DUBROVNIK, Oct 8 (Hina) - High UN Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson on Monday supported the international military operation against the ruling Afghanistan Taliban and the terrorist network of Osama bin Laden, but stressed
the operation had to be conducted carefully in order to avoid civilian victims. The events in New York of September 11 constitute a crime against humanity and the international military operation is aimed at bringing the perpetrators of those crimes to justice, Robinson said at a news conference in Dubrovnik. However, this operation, as well as any future military operation, must be conducted very carefully so as to avoid civilian victims, and it must be proportional to the goals it advocates, she said. Robinson is attending a three-day international conference on human rights and democratisation in Europe, Central Asia and Transcaucasia, which was organised in Dubrovnik
DUBROVNIK, Oct 8 (Hina) - High UN Commissioner for Human Rights Mary
Robinson on Monday supported the international military operation
against the ruling Afghanistan Taliban and the terrorist network of
Osama bin Laden, but stressed the operation had to be conducted
carefully in order to avoid civilian victims.
The events in New York of September 11 constitute a crime against
humanity and the international military operation is aimed at
bringing the perpetrators of those crimes to justice, Robinson said
at a news conference in Dubrovnik. However, this operation, as well
as any future military operation, must be conducted very carefully
so as to avoid civilian victims, and it must be proportional to the
goals it advocates, she said.
Robinson is attending a three-day international conference on
human rights and democratisation in Europe, Central Asia and
Transcaucasia, which was organised in Dubrovnik by the Croatian
government, in cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights and the European Commission.
Robinson believes it is very important to reduce the suffering of
civilians in Afghanistan to the lowest possible level. She says her
concern is based on the right to life, safety and the desperate
needs of the people of Afghanistan.
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