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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12358772" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Hrw_logo.svg/100px-Hrw_logo.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The United Nations Human Rights Council’s adoption of a  resolution on Sri Lanka demonstrates strong international support for  accountability for abuses committed in Sri Lanka’s armed conflict, Human  Rights Watch said today.  The resolution passed the council by a vote  of 24 to 15, with 8 abstentions.  Member countries voting for the  resolution included India, Nigeria and the United States.“The Human Rights Council’s vote demonstrates broad  international dissatisfaction with Sri Lanka’s accountability efforts in  the three years since the end of the war,” said Juliette De Rivero,  advocacy director at Human Rights Watch in Geneva. “Many countries have  recognized that this resolution is an important first step toward  serious action to investigate the many abuses by both sides during the  conflict.”</blockquote>

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