There will be no official TNA delegation to Geneva for this month's UN Human Rights Council session, the Daily Mirror newspaper quoted the TNA spokesperson, M A Sumanthiran, as saying on Monday.
Commenting on the decision by Northern Provincial Councillors, M K Shivajilingham and Ananthy Sasitharan to attend, Mr Sumanthiran reportedly further added:
"I also heard about it in the media. Individual members may go. But the TNA, as a party, has not decided to go."
The report of the OHCHR Investigation into Sri Lanka, which examined mass atrocities against the Tamil people during the final stages of the armed conflict, is due to be release this session. A resolution drafted by the US in collaboration with the Sri Lankan government is expected to be adopted.
Demonstrations calling for an international inquiry into mass atrocities have been taking across the North-East in recent days.
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