Minister with action plan on HR in Geneva

by Ananda KANNANGARA

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Minister of Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe is leading a delegation for the ninth session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting which will begin in Geneva from tomorrow.

Prior to his departure to Geneva, Minister Samarasinghe told the Sunday Observer that the UNHRC meeting will help Sri Lanka to brief the participant foreign delegates about the welfare facilities that have been already provided by the Government for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country.

The delegation includes Secretary, Ministry of Disaster Management Human Resources Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha, Ministry of Defence, Legal Consultant Mohan Peiris and Deputy Solicitor General Yasantha Kodagoda. Minister Samarasinghe met a number of high-ranking officials who arrived in Geneva on Friday to attend tomorrow's meeting and held extensive discussions in regard to the current situation in Sri Lanka and the Government's effort to curb human right violations.