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Sri Lanka has no Comment on Channel 4 'Leaked' UN Report
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July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka has refused to comment on a report by Britain's Channel 4 news which, citing a supposedly leaked UN document, said that the UN is preparing to assist Sri Lanka to set up a totally domestic probe into the human rights violations committed during the war.
According to Channel 4, the leaked document appears to be have been created by the UN in conjunction with the Sri Lankan government, and outlines plans to set up a purely domestic inquiry into human rights violations - with technical support from the UN.
Responding media queries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs press briefing yesterday, spokesperson Mahishini Colonne said she does not want to comment on "something that is reported on Channel 4." She expressed doubt whether there is any agreement of the nature that the Channel 4 portrays.
However, the spokesperson said Sri Lanka is engaged with the UN through the peace building fund, in humanitarian efforts such as assisting the persons who are being resettled in the Northern Province in their own lands and extending welfare measures that are necessary for immediate resettlement.
Colonne recalled that the Under Secretary General of the UN Political Affairs Department visited Sri Lanka in March, he had announced that UN is ready to help Sri Lanka.
He has said that as requested by Sri Lanka, the UN is committed to assisting in the process of accountability and reconciliation through the peace building fund and other facilities as appropriate. But it is first and foremost for Sri Lankan themselves to shape how to address issues of the past in order to find a common future.
Sri Lanka has asserted that it would take certain steps to strengthen human rights, the rule of law, and good governance and that Sri Lanka remains ready to be engaged with the International Community, with countries, with International Organizations in carrying out this task, the Spokesperson said.
The Spokesperson explained that since Sri Lanka is not a party to the ICC Rome Statute, the matter of justice and accountability rest with the country concerned. "And whether we are engaged with the UN, discussing about funding through the peace building fund, yes we are. In fact, they have already had discussion with the Ministry of Resettlement, in assisting those persons who are being resettled in the Northern Province in their own lands; extending welfare measures that are necessary for immediate resettlement and so on. So we are in discussion. But as what Channel 4 says, and the comment made by the Chief Minister and so on, which the Channel 4 focused on, we have no comment," she said.
Source: http://www.colombopage.com/archive_15B/Jul31_1438339369CH.php
According to Channel 4, the leaked document appears to be have been created by the UN in conjunction with the Sri Lankan government, and outlines plans to set up a purely domestic inquiry into human rights violations - with technical support from the UN.
Responding media queries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs press briefing yesterday, spokesperson Mahishini Colonne said she does not want to comment on "something that is reported on Channel 4." She expressed doubt whether there is any agreement of the nature that the Channel 4 portrays.
However, the spokesperson said Sri Lanka is engaged with the UN through the peace building fund, in humanitarian efforts such as assisting the persons who are being resettled in the Northern Province in their own lands and extending welfare measures that are necessary for immediate resettlement.
Colonne recalled that the Under Secretary General of the UN Political Affairs Department visited Sri Lanka in March, he had announced that UN is ready to help Sri Lanka.
He has said that as requested by Sri Lanka, the UN is committed to assisting in the process of accountability and reconciliation through the peace building fund and other facilities as appropriate. But it is first and foremost for Sri Lankan themselves to shape how to address issues of the past in order to find a common future.
Sri Lanka has asserted that it would take certain steps to strengthen human rights, the rule of law, and good governance and that Sri Lanka remains ready to be engaged with the International Community, with countries, with International Organizations in carrying out this task, the Spokesperson said.
The Spokesperson explained that since Sri Lanka is not a party to the ICC Rome Statute, the matter of justice and accountability rest with the country concerned. "And whether we are engaged with the UN, discussing about funding through the peace building fund, yes we are. In fact, they have already had discussion with the Ministry of Resettlement, in assisting those persons who are being resettled in the Northern Province in their own lands; extending welfare measures that are necessary for immediate resettlement and so on. So we are in discussion. But as what Channel 4 says, and the comment made by the Chief Minister and so on, which the Channel 4 focused on, we have no comment," she said.
Source: http://www.colombopage.com/archive_15B/Jul31_1438339369CH.php
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