Sri Lanka slams US-sponsored resolution submitted at the UNHRC

Lankan External Affairs Minister G L Peiris said in his communique to member states setting out his government8217;s stand on the resolution,said,8221;Drawing disproportionate attention to Sri Lanka8217;s situation and introducing resolution that seeks to discredit,single out and humiliate the country are unhelpful and counter productive to Sri Lanka8217;s current reconciliation process8221;.

8220;Just as the Government of Sri Lanka did not recognise the last HRC resolution,it rejects the new resolution. SriLanka intends to request a vote when the draft resolution is taken up at the Human Rights Council on 21 March 2013.8221;

8220;Sri Lanka seeks the understanding and the support of HRC member states at the vote on this resolution.8221; Peiris said that the beneficiaries of the resolution would be none other than the divisive forces that seek to destabilise the hard won peace in Sri Lanka,he said.

The Sri Lankan external affairs ministers warned that8221;the precedent created by intrusive,biased and politicis edactions such as the US sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka would pose a danger for all nations8221;.

Meanwhile,Lankan human rights envoy Mahinda Samara singh has slammed the US moved resolution to be voted at the UNHRC sessions in Geneva tomorrow as carrying borrowed language from a 8220;flawed8221; report by UN High Commissioner of Human Rights. Samara singh was speaking at the session in Geneva today ahead of tomorrow8217;s formal presentation of the resolution.