The Sri Lankan government has questioned the credibility of the UN Human Rights Council, over its decision to pursue an independent inquiry into mass atrocities in Sri Lanka, despite its objections, reported Colombo Gazette.
Permanent Representative to the UN in New York Palitha Kohona said at the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly that the UNHRC is increasingly politicised and warned that it was losing its credibility.
He told the session that the government feels that a few countries have been selected for adverse attention by the council, while others in a comparable situation are being ignored.