The United States says it will engage with Sri Lanka in developing a resolution which will help the country achieve a "meaningful and credible" accountability mechanism.
Speaking at the opening day of the 30th UN Human Rights Council session, the US also said it will assist Sri Lanka in addressing important findings of the OHCHR report on its investigation into mass atrocities in Sri Lanka, to be released later this week.
"We eagerly anticipate the release of the report on Sri Lanka," the statement said.
"The United States will engage with the government of Sri Lanka with the objective to develop a resolution that will gain the consensus support of this Council and will assist Sri Lanka in achieving meaningful and credible accountability as well as address the important findings of the OHCHR investigation report."