States must "act now" to protect Syrian people, UN human rights chief tells General Assembly
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Channel: UN Human Rights · 2012 · News & Politics
"I am very distressed that the continued ruthless repression and deliberate stirring of sectarian tensions might soon plunge Syria into civil war. The longer the international community fails to take action, the more the civilian population will suffer from countless atrocities committed against them," Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, told the UN General Assembly in New York 13 February 2012.
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