The Sri Lankan Special Envoy for Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinghe has slammed the report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay during a debate in the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday.
“We wish to express our strongest reservations as to the content of the report on Sri Lanka as well as the procedure followed in formulating this document,” he said to the Council.
He suggested that the report had gone beyond the mandate given by last year’s resolution, saying the resolution only asked the High Commissioner to report on the provisions for technical assistance to Sri Lanka.
Samarasinghe also said the government requested that all references to the UN Panel of Expert report be deleted, as it was a “private consultation” for the UN Secretary general Ban Ki-moon.
Read full statement here.
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