Human Rights, not a tool to settle foreign policy issues – Mahinda Samarasinghe

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinghe has sought a clarification from UN Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillai as to why Sri Lanka’s response to her report was not annexed when the latter was circulated among the member countries ahead of its submission in the Human Rights Council sessions this week, Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said.

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UNP candidates shield Sajith from Kularatna

The internal clashes in the UNP once again came to light at a meeting of senior party officials in Tissamaharama last week. While its former deputy leader and Hambantota District MP Sajith Premadasa was engaged in his party’s campaign work in the district, a telephone call from Sirikotha stated that the UNP Leadership Council chairman Karu Jayasuriya and a few party seniors wanted to meet Sajith and the UNP candidates contesting the Southern Provincial Council from the Hambantota district.

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UNHRC should work constructively, as many countries back Sri Lanka -Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe

Plantation Industries Minister and President's Special Envoy for Human Rights has led the Sri Lankan delegation to Geneva many a time in the past, in his capacity as Human Rights Minister. The Geneva team comprising Sri Lanka's Ambassador in Geneva,

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