A/HRC/RES/43/28 by the General Assembly to include funding of the Mechanism in the regular budget of the United Nations,1 Expressing its deepest concern at the findings of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, including in its most recent report,2 and deploring the lack of cooperation by the Syrian authorities with the Commission of Inquiry, Bearing in mind that the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons fuel conflict and affect negatively the enjoyment of human rights, Acknowledging the ongoing efforts of human rights defenders, journalists and media workers active in the Syrian Arab Republic to document violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law, despite grave risks, 1. Deplores the fact that the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic continues into its tenth year with its devastating impact on the civilian population, including the consistent patterns of gross violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law across the country, and urges all parties to the conflict to abstain immediately from any actions that may contribute to the further deterioration of the human rights, security and humanitarian situations; 2. Calls upon all parties to the conflict and Member States, especially members of the International Syria Support Group, to renew their efforts to create conditions, including a comprehensive nationwide ceasefire, that support meaningful negotiations for a political solution to the Syrian conflict, under the auspices of the Special Envoy of the SecretaryGeneral for Syria and his office in Geneva, as only a durable and inclusive political solution to the conflict can bring an end to the systematic, widespread and gross violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law; 3. Welcomes the work and the important role played by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution S-17/1 of 23 August 2011, in supporting essential accountability efforts by investigating all alleged violations and abuses of international human rights law since March 2011 in the Syrian Arab Republic, to establish the facts and circumstances and to support efforts to ensure that all perpetrators of abuses and violations, including those who may be responsible for crimes against humanity, are identified and held accountable; 4. Demands that the Syrian authorities cooperate fully with the Human Rights Council and the Commission of Inquiry by granting the Commission immediate, full and unfettered access throughout the Syrian Arab Republic, and urges all Member States to cooperate with the Commission in the discharge of its mandate; 5. Deplores the escalation of violence in the north-west of the country, and strongly condemns the attacks by the Syrian authorities and their State and non-State allies on civilians and civilian infrastructure in the province of Idlib and surrounding areas, where violence, including airstrikes, has caused the death of more than 1,000 civilians, including first responders, since the beginning of December 2019, and devastating damage to civilian infrastructure, including health-care, educational and humanitarian facilities, as well as water stations, markets, camps for internally displaced persons and convoys of civilians trying to flee the violence, while noting that this has also caused the forced displacement of almost 1 million people since the start of December 2019, and that nearly 3 million people, half of whom children, are reliant upon humanitarian support; 6. Expresses extreme concern about the mass forced displacement caused by the violence in the north-west of the Syrian Arab Republic, and the ability of those internally displaced persons to have access to basic services, such as food and shelter, and to exercise the full enjoyment of their human rights, including the right to education for children, and 1 2 See General Assembly resolution 74/169. A/HRC/43/57. 3