The UN Human Rights Council resolution on the Houla massacre in Syria goes beyond its mandate and contradicts the UN Security Council’s May 27 statement, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, RIA Novosti reports.
The Houla massacre on May 25-26, when over 100 people, including dozens of children and women, were killed in a cluster of villages in Syria’s western Homs province, triggered worldwide condemnation.
At its emergency session on May 27, the UN Security Council condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the massacre of civilians. On June 1, on the initiative of western nations, the UN Human Rights Council convened for a special session to condemn solely the Syrian government for the tragedy.
“The text of the UN Human Rights Council resolution goes beyond its mandate and actually runs counter to the UN Security Council Statement of May 27,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
