INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sri Lanka today rejected the draft resolution which was tabled before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) seeking to extend the
mandate of Resolution 51/1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka.Earlier today (09), the draft
resolution A/HRC/57/L.1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka was adopted without a vote during the
in Human Rights Council resolution 51/1.She said Sri Lanka has opposed HRC resolution 51/1 and the preceding HRC resolution 46/1 under which
an external evidence gathering mechanism has been established within the OHCHR.She said Sri Lanka also disassociates from the Report of the
are obliged to reject the draft resolution which is tabled before this Council today seeking to extend the mandate of Resolution
commitments under the UPR process.Sri Lanka also expressed appreciation for the principled positions taken by many countries in the UNHRC in
on human rights and humanitarian situations in the context of the on-going travesties of these norms, we urge the co- sponsors of this
