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.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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