The United States as a co-sponsor of the UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka last year, has a shared responsibility to see the process through, the US assistant secretary Tom Malinowski said on Tuesday during a visit to Colombo.
"The United States was a co-sponsor of that resolution, and as such we feel we have a shared responsibility to help see this process through. So we look forward to supporting Sri Lanka as it puts into place the remaining institutions and reforms that the resolution endorsed. We very strongly commend the government for working closely with United Nations and High Commissioner Zeid to advance that progress,"
Mr Malinowski was accompanied by assistant secretary Nisha Biswal.
Stating that "much work remains", Ms Biswal said, "we continue to support the Government of Sri Lanka as it takes meaningful and concrete steps in response to concerns of its people related to democratic governance and advancing respect for human rights, for reconciliation, for justice and accountability."
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