INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Government of Sri Lanka has rejected the latest report on the island nation by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, accusing it of
parliamentary purview.Speaking as the country concerned following the presentation of the report of the Office of the High Commissioner for
stabilizing its economy through a combination of prudent economic decision-making and financial oversight and governance as acknowledged
related Treaties.The Permanent Representative further stated that while strengthening the economy for the prosperity of all Sri Lankans is a
processes, including the Office on Missing Persons (OMP), Office for Reparations (OR), Office for National Unity and Reconciliation (ONUR),
the Office for Overseas Sri Lankans and the Interim Secretariat for the Truth and Reconciliation Mechanism (ISTRM) were highlighted, while
its strong rejection of Resolution 51/1 and the external mechanism established within the OHCHR which is unwarranted and
the report steps far out of its mandated sphere of human rights to comment on macro economics as well as financial and budgetary issues
under sovereign parliamentary purview
recognize social stabilization and the preservation of parliamentary democracy overcoming recent severe challenges, the return to normalcy
no mention of the brutal acts of terrorism and human rights violations committed by the LTTE, including child recruitment, suicide bombings,
assassination of democratically elected MPs and leaders in SL and abroad, and the disruption of democratic rights and freedoms of the
external evidence-gathering mechanism established within OHCHR
ignoring critical situations elsewhere is unacceptable
We urge the Council to avoid politicization and double standards, and to focus on dire humanitarian situations that require urgent action to
