‘Sri Lanka has not been defeated at the UNHRC’ TUESDAY, 14 JANUARY 2014 On the verge of a third resolution being passed against Sri Lanka, at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, External Affairs Minister G. L. Peiris spoke to  on the government’s stance regarding the resolution. He refuted the notion that the government has been defeated time and again and insisted that the Rajapaksa government could, if it so wished, avoid the resolution by acceding to the conditions laid down by the sponsors of the resolution. In a wide ranging discussion with the,  Professor, Peiris spoke of the reasons he believes why resolutions were being passed against the country, the influence of the Diaspora, the development carried out by the government, and asked those sponsoring and supporting the resolution to look at the ground situation objectively, and ask themselves if the progress made was reasonable giving adequate attention to the complexities involved in the process of reconstruction, reconciliation and re-integration during the post-war period.

‘Sri Lanka has not been defeated at the UNHRC’ by nelvely