UNHRC security advisor visits SL ahead of
Pillay’s visit
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- Created On Saturday, 27 July 2013 06:07
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday suddenly ordered his secretary Lalith Weeartunge to appoint a Presidential Commission to probe disappearances that had taken place during the 30 year period of the war.
The President’s action came as a surprise since it had taken over four years for him to issue the directive.
Even the recommendation in the Lessons Learnt and reconciliation Commission (LLRC) on taking action to probe the disappearances did not make the President issue a directive to appoint a Presidential Commission.
However, it was then revealed that the move was aimed at the impending visit of High Commissioner of the UN Human Rights Council, Navi Pillay to Sri Lanka.
The President has got activated since Chief Security Advisor to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Pillay was in Sri Lanka ahead of Pillay’s scheduled visit to Sri Lanka next month.
Security Advisor Abraham Mathai and his team had met with several local officials during the visit and visited the east and called on the Commander Eastern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Rohan Amarasinghe.
The Navy has said it was a cordial discussion on a range of topics which were of mutual interest, the Navy said today.
Mathai reportedly manages security operations of the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) world-wide and as a member of the senior management team, he participates in organising policy issues.
However, it was then revealed that the move was aimed at the impending visit of High Commissioner of the UN Human Rights Council, Navi Pillay to Sri Lanka.
The President has got activated since Chief Security Advisor to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Pillay was in Sri Lanka ahead of Pillay’s scheduled visit to Sri Lanka next month.
Security Advisor Abraham Mathai and his team had met with several local officials during the visit and visited the east and called on the Commander Eastern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Rohan Amarasinghe.
The Navy has said it was a cordial discussion on a range of topics which were of mutual interest, the Navy said today.
Mathai reportedly manages security operations of the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) world-wide and as a member of the senior management team, he participates in organising policy issues.
