SL can blunt UK’s war crimes resolution by doing the right thing 

- Akashi

 By Zacki Jabbar-December 14, 2013, 7:36 pm

 Japan while declining to reveal what its stand would be on an alleged war crimes resolution against Sri Lanka, that Britain has warned it would present at the next annual session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), said that it would take a position at the right moment.

 Japan’s Representative for Peace-Building, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka, Yasushi Akashi when asked at a press conference in Colombo on Friday what Japan’s response would be to the British threat, replied that they at this stage did not know what the draft resolution would be. Japan was discussing the issue with many governments.

 Japan has urged Sri Lanka, which he described as a friend, to speedily implement its Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission report which would go a long way to avoid any unpleasant situations.

The visiting envoy said "we will act at the right moment and do our best to help Sri Lanka out of any crisis."

 Responding to the Rajapaksa regime’s repeated complaint of being unfairly targeted by the international community, Akashi said: "Pressure is what you make of it. You can either allow pressure to get you down or make it disappear by doing the right thing."