US to back Sri Lanka to fulfill commitments under UN resolution
The United States today assured Sri Lanka’s minority Tamil community that it will continue to support the UN Human Rights Council resolutions for an independent international probe into alleged rights abuse during the war in Sri Lanka.
The US was the main sponsor of the resolutions which was backed by a majority of the UNHRC members. Protesting perceived bias against Israel, the US in mid June announced withdrawal from the UNHRC.
Since its withdrawal, doubts have been raised about the resolutions which held Sri Lanka accountable for alleged human rights abuses committed by both government troops and the LTTE during the final phase of the military campaign in 2009.
Chargés d’affaires at the US Embassy in Colombo, Robert Hilton today tweeted, saying the commitments to the resolution facilitate Sri Lanka’s expanded relationship with the US and many others nations.
He made the assurances to Chief Minister of Tamil northern province C V Wigneswaran.
“Assured Chief Minister Wigneswaran that the US continues to support Sri Lanka as it fulfils its commitments under UNHRC resolutions 30/1 (2015) and 34/1 (2017). These commitments facilitate Sri Lanka’s expanded relationship with the US and many other nations,” he tweeted today.
The Tamils have urged an international mechanism to probe rights abuse in the face of strong resistance from the Sri Lankan government to allow foreign judges and investigators to hear the cases of abuses.
Sri Lanka maintains that its constitution does not permit foreign judges to operate in the country. The government has assured that necessary mechanism for accountability would be set up.
As one such measure, the Office of Missing Persons has been established and a reparation mechanism is also to come into force soon.
(Source: PTI)
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OMG. This rubbish again. Is This Vigneshwaran and the stupid UN going ask for accountability from the LTTE leaders still around the world for accountability for the crimes committed by the LTTE during those decades of war. Why are our current leaders allowing this totally one sided affair to go on. Why don’t our leaders ask them to mind their own business and fix the humanitarian issues in their own countries. Like the thousands of children taken away form their parent because Donald Trump does not give a damn. Why don’t they stop the human suffering in Syria. Why keep on this one sided issue for a war that ended long a go with so many innocent Sinhalese ,Tamils, Muslims & Christian dying in the process.Are life’s of Tamils more important than the rest of Sri Lankan’s.
The US is not worried about humans sufferings in Sri Lanka, they are very worried about the massive Chinese influence in Sri Lanka. Now the only way to blackmsil Sri Lanka is by using all these UN nonsense.
This is absurd because OMP is headed by the same person who accused SL regarding HR violations in Geneva. Co-sponsoring Resolution 30/1 in Geneva is the biggest betrayal of a country done under the patronage of YP government. Mr. Stanley Fernando raised an important question. Is the lives of Tamils are more important than the lives of Muslims and Sinhalese? During the war against LTTE terror outfit nearly 25, 000 SL troops got killed. More than 45,000 maimed. Who killed them? What about to thousands of Tamil Children kidnapped?brain washed put a cyanide capsule around their neck and sent to the war front. Who is talking about these HR violations?
We have a central government. How these ministers can take up a meeting with another organization without proper approval?
Why SL can’t send a mandate/memo to all the embassies and the organizations as such to always seek central government authority/approval before meeting any ministers or community leaders in the country?
If this issue arises, government should summon the chief minister and request for explanation. If situation is uncontrollable should dissolve the council.
If those decisions can’t take by the president, then we don’t need such person to rule the country.