JVP blames Govt. for Geneva defeat
March 29, 2014
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday claimed that the government is to blame for the loss at the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva.
General Secretary of the JVP Tilvin Silva said the president had rejected the resolution on the grounds that it could not accept such a resolution. Despite the rejection, the resolution would not be reversed by the United Nations as they have already passed it in Geneva, he added.
Silva also alleged that the government had not been capable of securing the votes of countries such as Kuwait and Indonesia, which had voted in favour of Sri Lanka during the previous vote. He claimed that it was unambiguous that the doubts prevalent in the minds of the Indonesian and Kuwaiti authorities dealt with the human rights related offences on the rise in the aftermath of the war."Although it had been clear that the United States (US) sponsored resolution was introduced due to political motives, we had a duty of defeating the resolution but we failed as we could not secure the trust of some of the allied member nations," he said.
March 29, 2014 The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday claimed that the government is to blame for the loss at the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva.
General Secretary of the JVP Tilvin Silva said the president had rejected the resolution on the grounds that it could not accept such a resolution. Despite the rejection, the resolution would not be reversed by the United Nations as they have already passed it in Geneva, he added.
Silva also alleged that the government had not been capable of securing the votes of countries such as Kuwait and Indonesia, which had voted in favour of Sri Lanka during the previous vote. He claimed that it was unambiguous that the doubts prevalent in the minds of the Indonesian and Kuwaiti authorities dealt with the human rights related offences on the rise in the aftermath of the war."Although it had been clear that the United States (US) sponsored resolution was introduced due to political motives, we had a duty of defeating the resolution but we failed as we could not secure the trust of some of the allied member nations," he said.