" human rights violations by the Syrian authorities and demanded that the Government immediately cease all violence and protect its people
He pointed out that disproportionate use of force by Syrian authorities had driven what had been largely peaceful opposition forces to resort to take up arms in some cases. The opposition"s firepower, however, appeared to be minimal compared to the heavy weapons being used by the Syrian army, the Secretary-General said.
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