European Parliament
Laima Liucija Andrikienė  (PPE ).
– Mr President, it is evident that the regime of Bashar al-Assad is committing crimes against humanity which must be stopped immediately, and today we call on the United Nations, the Human Rights Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the ICC, to cooperate and to ensure full accountability for these crimes and to end impunity.
The fact that Russia and China have exercised their veto in the United Nations Security Council to block the draft resolution on Syria is deplorable and has had very serious consequences. It has encouraged the Assad regime to use heavy weapons against unarmed civilians. Due to the Russian and Chinese veto, the Security Council was unable to support the call of the League of Arab States for an inclusive Syrian-led political process conducted in an environment free from violence, and we deeply regret that. We are watching the death agony of the Assad regime, a kind of ‘dead men walking’, so we fully support the diplomatic efforts of Baroness Ashton, and our prime goal is to save the lives of the Syrian people.

