In a report issued at the 24th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday Sep 25,2013 the U.N. High
Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said she has seen no new or
comprehensive Sri Lankan effort to properly and independently
investigate the allegations of war crimes and other abuses during the
civil conflict
In March 2014, the High Commissioner will submit her comprehensive report with recommendations at the 25th session of the Human Rights Council.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday Sep 24,2013 complained of a “growing trend” of interference in the internal matters of developing countries on the pretext of security and human rights
At the United Nations in New York,Australia and Britain said there remain important concerns about human rights and reconciliation in Sri Lanka, but also noted areas of progress.
The UN should have acted prior to 2009 which could have prevented the loss of thousands of innocent lives.
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