{"id":77938,"date":"2013-03-20T06:36:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T06:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=77938"},"modified":"2013-03-28T12:02:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T12:02:38","slug":"india-gets-un-resolution-toned-down-but-loses-key-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/india-gets-un-resolution-toned-down-but-loses-key-ally\/","title":{"rendered":"India Gets UN Resolution Toned Down But Loses Key Ally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The revised <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=US+resolution+on+Sri+Lanka&amp;x=8&amp;y=2\">US-sponsored resolution<\/a><\/span> on Sri Lanka at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=UNHRC&amp;x=13&amp;y=1\">UN Human Rights Council<\/a><\/span> does not call for an international inquiry into alleged war crimes and human rights violations during the last stages of the war but only \u201ccalls upon\u201d Sri Lanka to conduct &#8220;an independent and credible investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The earlier draft of 12 March &#8220;urged&#8221; the Sri Lankan government to implement the recommendations made in the report of the Office of the High Commissioner but now only &#8220;encourages&#8221; the Government and also calls upon the Government of Sri Lanka to conduct an independent and credible investigation into allegations of violations of international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The following document shows how the draft was changed. While it is assumed by many that the changes were made to accommodate Indian concerns, the watering down has led to the Congress\u2019s southern ally, DMK, not only to withdraw its Ministers from the UPA Government but also to meet Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and withdraw support to the Government. Congress is said to be considering passing a resolution in the Indian Parliament on Sri Lanka to placate its ally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/india-gets-un-resolution-toned-down-but-loses-key-ally\/us-resolution-on-sri-lanka\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77939\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-77939\" title=\"US resolution on Sri Lanka\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/US-resolution-on-Sri-Lanka.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/US-resolution-on-Sri-Lanka.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/US-resolution-on-Sri-Lanka-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/india-gets-un-resolution-toned-down-but-loses-key-ally\/us-resolution-on-sri-lanka-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77942\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-77942\" title=\"US resolution on Sri Lanka 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/US-resolution-on-Sri-Lanka-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/US-resolution-on-Sri-Lanka-2.jpg 793w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/US-resolution-on-Sri-Lanka-2-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/india-gets-un-resolution-toned-down-but-loses-key-ally\/us-resolution-on-sri-lanka-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77943\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-77943\" title=\"US resolution on Sri Lanka 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/US-resolution-on-Sri-Lanka-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/US-resolution-on-Sri-Lanka-3.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/US-resolution-on-Sri-Lanka-3-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Read the original document <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/A-HRC-22-L-1_EnglishDRAFT-REV-1.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":77939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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