INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Peiris, has held meetings with the President of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), the Coordinator of the Non-Aligned Movement (Geneva
Chapter) and the Permanent Representative of Brazil in Geneva, on the sidelines of the 50th Session of the UNHRC.During the meeting with the
President of the Human Rights Council, and Permanent Representative of Argentina, Federico Villegas on Tuesday (14), the Foreign Minister
briefed on the current socio-economic situation in Sri Lanka and the need for empathy and understanding of the international
will and resolve to deal with obligations and move ahead, the foreign ministry said in a statement.In this respect, the Foreign Minister
highlighted the measurable and verifiable progress made, including with regard to amending the Prevention of Terrorism Act and the proposed
21st amendment to the Constitution, as well as strengthening independent commissions, the work of the Office for National Unity and
substantial progress by Sri Lanka on the Sustainable Development Goals, with the UN Sustainable Development Report 2021 placing Sri Lanka at
the 87th position, with an overall ranking of 68.1, which is above the regional average and an increase by 7 positions out of 165
countries.Noting that all countries go through difficult periods in their history and that each specific case requires a different approach,
avail of the assistance and expertise of the HRC Presidency as well as the experience of Argentina from which South Africa too had
activities over the last few years, including on equitable access to vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics during the pandemic, on post
pandemic recovery efforts, in the security sector, parliamentary dialogue through the Inter Parliamentary Union and to foster dialogue in
and continuing efforts to raise the profile of NAM with the active support of Mem2s C;
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