The UN Core Group on Sri Lanka announced today that it will present a fresh UN Resolution in the upcoming UN Human Rights Council to promote reconciliation, accountability and human rights in the country, a statement from the Group said.
The Core Group consist of Canada, Germany, North Macedonia, Malawi, Montenegro and the UK said that while it recognize and welcome the process made by the government in rebuilding infrastructure, demining, land return and resettling Internally Displaced People (IDPs), it also noted that "it is clear that more needs to be done to address the harmful legacies of war and build a sustainable peace in the country.
This month, the UN Human Rights Council will consider an important report recently published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on human rights reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka.
"It has been important for the Core Group to work collaboratively and constructively with the Sri Lankan government over the last five years. Consequently, we have engaged with the government in the preparation for the council," the statement said.
In the wake of the ‘outing’ of parliament Speaker Ashoka Ranwala with accusations that his PhD was fake, there has been a flurry of articles on fake degrees.
An eighteen member Presidential Task Force, including President’s secretary was appointed today to implement the ’Clean Sri Lanka’ initiative proposed by the government.
Under the government’s initiative of disposing of high end- luxury vehicles that impose a heavy burden of public funds, other state institutions are barred from purchasing them through state procurement procedure, according to a Treasury circular.
An investigation has been launched on the instructions of Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasuriya into an incident where popular author Kasun Mahendra Heenatigala was arrested and allegedly mistreated by the Athurugiriya Police.
Mr. Gihan de Silva has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, the Government Information Department announced.
A Sri Lankan wanted for financial frauds and under a red notice was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport along with his wife and child as they were returning from India, Police said.
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