A/HRC/RES/37/29 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 9 April 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-seventh session 26 February–23 March 2018 Agenda item 4 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 23 March 2018 37/29. The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming all previous Human Rights Council resolutions on the Syrian Arab Republic, Reaffirming also its strong commitment to the full respect of the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic, Demanding that the Syrian authorities meet their responsibility to protect the Syrian population, Condemning the grave deterioration of the human rights situation and the indiscriminate or deliberate targeting of civilians as such, in violation of international humanitarian law, and acts of violence that foment sectarian tensions, Expressing deep concern about the situation of women, children and internally displaced persons, who remain among the most vulnerable to violence, Recalling the obligation by all parties to the conflict to take all feasible precautions to avoid, and in any event minimize, harm to civilians and civilian objects, including schools and medical facilities as such, and the prohibition on attacking, removing, destroying or rendering useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, including drinking water installations, supplies and food stuffs, Reiterating that the only sustainable solution to the current conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic is through an inclusive, Syrian-led and Syrian-owned political process under the auspices of the United Nations, based on the Geneva communiqué of 30 June 2012 as endorsed by the Security Council in its resolutions 2118 (2013) of 27 September 2013, 2254 (2015) of 18 December 2015 and 2268 (2016) of 26 February 2016 and relevant statements of the International Syria Support Group, Expressing full support for the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria to facilitate an inclusive and Syrian-led process, in accordance with the Geneva communiqué and Security Council resolution 2254 (2015), with a view to establishing credible, inclusive and non-sectarian governance, in accordance with the aforementioned documents, and urging the Special Envoy to continue to push the parties to negotiate a political transition, GE.18-05431(E) 

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