(as the country concerned following the Oral Update on Sri Lanka by the High Commissioner for Human Rights) 01 March 2024 Mr. President, The Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, in his address to this Counc ...
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Foreign Minister Ali Sabry addresses the High-level Segment of the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Sabry urged the members of the UN Human Rights Council not to allow short-term political gains or “domestic vote bank politics” to overtake the work of the Council, when addressing the ...
54th Session of the Human Rights Council Agenda Item 2 – General Debate
Statement by Her Excellency Himalee Arunatilaka, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva 13th September 2023 Mr. President, Resolutions 60/251 and 48/141 require that the ...
Sri Lanka rejects High Commissioner’s Written Update and reaffirms commitment to pursuing human rights through domestic institutions
The written update on Sri Lanka was presented at the 54th Session of the Human Rights Council that commenced on 11 September 2023 in Geneva by the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada al-Nashif. Delivering ...
GoSL Statement made by H.E. Himalee Arunatilaka, the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva
54th Session of the Human Rights Council: Report on Sri Lanka by the High Commissioner for Human Rights pursuant to HRC Resolution 51/1 11 September 2023 Mr. President, At the outset, let me reiterate that the ...
Statement by Sri Lanka at the Interactive Dialogue with the Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights on the report of the Secretary-General on co-operation with the United Nations
45th Session of the Human Rights Council Item 5: Interactive dialogue with the Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights on the report of the Secretary-General on co-operation with the United Nations, its represent ...
Statement of Sri Lanka at Interactive Dialogue of the 43rd Session of Human Rights Council with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on 02 March 2020 in regards to the report of his visit to Sri Lanka
Madam President, Sri Lanka takes note of the report of Mr. Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief following his visit to Sri Lanka from 15 to 26 August 2019, which has been presented to th ...