{"id":110686,"date":"2013-10-17T13:28:19","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T07:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=110686"},"modified":"2013-10-24T23:04:31","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T17:34:31","slug":"british-delegation-will-use-chogm-to-deliver-clear-message-to-lanka-on-human-rights-uk-foreign-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/british-delegation-will-use-chogm-to-deliver-clear-message-to-lanka-on-human-rights-uk-foreign-office\/","title":{"rendered":"British Delegation Will Use CHOGM To Deliver Clear Message To Lanka On Human Rights: UK Foreign Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to the House of Commons <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/british-mps-report-slams-uk-foreign-office-on-chogm-in-lanka\/\">Foreign Affairs Committee\u2019s report<\/a><\/span> into the departments human rights work in 2012, the UK&#8217;s Foreign and Commonwealth Office said the British Delegation to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=CHOGM&amp;x=11&amp;y=2\">CHOGM<\/a><\/span> in Colombo will deliver a clear message to Sri Lanka that it needs to make concrete progress on human rights.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37302\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lankan-diplomat-may-avoid-questioning-on-war-crimes-claims-guardian\/william-hague\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37302\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37302\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37302\" title=\"William Hague\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/William-Hague-008-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/William-Hague-008-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/William-Hague-008.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Hague<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Issuing a media release in response to the report released by British MPs, a Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesperson said the Foreign and Commonwealth Office shares the FAC\u2019s wish to see substantial and sustainable improvements in human rights in Sri Lanka. &#8220;However, we do not agree with the FAC\u2019s assessment of the FCO as \u2018timid and inconsistent\u2019 on this issue. The FCO has consistently pursued progress in Sri Lanka on human rights through high-level bilateral lobbying, support for local and international non-governmental organisations on the ground and internationally through the EU and Human Rights Council,&#8221; the Spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>The FCO Spokesman said the decision to hold CHOGM in Sri Lanka in 2013 was taken at the 2009 Port of Spain CHOGM, where all Commonwealth Heads agreed a package that included Australia\u2019s bid to host in 2011 and Mauritius in 2015. 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The British delegation to CHOGM will see the situation on the ground in Sri Lanka and deliver a clear message that Sri Lanka needs to make concrete progress on human rights,&#8221; the Spokesman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":37302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>British Delegation Will Use CHOGM To Deliver Clear Message To Lanka On Human Rights: UK Foreign Office - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/british-delegation-will-use-chogm-to-deliver-clear-message-to-lanka-on-human-rights-uk-foreign-office\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"British Delegation Will Use CHOGM To Deliver Clear Message To Lanka On Human Rights: UK Foreign Office - 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