{"id":79785,"date":"2022-10-06T00:27:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T04:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=79785"},"modified":"2022-10-06T15:29:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T19:29:25","slug":"rresolution-titled-promoting-reconciliation-accountability-and-human-rights-in-sri-lanka-passed-by-the-47-member-un-human-rights-council-with-20-countries-voting-in-favour7-includ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=79785","title":{"rendered":"Rresolution titled \u2018Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka\u2019 Passed by the 47 Member UN Human Rights Council with 20 Countries Voting in favour;7 Including China and Pakistan Vote Against;India and 19 Other Countries Abstain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Meera Srinivasan<\/strong><\/p>\n

India on Thursday abstained from voting on a resolution on Sri Lanka at the U.N. Human Rights Council, while observing that Sri Lanka\u2019s progress in implementing commitments on the 13 th Amendment, meaningful devolution, and early provincial elections remains \u201cinadequate\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cAchieving prosperity for all Sri Lankans and realising the legitimate aspirations of Tamils of Sri Lanka for prosperity, dignity and peace are two sides of the same coin,\u201d India\u2019s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Ambassador Indra Mani Pande said. As an immediate neighbour, India has \u201csubstantively contributed\u201d to the relief, rehabilitation, resettlement, and reconstruction process in Sri Lanka after 2009 and more recently provided \u201cunprecedented assistance\u201d to the people of Sri Lanka to face the challenges of the recent economic crisis, he said. India had abstained last year, too. <\/p>\n

Further, India has \u201ctaken note\u201d of the Sri Lankan government\u2019s commitments on the implementation of commitments \u201cin the spirit of the 13th Constitutional Amendment\u201d, meaningful devolution, and the early conduct of provincial elections, Mr. Pande said, underscoring India\u2019s long-standing concern over power devolution in Sri Lanka, an issue that also found mention in the resolution. \u201cWe believe that the progress towards the same remains inadequate. Accordingly, we urge the Government of Sri Lanka to work meaningfully towards early implementation of these commitments,\u201d the Indian diplomat said. <\/p>\n

The resolution titled \u2018Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka\u2019 was adopted by the Council after 20 of its 47 members voted in its favour. While 20 countries abstained,<\/p>\n

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seven \u2014 including China and Pakistan \u2014 voted against it, effectively backing the Sri Lankan government. Prior to the vote, Sri Lanka\u2019s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry told the Council that the government \u201ccategorically rejects\u201d the \u201cmanifestly unhelpful\u201d resolution. He had earlier said the Council was \u201cpolarised\u201d, and that its resolutions were \u201call geopolitics\u201d.<\/p>\n

The government, he said on Thursday, especially opposed the resolution reinforcing the Office of the High Commissioner\u2019s capacity to \u201ccollect, consolidate, analyse, and preserve\u201d information and evidence pertaining to rights violations, and to \u201csupport relevant judicial and other proceedings, including in Member States, with competent jurisdiction\u201d. <\/p>\n

The resolution called upon the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure the prompt, thorough and impartial investigation and, if warranted, prosecution of all alleged crimes relating to human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law, including for long-standing emblematic cases, with the full participation of victims and their representatives. It also urged the government to address the ongoing economic crisis, including \u201cby investigating and, where warranted, prosecuting corruption, including where committed by public and former public officials\u201d. <\/p>\n

Foreign Minister Sabry accused the Core Group of nations that tabled the resolution of going beyond its mandate by including economic issues. <\/p>\n

Sri Lanka\u2019s largest Tamil grouping in Parliament, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), thanked the Core Group for keeping Sri Lanka\u2019s rights record on the Human rights Council\u2019s agenda for a decade. \u201cIt has helped maintain international oversight on accountability and reconciliation. Although we would like to see more decisive action [on the ground], we know this is the intervention that is possible for the Council,\u201d TNA spokesman M.A. Sumanthiran told The Hindu. <\/p>\n

Urging the Sri Lankan government to cooperate with the international community, he added, \u201cParticularly when our people are facing economic hardships and the government is relying on the goodwill of the world for its recovery, it would only be damaging for Sri Lanka to accuse the Core Group of pursuing ulterior objectives.\u201d
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\nCourtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Meera Srinivasan India on Thursday abstained from voting on a resolution on Sri Lanka at the U.N. Human Rights Council, while observing that Sri Lanka\u2019s progress in implementing commitments on the 13 th Amendment, meaningful devolution, and early provincial elections remains \u201cinadequate\u201d. \u201cAchieving prosperity for all Sri Lankans and realising the legitimate aspirations of …<\/p>\n

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