Sri Lanka has reiterated its opposition at the UN Human Rights Council to the evidence gathering mechanism it has established for the country.
It is unhelpful to the people, will polarize Sri Lankan society and adversely affect economic development, peace and harmony at a challenging time, foreign minister Prof. G.L. Peiris told the 49th session of the UNHRC in Geneva today (01).
It is also an unproductive drain on member state resources, he said.
The minister said Sri Lanka has participated actively and constructively in aspects of the UNHRC’s work that have been productive and beneficial and helped to ensure Sri Lankans live safer, longer and more dignified lives.
“We reject those that are punitive, politicized, divisive, unhelpful and initiated due to extraneous reasons,” he said.
Reproduced below is the full statement by Minister Peiris:
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