No need for external mechanism to solve internal issues

UNHRC not empowered to set up such mechanisms. Domestic legal system can address all concerns Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof.Jayanath Colombage said yesterday that there is no need for an external mechanism to solve the internal issues of the country.

Foreign Secretary Prof. Colombage also pointed out that the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has not been given the power to set up such a mechanism, adding that solutions are available for all the problems of the country within Sri Lanka’s domestic legal system.
The Foreign Secretary made these remarks at a virtual media briefing held at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) in Colombo on the topic of “Geneva Allegations, the United Nations General Assembly and Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy”.The Foreign Secretary said that UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet commending the measures taken by the Sri Lankan Government on a number of issues, including giving compensation on behalf of missing persons, the release of LTTE prisoners and the steps taken to amend the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in her oral update to the UNHRC session, is a positive sign.

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