The United Nations Secretary General, noted the Sri Lankan government had failed to reply to concerns raise by special mandate holders regarding the intimidation of human rights campaigners, in a report entitled “Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights.”
Citing several instances of intimidation of witnesses and human rights campaigners, the report noted that no response had been received from the Sri Lankan government to communications sent by varies UN mandate holders.
“At the time of finalisation of the present report, no reply has been received from the Government,” noted Bank Ki-Moon’s report.
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