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Turkey and Germany have lodged a formal complaint with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council over the grave implications of the Assad regime’s issuance of Law No. 10.
The two countries submitted the complaint on behalf of more than 40 UN member states, including European and Arab states as well as the United States, Australia and Japan.
The complaint came in identical letters by Turkey’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Feridun Sinirlioglu and his German counterpart Christoph Heusgen, Anadolu Agency reported.
The letters were addressed to Guterres and Ambassador Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of July.
The 40 countries expressed deep concern about the possible implications of the new legalization which was issued on April 2. The decree will allow the Assad regime to confiscate property of millions of displaced people and refugees, which will ruin their chances of returning to their homes.
The letters noted Law 10 is one of around 40 other legalizations on civilian property that have been enacted since 2011.
These measures "raise serious concerns that civilians from areas previously controlled by the opposition will be stripped of their property and thus be subject to collective punishment."
The German and Turkish UN representatives called on the international community to "oppose the implementation of this law in its original form, introduce fundamental amendments to it, protect the rights of millions of affected Syrians, and identify measures to ensure that all Syrians will be safe from its implications."
Source: Orient Net