SJB says adoption of UN Resolution on Sri Lanka is direct result of Govt failure

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The main Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) alleged today that the UN resolution on Sri Lanka at the 46th session of the Human Rights Council is a direct result of the government's major failures.

"It was brought about by the government's foreign policy failure and its current failure in safeguarding human rights and democracy in Sri Lanka,"the SJB said in a statement today explaining its stand on the UN Resolution.

It noted that the present government has managed its foreign relations extremely irrationally. "Instead of embarking on a careful and thoughtful process of diplomatically convincing the world that Sri lanka is willing to take its human rights obligations seriously, it embarked on an obnoxious and intransigent campaign,"

The SJB also condemned the present rapid deteriouration of human rights situation in Sri Lanka and the racist, xenophobic and discriminatory policies of the present government while stressing that Sri Lanka's democratic instititions are under systamatic assaulyt.

The opposition party stressed that a fresh approach is needed to ensure human rights and democracy in Sri Lanka. "If Sri Lanka emerges as a country that respects human rights and democracy, it would certainly not be on the agenda of the HRC,"

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