Government launches programme to counter pressure at UNHRC

 Monday, 06 January 2014 

The government has commenced a programme to counter the pressure Sri Lanka could before the international community at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva.

The External Affairs Ministry together with the Presidential Secretariat has launched a programme to appraise the relevant countries on the government's progress in implementing the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC).

Lalith Weeratunga, who is the head of the Presidential Task Force assigned to implement the LLRC recommendations, is to visit Geneva later this month to explain to the envoys of the UN member states on the latest developments on the implementation of the LLRC recommendations.
External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunathilaka Amunugama has told the media that envoys have been sent to member states of the UNHRC to inform them of the progress made in Sri Lanka since the end of the war in 2009.

External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris is to also meet envoys accredited to Sri Lanka but based in New Delhi to make them aware of the government’s progress.