Sri Lanka to reject UNHRC draft resolution, uphold local reconciliation efforts

Taking into consideration the matters submitted by Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath relevant to the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which is held from September 09 to October 11, 2024 in Geneva, the consent of the Cabinet of Ministers has been obtained to present the position of Sri Lanka for certain matters.

Accordingly, Sri Lanka has strongly rejected the proposed drafted resolution at the present session of the United Nations Human Rights Council and Sri Lanka continues to oppose the 51/1 resolution of the drafted resolution of the United Nations Human Rights Council and has not agreed to any resolution that extends the powers of the collection of external evidence mechanism.

Furthermore, the Cabinet of Ministers has agreed that even though, the said proposal has been denied, Sri Lanka has firmly believed to take action in respect of main human right issues including the reconciliation through local procedure.

Meanwhile, the Cabinet has also reached an agreement that Sri Lanka will continue to engage in the cooperative and meaningful discussions with the Human Rights Council and regular human right mechanism further.