Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Gamini
Lakshman Peiris said
Monday April 07,2014 that his country will not cooperate with the United Nations human
rights chief when she begins an investigation into alleged crimes from
the island nation's civil war.
Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris said that Sri Lanka does not accept the authority of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay to conduct an investigation. He said such an investigation will not be fair and objective because Pillay has a prejudged mind.
"Sri Lanka will not be participating in the inquiry. We don't accept this inquiry and we will not be part of it," Peiris told a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Association.
Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris also said that financial contributions to the inquiry from countries that accuse Sri Lanka could lead to a potential conflict of interest.
The 47-member UNHRC approved an inquiry last month with 23 votes in favor and 12 against.
12 other countries abstained from the vote for the U.S.-sponsored resolution.
Note
The Sri Lankan Govt and the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels both have been accused of serious abuses in the war that ended in 2009
Sri Lankan troops defeated the rebels in May that year, killing nearly all of its front-line leadership and fighters.
A U.N. report found that up to 40,000 ethnic Tamil civilians may have been killed in just the final months of the war.
The Sri Lankan Govt disputes that figure.
Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris said that Sri Lanka does not accept the authority of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay to conduct an investigation. He said such an investigation will not be fair and objective because Pillay has a prejudged mind.
"Sri Lanka will not be participating in the inquiry. We don't accept this inquiry and we will not be part of it," Peiris told a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Association.
Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris also said that financial contributions to the inquiry from countries that accuse Sri Lanka could lead to a potential conflict of interest.
The 47-member UNHRC approved an inquiry last month with 23 votes in favor and 12 against.
12 other countries abstained from the vote for the U.S.-sponsored resolution.
Note
The Sri Lankan Govt and the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels both have been accused of serious abuses in the war that ended in 2009
Sri Lankan troops defeated the rebels in May that year, killing nearly all of its front-line leadership and fighters.
A U.N. report found that up to 40,000 ethnic Tamil civilians may have been killed in just the final months of the war.
The Sri Lankan Govt disputes that figure.
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