Sec. 3. Statement of policy
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It is the policy of the United States— to strongly condemn the ongoing violence and widespread human rights violations perpetrated against the Syrian people by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad; to support civilians and innocent victims of the conflict in Syria, particularly women and children who are displaced and vulnerable to physical and psychological exploitation; to assist the people of Syria in meeting basic needs, including access to food, health care, shelter, and clean drinking water; to affirm the neutrality of medical professionals providing humanitarian assistance and health care on a non-political basis and to condemn attacks against such personnel or interference in the provision of medical care; to support efforts of democratically oriented political opposition groups in Syria to agree upon a political transition plan that is inclusive and protects the rights of all minority ethnic groups in the country; to work with the international community, including multilateral organizations and host countries, to support Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, and other host countries; to welcome the pledges of humanitarian assistance made by the Governments of Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Morocco, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and members of the European Union, and to encourage prompt delivery of those pledges which will contribute to meeting the needs of the victims of this conflict, and to encourage all donors to coordinate with the United Nations; to support efforts to identify, recover, and dispose of chemical weapons and other conventional and unconventional weapons stockpiled in Syria; that the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
(SOC)is the sole and legitimate representative of the Syrian people; to support the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
(SOC)efforts to establish a transitional government; to support transparent and impartial judicial processes, in which Syrians have a leading voice, for all those who have committed gross violations of human rights and international law, while noting that the majority of these violations have been committed by the Assad regime; to help ensure that, once a stable transitional government is established in Syria, it is committed to multiparty democracy, open and transparent governance, respect for human rights and religious freedom, protection of refugees and asylees, promoting peace and stability with its neighbors, enhancing the rule of law, and rehabilitating and reintegrating former combatants; and to affirm that the end of the Assad regime is in the national security interests of the United States, as it would weaken the position of Iran and Hezbollah in the region and allow for the return of displaced persons currently seeking refuge in host countries.