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Sri Lanka makes last-ditch attempt to secure HRC seat
Monday, 12 May 2008 - 9:31 AM SL Time
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Colombo will make a frantic, last-ditch attempt on Tuesday to persuade members of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to re-elect Sri Lanka, overshadowed by allegations of gross human rights violations, to the 47-member council on May 21 in New York, The Nation newspaper reported today.
Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe will leave for Geneva today, where he is expected to make a strong case as to why Sri Lanka should be included in the council and highlight what the country has done so far to maintain human rights and the action that has been taken against the purported violators.
Samarasinghe will represent Sri Lanka at the Universal Period Review of the HRC on May 13.
`This meeting on Tuesday will definitely have an impact on the elections to be held on May 21. We will present our country report, which will speak on what we have done to protect and promote human rights in Sri Lanka,` Samarasinghe said.
All 47 members will be subjected to the Universal Period Review. Sri Lanka, elected in 2006 to the council, will face re-elections on May 21 in New York. Sri Lanka will compete against Pakistan, Bahrain, Timor-Leste, Japan and South Korea for one of the remaining four seats in the council.
When asked about Sri Lanka`s chances at the election, the Minister said, `We are sure that we can confidently respond to the questions of the countries interested in Sri Lanka and that there would be a positive outcome from the meeting.`
The Nation also reliably learns that several fronts with close links to the LTTE are also in New York campaigning against the re-election of Sri Lanka to the council.
Meanwhile, already a coalition of more than 20 national and international Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) led by the New York-based Human Rights Watch is leading a campaign for Sri Lanka`s non-inclusion in the council.
Convenor of the Civil Monitoring Commission, Mano Ganesan told The Nation that the sudden indictment of Wing Commander Nishantha Gajanayake along with several others last week and the setting up of a hotline to report abductions after all this time were to `illustrate` the government`s so-called action to put and end to the gross human rights violations.
`But the indictment of Gajanayake does not mean everything is over my hunch is Gajanayake was just a pawn of someone powerful who continues to roam free even today,` Ganesan added.
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nadaraj
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 12 May 2008 08:07:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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Who ever,we all have a long name ,short memory,and tiny little,brain!
Edited By - nadaraj - 12 May 2008 08:15:35 GMT |
Magnum357
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 12 May 2008 08:10:15 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sri Lanka makes last-ditch attempt to secure HRC seat
Wonder why all this fuss over a seat in a council that according to the Govt is supposed to be favoring terrorists.
According to the stand taken by MR and the UPFA, Sri Lanka now does not have to rely on western nations who are worshippers of Human Rights, for aid. We now have Iran, Pakistan, China, Myanmar etc etc to give us what ever aid we want and those countries do not care a damn about human rights in Sri Lanka.
So might as well tell the Human Rights Council that they can give the seat to any one it wishes too!
Edited By - Magnum357 - 12 May 2008 08:16:14 GMT |
gamiya
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 12 May 2008 08:18:01 GMT Report for Abuse
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We only want Gotabhaya Rajapksa as president after Mahinda Rajapaksa completes 12 years as President.
UN and HRC can do whatever! Gamiya's like us don't care about UN as long as Rajapksa's lead Sri Lanka.
Athigaru Mahinda Rajapaksa Janapathi Uthumananta......Jaya Weva!! |
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12 May 2008 14:37:35 GMT Report for Abuse
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Gamiya's like us don't care about UN as long as Rajapksa's lead Sri Lanka
as some one other than the Rajapaksas will always be leading the United States!
Edited By - Magnum357 - 12 May 2008 14:38:58 GMT |
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 12 May 2008 23:19:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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Gamiya looks like a disguise UNP supporter and taking us on big ride!In this way he makes a big damage to the image of the party rather than support.
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