The Deputy Spokesperson for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the global body’s “priorities for Sri Lanka have not changed” despite an upcoming change in office.
Ban Ki-moon is due to step down from the post at the end of this year, with António Guterres set to take over from 1 January 2017.
His Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq told The Sunday Leader that despite the upcoming change, the UN’s policy towards Sri Lanka would not dramatically shift.
“I can’t really say what a new person may or may not do. But our priorities for Sri Lanka have not changed,” he said.
Speaking on reports of torture and abductions that have taken place after Sri Lanka’s current government came into power nearly 2 years ago, Mr Haq added that “the UN has made clear the need for such investigations”.
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