Whereas health facilities and medical workers are systematically targeted in Syria; Whereas in the last six years, there have been more than 400 attacks on hospitals in Syria and more than 800 medical personnel, including 190 volunteers from the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets; Whereas Physicians for Human Rights reports that 90 percent of the attacks against hospitals and medical personnel were conducted by the Government of Syria and the Russian Federation; Whereas the Government of Syria and the Russian Federation deliberately and strategically target medical facilitates and first responders to maximize casualties; Whereas United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stated, These attacks are evidence of a broader trend: parties to conflict are treating hospitals and health clinics as targets, rather than respecting them as sanctuaries. ; Whereas there are specific obligations under international humanitarian law to respect and protect, in situations of armed conflict, medical personnel and humanitarian personnel exclusively engaged in medical duties, their means of transport and equipment, and hospitals and other medical facilities; Whereas there is an obligation under international humanitarian law to distinguish between civilian populations and combatants, and the prohibition against indiscriminate attacks, and the obligations to do everything feasible to verify that the objectives to be attacked are neither civilians nor civilian objects and are not subject to special protection, including medical personnel, their means of transport and equipment, and hospitals and other medical facilities; Whereas under international humanitarian law, persons engaged in medical activities shall not be compelled to perform acts or to carry out work contrary to the rules of medical ethics or to other medical rules designed for the benefit of the wounded and the sick