The United States sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka which seeks accountability and reconciliation was adopted by the United Nations general Assembly unanimously a short while ago. More than 25 countries including Sri Lanka sponsored the resolution. Since it was was taken for discussion by the member countries on consensual basis it was adopted without going for a voting. The resolution contains the recommendations on an accountability mechanisms by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the reconciliation including a domestic mechanism to investigate alleged human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed during the final phases of war.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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