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"During the 19th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, certain direct accusations were made against the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, spoke clearly of indiscriminate attacks against the civilian population. She stated that she was particularly disturbed by the continuation of the massacre at Homs. Since 3 February, in a continuing crescendo of attacks, the government has been deploying tanks and has struck the city of Homs with mortars, rockets and artillery. According to Pillay, the repression in Syria, which has now cost more than 5 400 human lives, is out of control and for the last two months, the number of victims has no longer been verifiable.
Since we intend to step up diplomatic pressure on the regime and against Assad’s campaign of violence, I would not be surprised if a decision were taken to toughen up targeted sanctions and, perhaps, precisely the occasion of this Human Rights Council could bring the international community together in condemning the actions of the Assad regime.
To conclude, I would stress that there is no reference to the Assad regime in the report examined this morning."@en1
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