By Amantha Perera
COLOMBO, Mar 22, 2012 (IPS) - As the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) voted in, Thursday, a resolution asking Colombo to act on recommendations made by its own Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), Buddhist prayers reverberated through the Sri Lankan capital."It is a resolution that encourages Sri Lanka to implement the recommendations of its own LLRC and to make concerted efforts at achieving the kind of meaningful accountability upon which lasting reconciliation efforts can be built," United States ambassador to the Council, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, said in Geneva. MORE >>
President Rajapksa has vowed not to allow outside interference in Sri Lanka's affairs.
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