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United Nations A/71/L.48 General Assembly Distr.: Limited 19 December 2016 Original: English 16-22462 (E) 191216 *1622462* Seventy-first session Agenda item 31 Prevention of armed conflict Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Czechia, Denmark, Djibouti, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Maldives, Montenegro, Netherlands, Palau, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Somalia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and Yemen: draft resolution International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Those Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 The General Assembly, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming its commitment to the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic, Recalling the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council, in particular Human Rights Council resolution S-17/1 of 23 August 2011,1 that established the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, Welcoming the ongoing work carried out by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, and recalling its reports and the recommendations contained therein,2 Expressing its appreciation for the work carried out by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism, and recalling its reports and the conclusions contained therein,3 __________________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. VII. 2 See http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/IICISyria/Pages/Documentation.aspx. 3 S/2016/888, S/2016/738/Rev.1, S/2016/530 and S/2016/142, annex.