US resolutions presented before advisory Committee: MaRa hostile to Indian stance – only 4 countries speak for SL

(Lanka-e-News-09.March.11.30PM) The resolutions against SL’s human rights violations proposed by America at the UN general assembly were presented before the Geneva advisory committee sessions on the 8th. The draft of this resolution was discussed provision by provision at the Geneva conference Building Hall 21 from 3.00 p m to 5.00 p m. What was special about this resolution was the appointment of special independent international monitors to probe into the human rights violations in SL. The report they prepare after arriving in SL shall be submitted in September and at the next Geneva assembly. If the special representatives don’t receive the support of SL , the report of their’s without SL co operation shall be accepted by the Council. The resolution was discussed provision by provision yesterday, while SL MaRa Govt. representative Ravinatha Ariyasinghe said , SL will not be making any announcement on this. This was going beyond what stance India had communicated to SL. What India told SL was , without going for a vote , jointly amend the clauses that impinge on the sovereignty of the country. Yet , the instructions given by despotic MaRa to the SL representative was not to subscribe to any view at the discussions. Among the diplomatic circles , it was the view that this was the biggest mistake the MaRa Govt. made . Pakistan which spoke in support of SL said , all the provisions shall be withdrawn. Apart from Pakistan , the only countries that spoke on behalf of SL were Russia , China and Cuba. Thailand , Indonesia and Iran followed a lukewarm attitude policy towards SL. Europe , America , Latin America and African countries took an antagonistic stance against SL. They took the view that the resolution shall be adopted irrespective of the amendments to the provisions. The US representative who spoke yesterday regretted that though the resolution was discussed with SL at the highest levels , the SL MaRa Government abandoned the discussions mid way. Hence, the resolution sans amendments shall be presented next week before the general assembly , and a vote is to be taken on it. It is indicated that only 5 to 6 votes will be in favor of the SL MaRa Government and about 30 votes will be against it. US Draft resolution as follows Lanka e news special reporter from Geneva