Source: rt.com - Sunday, March 15, 2015
In an interview with Catholic magazine Crux, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi used the word “genocide” to describe the terrorist group’s campaign of executions and ethno-religious persecution through northern Syria and Iraq. “Otherwise we’ll be crying out in the future about why we didn’t so something, why we allowed such a terrible tragedy to happen,” the Vatican’s top diplomat at the United Nations said, suggesting military force in the absence of a political solution. “What's needed is a coordinated and well-thought-out coalition to do everything possible to achieve a political settlement without violence,” Tomasi said Friday, “But if that’s not possible, then the use of force will be necessary.” In the interview Tomasi also emphasized a coordinated approach to humanitarian aid drops to the minorities in the region, as well as “more coordinated protection” on the ground, which would include force, if need be. On the same day he released a statement entitled “Supporting the Human Rights of Christians and Other Communities, particularly in the Middle East,” co-authored with Russia and Lebanon, and presented to the UN Human Rights Council and signed by nearly 70 nations. The statement itself was a Russian idea, given its cultivation of the image of protector of Orthodox Christians in the Middle East, Tomasi added. This is also the first time the plight of Christians has been exclusively addressed at the Human Rights Council. The top Vat
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In an interview with Catholic magazine Crux, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi used the word “genocide” to describe the terrorist group’s campaign of executions and ethno-religious persecution through northern Syria and Iraq. “Otherwise we’ll be crying out in the future about why we didn’t so something, why we allowed such a terrible tragedy to happen,” the Vatican’s top diplomat at the United Nations said, suggesting military force in the absence of a political solution. “What's needed is a coordinated and well-thought-out coalition to do everything possible to achieve a political settlement without violence,” Tomasi said Friday, “But if that’s not possible, then the use of force will be necessary.” In the interview Tomasi also emphasized a coordinated approach to humanitarian aid drops to the minorities in the region, as well as “more coordinated protection” on the ground, which would include force, if need be. On the same day he released a statement entitled “Supporting the Human Rights of Christians and Other Communities, particularly in the Middle East,” co-authored with Russia and Lebanon, and presented to the UN Human Rights Council and signed by nearly 70 nations. The statement itself was a Russian idea, given its cultivation of the image of protector of Orthodox Christians in the Middle East, Tomasi added. This is also the first time the plight of Christians has been exclusively addressed at the Human Rights Council. The top Vatfrom Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1AGxnqs
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