Sri Lanka champions the Palestinian cause

The Sri Lankan mission addressed a general debate on the Israel Palestine conflict at the 22nd United Nations Human Rights Council Session today, championing the idea of a people’s right to self determination and a sovereign state.

Commending the acceptance of Palestine as a non-member observer state at the UN, the Sri Lankan representative outlined in a short statement, that Sri Lanka supported the Palestinian people’s right to a sovereign state and condoned the occupation of land in Gaza and the West Bank.

See our tweets from Geneva below:

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