After the bloody suppression of demonstrations in Syria that left at least 300 deaths since March 15 according to Human Rights Watch, the U.S. president, Barack Obama, has imposed economic sanctions against several officials and administrative entities Syrian regime. These sanctions, decided because of "violations of human rights in Syria," are the younger brother of President Bashar Al-Assad Maher, a Syrian army officer, and Ali Mamlouk, head of intelligence services , and Atef Najib, described as the former intelligence chief for the province of Deraa, the epicenter of protest against the system located in the south.
The EU also announced its intention to impose an arms embargo and prepare other sanctions against the Syrian regime, said on Friday, diplomatic sources in Brussels. The ambassadors of 27 European states met in Brussels, Friday instructed their experts to work on the development of these sanctions, a process that can take place relatively quickly, diplomats said.
Besides the arms embargo, it could be asset freezes and visa bans against those responsible for repression. A list of persons affected by these sanctions must now be established. The Commission on Human Rights UN voted Friday, April 29, a resolution calling for the urgent dispatch of a mission to Syria to investigate violations of human rights.
The resolution, proposed by the United States, was adopted after a long day of negotiations between the 47 member states of the Council by 26 votes for, 9 against and 7 abstentions. It asks the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to send "urgent mission to Syria to investigate [on] the alleged violations of human rights and to establish the facts and circumstances of these violations and crimes committed.
" Wednesday, the fifteen members of the Security Council of the United Nations had failed to agree on a condemnation of Damascus. In an attempt to convince States members of this body to adopt a resolution on violence in the crackdown, the Council of Human Rights of the United Nations had opened the special session on Syria at the request of States United, who advocate the adoption of a resolution on sanctions.
In addition to the United States, fifteen other countries have signed the request for holding the session, including France, Great Britain, Spain, Japan, Poland, Switzerland, Mexico, Zambia and Senegal . 
The EU also announced its intention to impose an arms embargo and prepare other sanctions against the Syrian regime, said on Friday, diplomatic sources in Brussels. The ambassadors of 27 European states met in Brussels, Friday instructed their experts to work on the development of these sanctions, a process that can take place relatively quickly, diplomats said.
Besides the arms embargo, it could be asset freezes and visa bans against those responsible for repression. A list of persons affected by these sanctions must now be established. The Commission on Human Rights UN voted Friday, April 29, a resolution calling for the urgent dispatch of a mission to Syria to investigate violations of human rights.
The resolution, proposed by the United States, was adopted after a long day of negotiations between the 47 member states of the Council by 26 votes for, 9 against and 7 abstentions. It asks the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to send "urgent mission to Syria to investigate [on] the alleged violations of human rights and to establish the facts and circumstances of these violations and crimes committed.
" Wednesday, the fifteen members of the Security Council of the United Nations had failed to agree on a condemnation of Damascus. In an attempt to convince States members of this body to adopt a resolution on violence in the crackdown, the Council of Human Rights of the United Nations had opened the special session on Syria at the request of States United, who advocate the adoption of a resolution on sanctions.
In addition to the United States, fifteen other countries have signed the request for holding the session, including France, Great Britain, Spain, Japan, Poland, Switzerland, Mexico, Zambia and Senegal .
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