Is Sri Lanka Preparing For UNHRC’s Head Navi Pillay – OpEd
By: Eurasia Review-By Shenali Waduge-
September 7, 2012
To most of us the announcement of UNHRC’s Technical Team visit comes as a surprise but nothing that should cause frenzy other than the fact that most UN visits are generally not without bias and not without agenda. There is every possibility that the conclusive report is already drafted. Therefore, Sri Lanka’s Government is in for a rude shock if it is under the illusion that Pillay and her team arrive on 14th September to make amends, share a good cup of Ceylon tea and to congratulate Sri Lanka on eliminating terrorism! Every nook and corner that they will be digging for dirt and every area that they would manipulate must be thought out as their cohorts would have been given prior notice what to do. It is nothing UN can take offense against – UN lies on Iraq’s WMD is just one example.
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The UNHRC head visited Zimbabwe on 20th May 2012 on a first ever visit though she was extended the invitation in 2009 by the coalition government despite the fact that UNHRC nominated Manfred Nowak the Chief UN Special Rapporteur was debarred from entering Zimbabwe citing he had no clearance. The 5 day visit of Ms. Pillai covered meetings with President Mugabe, Tsvangirai, Government ministers, chief justice, speaker of Parliament, President of the Senate, Zimbabwean Human Rights Commission and members of civil society.
If Pillai is to meet similar counterparts in Sri Lanka it is also advisable that she meet up with distinguished and respected luminaries like Mr. Gomin Dayasri, Mr. S L Gunasekera, Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera to get the other side of the version that organizations with personalities like Saravanamuthu, Jehans are likely to be paid to say.
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