A/HRC/RES/23/26
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
25 June 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-third session
Agenda item 4
Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council∗
23/26.
The deterioration of the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab
Republic, and the need to grant immediate access to the commission of
inquiry
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007,
Recalling also all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council
and the Human Rights Council on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic,
Taking note of all relevant resolutions of the League of Arab States and the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation relating to the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic,
Recalling the urgent debate held by the Human Rights Council on 28 May 2013 on
the deteriorating situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, and the recent
killings in Al Qusayr,
Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and
territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic,
Recalling all the meetings of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People, in particular
the fourth Ministerial Meeting held in Marrakech on 12 December 2012, where the
participants acknowledged the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition
Forces as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people,
Reaffirming its support for the mission of the Joint Special Representative of the
United Nations and the League of Arab States, Lakhdar Brahimi, and welcoming the
international efforts to organize an international conference aimed at finding a political
solution to the Syrian crisis that meets the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people for a
∗
GE.13-15126
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its twenty-third session (A/HRC/23/2), chap. I.