UNHRC MEMBERS FACE INTENSE US PRESSURE
Sri Lanka on Wednesday claimed that most of the 47 member countries of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) are under pressure to back a malicious US-sponsored resolution that has called for an international probe into alleged rights abuses during the country’s war with the LTTE, according to international media reports. “Countries have told us they do not want to pursue Sri Lanka’s case. But they want to be seen with the US. Some of them have defence pacts with the US and wider trade links,” External Affairs Minister Prof. G L Peiris was quoted as saying.
He said the pro-LTTE diaspora possesses large sums of money to run the anti-Sri Lanka campaign to win over the Western countries. “They collected large sums of money during the war,” he said.
They still own businesses in many countries,” Peiris said.
Sri Lanka accused the pro-LTTE diaspora of creating pressure on the UN system to act against it for political reasons.
The US-moved resolution, the third in as many years, is to be put to vote at the UN rights body later this month.
Sri Lanka has condemned the move as a gross interference on its sovereignty.
The previous two resolutions by the US were adopted with India’s support.
Minister Peiris said that Sri Lanka could easily have avoided action at the UN Human Rights Council had it given in to international pressures.
“We have a national pride. So we cannot give in,” he said.
(Daily News)
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We are bankrupted with no options to face on. Nor we are in dialog internally how to face this situation. GOSL is standing alone as always with country matter. Why GOSL can’t take initiative internally and find a method to stand for all?
After finish everything will GOSL going to ask for help?
Hi Niyamasinhalaya,
Are you actually a Niyamasinhalaya or just a fake-Sinhalaya which is actually goat covered by a lion skin, and hired for a few pennies and a piece of cheese by a western bully?
Who told you that we are bankrupt? Have you done the sums or did some one told you to blindly say it? Don’t you think the giant USA also is bankrupt with over 13 Trillion dollars in debt?
Who told you that GOSL was standing alone? Wake up and see the real situation, and our true friends like China, Russia, Pakisthan etc. US is simply forcing the other countries to back them up, not that the countries are voluntarily voting for US. Otherwise USA could get all the countries to co-sponsor the resolution, they found only 5 including them. So, are we isolated? not really.
Why do you say we cannot do this internally? What do you think the LLRC was doing? Have you ever heard of something like that?
Why should not the SL government ask for help? Government will always ask for help, just like USA does it too from it’s friends. What is wrong with that.
Is the cup half empty or half full for you. Depends on the negative or positive attitude and one of those conditions needs medical attention.
Well said Manjula in reply to the bogus Sinhalaya, probably a diaspora Tamil, who misrepresenting our beloved country and the GOSL.
We have firm and strong friends in Russia and China. Pakistan has also stood by us al the time. India has been our enemy from ancient times, BC. Indira Gandhi funded, trained and armed the LTTE against us to ruin our economy. Rajiv continued his mother’s evil actions. He paid for it when LTTE assassinated him. I wonder how his son act in relationship with SL if and when he becomes PM.
I am always of the view that China should be given a 99 year lease of Trinco to build a strong naval base to counter strong US presence in SE Asia with their ring of bases. China could then defend us against US and Indian invasions.
I am very glad Russia got back the lost sheep, Crimea, which was gifted to Ukraine foolishly by President Kruschev. The majority Russians in Crimea voted to join the Russian Federation. Russia is their Motherland. USA has been slapped on the face by Russia. Damn good! The imperial West has lost face. China too must support Russia and stand together with Russia against imperial West. We need a strong alliance of these two supper powers against the bully USA.
I beg to differ with Blogger 3(ND). The Crimean events supported by Russia amount to selfd-termination for majority population in “traditional Homelands”.
Doesn’t this remind you of the Sun God’s Mahaveera Dinaya speeches?