Although the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution on Sri Lanka was adapted at the 46th Session yesterday, with 20 members voting for it, as many as 25 member states refused to vote in support, with 11 voting against …
India skipped yesterday’s vote on the UK-led resolution titled ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’ as the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the resolution.
Of the 47 countries, 22 voted for the resolution, and 11 …
By Donald Chandraratna
(Courtesy of The Island)
The pile-on over Sri Lanka by UNHRC is a blatant use of human rights as a political weapon in the geopolitics of today’s world. Many have argued that Sri Lanka cannot capitulate merely …
Asia Securities says that the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on Sri Lanka is unlikely to lead to hard trade sanctions.
It said while the probability of hard sanctions on Sri Lanka is minimal at this point, the …
Today is the D day for Sri Lanka at Geneva. The chief sponsor of the Human rights resolution is UK.UK is the evil number one in the entire gang of European colonial aggressors. Judging by the atrocities and brutalities committed …
In the year 1977, the Tamli United Liberation Front (TULF) contested the General Election on a separatist ticket. The TULF swept the Tamil vote. That result was and is interpreted as an unofficial referendum on the Tamil people’s views on …
In Geneva, essentially, it will be a West vs East battle, considering the key players. It is no secret that moves against Sri Lanka are orchestrated principally by Britain and EU countries, operating as proxies more or less of the …
Tomorrow (that is Monday the 22nd of March, 2021) a vote will be taken in Geneva on a resolution against Sri Lanka to be tabled the same day. The outcome will decide the fate of Sri Lanka or so some …
Ranjiv Goonawardena of International Consultants who is an aficionado on Sri Lanka, working very closely with the Rt. Hon. Lord Naseby, facilitated the TV program which dropped the bombshell revelation, exposing the United Kingdom’s fake allegations made against Sri Lanka …
London Initiative in UK, and Ontario Centre for Policy Research in Canada, a policy research think tanks comprised with academics and professionals based in Europe and Canada have analyzed the latest resolution issued by the Core-group against Sri Lanka in …