INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The draft resolution A/HRC/57/L.1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka has been adopted without a vote
during the ongoing 57th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.The draft resolution is sponsored by
countries including the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Malawi, Montenegro, North Macedonia and the United
States of America.Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the UN, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant
international human rights treaties, the Human Rights Council has decided to:Recalling previous Human Rights Council resolutions on
Welcomes the report of Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka,
Decides to extend the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner and all work requested of it by the Human Rights Council in its
resolution 51/1, and requests the Office to present an oral update to the Council at its fifty-eighth session and a comprehensive report on
progress in reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka at its sixtieth session, to be discussed in an interactive
the United Nations Human Rights Council and that Sri Lanka continues to oppose the 51/1 resolution of the drafted resolution of the United
Nations Human Rights Council and has not agreed to any resolution that extends the powers of the collection of external evidence
mechanism.Furthermore, the Cabinet of Ministers agreed that even though, the said proposal has been denied, Sri Lanka has firmly believed to
take action in respect of main human right issues including the reconciliation through local procedure.Meanwhile, the Cabinet has also
reached an agreement that Sri Lanka will continue to engage in the cooperative and meaningful discussions with the Human Rights Council and
regular human right mechanism further.
