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VIDEO: Sri Lankans think UN biased - President
Aug 31, 201312:40 AM
President Mahinda Rajapaksa told the United Nations human rights chief on Friday that his people believe the U.N. is a biased organisation, and a report she is due to release next month has already prejudged the country.
Rajapaksa met U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at Temple Trees, near the end of her week-long visit to Sri Lanka.
“President Rajapaksa told Pillay that the people of the country believe the United Nations is a biased organisation,” his office said in a statement. “They believe that your report has already prejudged (Sri Lanka),” it quoted him as saying.
Pillay, who has seen demonstrations for and against her mission, will give a news conference in Colombo on Saturday.
She has met a wide range of people including fishermen, religious leaders, activists from non-government organisations, media, opposition members and ethnic minority Tamils in former war zones.
She will submit a summary report on Sri Lanka during a session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in September, and a more detailed report in March next year.
