Thursday, 04 February 2021 - 9:00
The Minister of External Affairs Dinesh Gunawardena stated that the Ambassadors of the Member States are being briefed on the resolutions passed against Sri Lanka at the Geneva Human Rights Commission.
He told the Hiru News team that a friendly response was received from allied countries that worked closely with the Sri Lankan government during the previous sessions.
At the last meeting of the Human Rights Commission in Geneva, the Government of Sri Lanka announced that it was withdrawing from Resolution 30-1, which was agreed upon by the Good Governance Government.
At the same time, the Human Rights Commission was informed that a local mechanism would be established to investigate human rights.