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 ...
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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 ...
Statement by Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez, at the 42nd Session of the Human Rights Council – 11 September 2019
Mr. President, Subsequent to the most abominable terrorist attacks over 4 months ago on Easter Sunday Sri Lanka was put to test. However, we witnessed the continued resilience of Sri Lanka’s security forces to ...
Statement by Sri Lanka at the 28th Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 18 May 2018
Mr. President, We note with regret that the Special Session of the Human Rights Council convenes today, against the backdrop of death and destruction in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as well as violence and mayhem ...