Geneva: Sri Lanka on Wednesday notified the UN that it was withdrawing from a United Nations resolution for investigating alleged war crimes committed during a decades-long conflict with Tamil separatists.
"I wish to place on record Sri Lanka’s decision to withdraw from co-sponsorship of resolution 40/1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights,” FM Dinesh Gunawardena told the Human Rights Council in Geneva. (AFP)
"I wish to place on record Sri Lanka’s decision to withdraw from co-sponsorship of resolution 40/1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights,” FM Dinesh Gunawardena told the Human Rights Council in Geneva. (AFP)