The Sri Lankan delegation is ready to answer any questions the member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have on the alleged human right violations, the head of the delegation Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe has said.
The President's Special Envoy on Human Rights, Minister Samarasinghe has told the state-run television ITN that Sri Lankan delegation will be talking to Western countries face-to-face at the ongoing 19th sessions of the UNHRC in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Minister has said that the delegation is ready to hold discussions with the member states planning
to bring a resolution against Sri Lanka at the sessions and they should be given an opportunity to do so to apprise the proponents of the resolution of Sri Lanka's measures to address their concerns and clear any doubts.
Although many member nations have expressed support to Sri Lanka, the discussions would allow Sri Lanka to provide a wide response, the Minister has said.
"If they planned to further stick on to their stand, then it could be considered that their agenda is different," he has said adding that the supporters of the resolution were attempting to debilitate the hardly achieved stability by Sri Lanka.
The Minister has said that the delegation is also given a time slot to meet the Non-Aligned Movement.
The resolution, backed by the United States and Western European members, is expected to press Sri Lankan government to promptly implement the recommendations made by the domestic panel, Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), and address the accountability issue.
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