University Academics Appeal to the Authorities Regarding the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka
- - on 10/03/2015
TO: H.E PRESIDENT MAITHRIPALA SIRISENA
HON. RANIL WICKRAMASINGHE, PRIME MINISTER
HON. MANGALA SAMARAWEERA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
HON R. SAMPANTHAN, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION
PRINCE ZEID BIN RA’AD, UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
HON. RANIL WICKRAMASINGHE, PRIME MINISTER
HON. MANGALA SAMARAWEERA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
HON R. SAMPANTHAN, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION
PRINCE ZEID BIN RA’AD, UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Your Excellency and Honourable Sirs,
SRI LANKAN UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS APPEAL TO THE AUTHORITIES REGARDING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON SRI LANKA
One of the greatest challenges facing the new government today is that of reconciliation between ethnic and religious communities. This challenge is all the more formidable because ever since the end of the war in 2009 in Sri Lanka, the ideology of the ruling regime reinforced ideas of Sinhala majoritarian supremacy and the suppression of minorities. It is in this context that we need to respond to the recent UN Human Rights Council Report on Sri Lanka and the resolution to which the current government is a co-sponsor.
