International minister mentioned the UN rights council’s censure movement was not binding on Colombo.
Colombo: Sri Lanka on Tuesday rejected a UN transfer to protect proof of battle crimes within the nation and mentioned the cash allotted for the hassle can be higher spent on housing for the poor.
The decision adopted by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva referred to as for a $2.8 million funds to gather and protect proof of battle crimes for future prosecutions.
It follows a damning report from UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Sri Lanka’s failure to prosecute battle criminals from the island’s separatist battle that led to Might 2009.
International minister Dinesh Gunawardena mentioned the UN rights council’s censure movement, which 22 voted for and 11 towards, was not binding on Colombo.
“It’s a waste of cash. Extremely uncalled for,” Gunawardena informed reporters at a hurriedly organised press convention in Colombo shortly after shedding the vote.
“With out the consent and acceptance of the nation involved, it can’t be carried out.”
The cash can be higher spent on offering “housing for all the inhabitants within the Jaffna peninsula”, he mentioned, referring to the heartland of the island’s minority Tamils within the war-battered area.
Successive governments in Sri Lanka have resisted requires an unbiased investigation into allegations that troops killed not less than 40,000 Tamil civilians whereas crushing Tiger guerrillas, a cost Colombo denies.
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