A scheduled 10 day visit by the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has been cancelled due to programming difficulties, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry announced on Friday.
The visit was due to commence on August 3. A new set of dates for the visit is expected to be arranged after the parliamentary elections take place on August 17.
The Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mahishini Colonne, said,
“The WGEID has visited Sri Lanka several times in the past as well and the decision to invite them to visit Sri Lanka once again was taken by the previous government. The dates for the visit, however, were not decided at that time and were decided after the January 8 presidential election.The WGEID will not be able to visit at a time when an election campaign is underway in view of programming difficulties such as securing meetings with relevant minister. The dates will be decided after the election.”
UN working group on enforced disappearences confirms visit to Sri Lanka (12 May 2015)
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