COLOMBO (News 1st); The resolution which was adapted at the United Nations Human Rights Council is in direct contradiction to the council’s founding principals, including impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity, which goes beyond the mandate of the council, says the Foreign Minister Prof.
G.L. Peiris addressing the 49th session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council.The resolution which was adopted previously, the Foreign Minister said, was adopted in the house with a divided vote, when Sri Lanka itself opposed it citing flawed procedure and unacceptable content, particularly operative clause on an evidence gathering mechanism.
Despite the rejection of the resolution by Sri Lanka, the country will continue our voluntary undertakings on human rights and engage with the UN, including this council, the Foreign Minister stated.
Quoting President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, “We are a nation that respect’s international laws and conventions. We have regularly shared our progress and challenges with this council in a candid manner, and with other relevant organs in the UN system”, the Foreign Minister stated that he is convinced that there are serious anomalies in the report presented to the house by the High Commissioner.