The Sri Lankan Government has rejected the call by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN in Geneva issuing a statement has emphasized this is a direct interference in the national issues of a sovereign country.
The UN Human Rights Commissioner Navanetham Pillay in a draft report has said that there should be an international inquiry mechanism to further investigate the alleged violations committed in Sri Lanka during the last stages of the humanitarian operation. Sri Lanka’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, issuing a statement rejecting and strongly deploring this proposal said that this is a direct interference into the national issues of a sovereign country.
The Government said it gives scant or no regard to the domestic processes ongoing in Sri Lanka within the framework of the LLRC National Plan of Action, and is politicized in premise”. The government said, the trajectory that has emerged with regard to the recommendation of the High Commissioner “reflects the preconceived, politicized and prejudicial agenda which she has relentlessly pursued with regard to Sri Lanka”, since just a week following the defeat of terrorism.
It is noted that the reference in the current report that “the High Commissioner remains convinced” for an “independent, international inquiry” demonstrates her persistent efforts against Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan Government said it is pertinent to question the factual basis for the High Commissioner’s initial formal call to the HRC for an independent, international investigation in May 2009 and its continuation, in order that the international community not be misled.
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