In his statement at the 39th Session of the Human Rights Council on the Interactive Dialogue with Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, HE Ambassador Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the UN Office in Geneva, expressed the State of Qatar’s regret over the failure to reach an agreement on forming a constitutional committee in Syria, stressing that the Syrian regime is not serious in reaching a political solution and tries to waste time in order to implement what it believes in, which is a military resolution.

HE the ambassador warned that any military escalation in Idlib will threaten the lives of three million civilians, one million of which are children, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). He highlighted the importance of achieving a comprehensive cessation of fighting in Syria and reaching peaceful solution based on the Geneva communique 1 and UN Security Council Resolution 2254.

HE the ambassador also said that the violations and crimes committed against the Syrian people and the arrests, enforced disappearance, torture and cold-blooded executions in the prisons of the Syrian regime cannot be tolerated.