The United States (US) is set to submit a new United Nations (UN) resolution against Sri Lanka during the 46th Council meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, next March.
According to the Sunday Times, ground work has already commenced on the resolution, with the US and the United Kingdom (UK) working in the forefront.
As a precursor to submit a new resolution against Sri Lanka, moves are underway in the diplomatic circles to facilitate the high profile visit of Rosemary A. DiCarlo, UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs by early next year.
The move to submit a new resolution against Sri Lanka comes after the Government of Sri Lanka declared that it withdrew from the UN Resolution 30/1 which was co-sponsored by the previous ‘Good Governance’ government in 2015 after the Cabinet also upheld the decision.
The resolution that deals with wartime accountability measures and reconciliation efforts in postwar Sri Lanka, was thereafter adopted twice as rollover resolutions numbered 34/1 and 40/1 respectively. (NewsWire)