Constructively engage with Lanka - SL’s Permanent Rep in Geneva
S. Thillainathan in Geneva
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Tamara
Kunanayakam |
Sri Lanka’s permanent representative in Geneva Tamara Kunanayakam
urged the proponents of the resolution to constructively engage with Sri
Lanka, both bilaterally and multilaterally, in a spirit of cooperation
without resorting to action within the Council which is unnecessary and
unwarranted and would adversely impact the reconciliation process.
She was responding to references made by Norway, Denmark, United
Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Australia, Belgium, France and Japan under
agenda four of the General debate of the United Nations Human Rights
Council’s 19th session in Geneva yesterday.
Sri Lanka urged the Council not to initiate action in contravention
of the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and the
Declaration of Principles of International Law concerning friendly
relations and cooperation among states in accordance with the Charter.
She reiterated that the Sri Lanka's position that the report of the
United Nations Secretary General's Panel of Experts was the culmination
of a private consultation and is not the product or a request of the
Human Rights Council, the General Assembly or any other UN body. Sri
Lanka stressed that its mandate did not extend to fact finding or
investigation and the assertions set out in the report remain
unsubstantiated. |