In a speech to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Juppe slammed the Security Council’s “impotence” on Syria, shown by vetoes by China and Russia, and said that an Arab League peace plan was the “only path” forward to end the crisis.
“The day will come when the Syrian civilian and military authorities, first among them President (Bashar Al-) Assad himself, must respond before justice for their acts. In the face of such crimes, there can be no impunity,” Juppe told the 47-member Geneva forum, which will hold an emergency debate on Syria on Tuesday.
It was urgent for the whole world to show its revulsion at the “odious crimes” Damascus had committed against its people, Juppe said, citing massacres of civilians, bombardment of towns, torturing of children and killing of wounded in hospital.
