Thursday, 25th September 2014 China yesterday said it is ready to boost “pragmatic cooperation” in various fields with the Sri Lankan military. Xu Qiliang, Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission hailed th ...
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Sri Lanka will not help legitimize a flawed process that could set dangerous precedent by cooperating with the OHCHR investigation
Responding to the ‘Oral Update’ on Sri Lanka by the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva today (25 September 2014), Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha said “the Government of Sri Lanka does not wish to help legitimize a flawed process and have a detrimental precedents established”, and hence “has to respectfully refuse those who urge that Sri Lanka cooperate with the OHCHR investigation.”
He said this position has been taken after much consideration and represents not only the will of the Sri Lankan people as reflected in the motion recently adopted in the Parliament with an overwhelming majority, but also the majority within the Human Rights Council, who refused to support Operational Paragraph 10 of HRC resolution 25/1 which created an OHCHR investigation on Sri Lanka in March 2014.
‘SL to become first tropical country to eradicate Malaria’
Tuesday, 23rd September 2014 Director General Health Services, Dr. Palitha Mahipala said this declaration was possible as not even a single case of Malaria was reported. In another achievement of Sri Lanka’s free ...
‘Japana Hapana’ and ‘Cheena Patas’
Tuesday, 23rd September 2014 The story begins in 1951, to be precise, on 8 April. The day on which the Treaty of San Francisco, between Japan and part of the Allied Powers who fought World War II, was signed. It w ...
India builds 3,000 houses for resettlement
Wednesday, 24th September 2014 From : Ceylon Today e-paper (pg. 04) : http://www.ceylontoday.lk/e-paper.html ...
500 Tamil men, women from Jaffna enlist in Army
Wednesday, 24th September 2014 From : Ceylon Today e-paper (pg. 04) : http://www.ceylontoday.lk/e-paper.html ...
‘Asian youth need to be galvanized into action’
Tuesday, 23rrd September 2014 Ishara Mudugamuwa The youth of Asia need to be galvanized into action with a common strategy to resolve major issues that challenge the well-being of the youth, said MP Namal Rajapak ...