Tag: UNHRC

Bangladesh-Sri Lanka Joint Communique indicates ambitious economic plans with the accent on implementation of MoUs

Colombo pinning hopes on Modi's reported assurance to Gotabaya Rajapaksa that "India will not do any injustice to Sri Lanka."

The March 11 draft says Sri Lanka must devolve power to the provinces as per the 13 constitutional amendment, which has been India’s prescription for ethnic reconciliation

However, defeat means that the Sword of Damocles will hang over Sri Lanka’s head for a long time disrupting its development plans

Sri Lanka needs the support of India and the Muslim countries to beat the West’s bid to get a hostile resolution passed in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

Ranil Wickremesinghe told Daily Mirror: “There maybe provisions which you may want to alter when the government changes but you should never cancel it. That is bad.”

China and Pakistan support Sri Lanka in toto as it faces a hostile resolution moved by the West-led Core Group backed by the US

A statement from the OIC and Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s intercession in the context of the UNHRC session could have been the immediate reasons.

China, Pakistan and Russia were among the countries which spoke unequivocally for Sri Lanka, against the West-sponsored hostile resolution.

The resolution, drafted by the Core Group on Sri Lanka led by Western nations, was tabled on Wednesday