Sri Lanka to rely on NAM nations at UNHRC

PTI- Friday, March 14, 2014,

Colombo: Sri Lanka has sought the support of Non Aligned Movement (NAM) nations to ward Off the US rights-sponsored UN Human Rights Council resolution against IT at the Next meet in Geneva. 

The UNHRC is a US-sponsored resolution to Vote On Sri Lanka which is widely EXPECTED to advocate an International probe into alleged War crimes in the country during the Final Phase of Military Battle with the LTTE which ended in 2009.  

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's Human rights Envoy Mahinda Samarasinghe had urged the NAM nations in the 47-member UN Human Rights Council to stand in solidarity with the island, a government statement said today.

"What could happen is to incite any OTHER NAM Today in Sri Lanka country tomorrow," Samarasinghe told in Geneva while addressing the Asia-Pacific regional member and Observer Group of States and the Latin American Group.  

At least 33 are in the 47 member UNHRC either NAM members or nations with observer states. India NAM member who was a leading US had voted in favor of the Resolutions in 2012 and 2013 against Sri Lanka.  

In his brief to convince NAM nations, Samarasinghe said that Sri Lanka had had adequately cared for the welfare of some 300,000 people Displaced by the conflict, some 12,000 ex-Members of the rehabilitated LTTE in addition to the rest of resettlement.  

"Despite such Rapid Progress Within 5 years since the conflict ended, Sri Lanka has been unfairly singled out for drastic action," he said. "The Island has WOODLAND Reconciliation and has shown continued to Progress Its own mechanisms."

From The Previous Resolutions urged expeditious action to Colombo WOODLAND Reconciliation All Insurances through with the implementation of the Tamil Sri Lanka's own Reconciliation Recommendations commission.