The Sri Lankan president’s office has launched a new website this month in an attempt to counter international criticism of Sri Lanka over allegations of mass atrocities committed by state forces at the end of the armed conflict, ahead of Rajapaksa’s attendance at the UN General Assembly 69th session in New York this week.
The website, which purports to list Sri Lanka’s achievements in reconciliation and development, also highlights its working relationship with the UN.
”Having been a member state since 1955, Sri Lanka has and continues to engage with all U.N. systems. The new website is being launched as a repository of the President's work at the United Nations and the Government's collaborations with various U.N. organisations,” the government’s news portal stated.
Find the website here, and herefor Sri Lanka’s statement on the UN inquiry currently underway. Rajapaksa left Sri Lanka on Sunday evening for New York. He is scheduled to address the UNGA on Wednesday, the same day the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' oral statement on the OHCHR Investigation into Sri Lanka is expected to be made at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.