Commonwealth of Australia
Ambassador Paul Wilson, Chargé d’Affaires
Australia has never had a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. Paul Wilson is chargé d’affaires at Australia’s Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva. The following is excerpted from a statement by Ambassador Wilson during the Human Rights Council Special Session on Human Rights in Syria on August 22, 2011. Australia condemns in the strongest possible terms the ongoing violence committed by the Syrian regime. Credible reports indicate that an estimated 2,000 people have been killed since March and thousands of others have been injured or detained. The August 18 Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission for…
