UK welcomes Sri Lanka's cooperation on resolution

The UK welcomed the Sri Lankan government's cooperation in tabling a resolution calling for accountability and justice for mass atrocities during the final stages of the armed conflict in 2009 at the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday.

"Warmly welcome #SriLanka cooperation on resolution tabled in Geneva yesterday.  Another step closer to addressing legacy of conflict. #HRC30" the UK's minister of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hugo Swire tweeted on Friday.

See here for the text of the consensus resolution.

Sri Lanka had earlier dismissed first draft put forward by the US and UK as "repetitive, judgemental and prescriptive". See more here.

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