{"id":78468,"date":"2013-03-21T13:01:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T13:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=78468"},"modified":"2013-03-22T01:07:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T01:07:35","slug":"us-statement-un-human-rights-council-vote-on-sri-lanka-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/us-statement-un-human-rights-council-vote-on-sri-lanka-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"US Statement: UN Human Rights Council Vote On Sri Lanka Reconciliation"},"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>&#8220;Today\u2019s vote in the UN Human Rights Council encourages the Government of Sri Lanka to continue on the path toward lasting peace and prosperity following decades of civil war and instability. This resolution, which builds on a similar 2012 resolution, reaffirmed that Sri Lanka must take meaningful action on reconciliation and accountability in order to move forward. The United States, together with international partners, calls upon the Government of Sri Lanka to fulfill its public commitments to its own people on these longstanding issues.&#8221; says\u00a0John Kerry, the US\u00a0Secretary of State.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/us-statement-un-human-rights-council-vote-on-sri-lanka-reconciliation\/u-s-senator-kerry-testifies-during-his-senate-foreign-relations-committee-confirmation-hearing-to-be-secretary-of-state-on-capitol-hill-in-washington\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78469\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-78469\" title=\"U.S. Senator Kerry testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing to be secretary of state, on Capitol Hill in Washington\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kerry-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kerry-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/John-Kerry.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Issuing a statement he says; &#8220;While some important progress has been made, there is much work still to be done. We look to the Government of Sri Lanka to implement the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and to reverse recent negative developments on rule of law and human rights. The United States stands ready to assist with this vital work. I look forward to continuing our engagement with the Government of Sri Lanka and strengthening our friendship with the Sri Lankan people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The resolution against Sri Lanka was adopted a short while ago. 25 countries voted for the resolution, 13 against with 8 member nations abstaining from voting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":78469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US Statement: UN Human Rights Council Vote On Sri Lanka Reconciliation - 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