The UK has called on the international powers to agree referring Syria to the International Criminal Court. This is the first time London has publically expressed its readiness to respond to the Syrian opposition” s demand to refer the human rights violations and alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria to the ICC. “We will strongly support the principle of a Resolution referring the Syrian regime to the International Criminal Court”, International Development Secretary Justine Greening said. London has repeatedly been holding the Syrian regime responsible for the human sufferings of civilians inside and outside Syrian. The UK government accuses the Syrian regime of refusing grant access to international aid agencies, saying it is vital that further steps are taken to address the Syrian humanitarian crisis. “The Syrian regime” s refusal to allow humanitarian agencies to deliver aid is clearly a breach of international humanitarian law”, Greening said in a statement. The UK has already committed £600 million to help people who are in desperate need of assistance across Syria and neighboring countries. The statement has also called on UN Security Council to adapt a new resolution to allow humanitarian aid into Syria. ”The Syrian regime” s refusal to allow humanitarian agencies to deliver aid is clearly a breach of international humanitarian law”, Greening said. The British appeal came hours after the meeting of the ‘London 11'group on Syria which consists of Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, UK and USA. The Egyptian Foreign Minist, Nabil Fahmy, who visited the UK for two days, did not attend the meeting as he left London hours before its opening. The meeting agreed unanimously to take further steps together through a coordinated strategy. According to its final statement, this strategy includes holding the Assad” s regime accountable for “the terror it is perpetrating against its own people and spreading across the region”. The group members have directed their officials to implement a Core Group action plan on Syrian which calls for increasing “the support for the moderate opposition National Coalition”, its Supreme Military Council and associated moderate armed groups”. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/101499.aspx
