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Ahead of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions, the Government and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) are slated for a race against time to woo the international community, Daily Mirror learns.
Already, the Government has sought to despatch ministerial delegations to the member states of the UNHRC.
"We have sought appointments from the respective governments to meet with our ministerial delegations. We have implemented the bulk of the recommendations by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). We need the participation of the TNA to implement some recommendations. Also by their very nature, it takes time to implement some recommendations," a government source said.
Meanwhile, the TNA said it might brief the international community ahead of the UNHRC session. Asked for a comment, TNA spokesman MP Suresh Premachandran said the government had failed to address issues concerning lands, resettlement, missing persons and de-militarisation, and the international community should be briefed on the situation.
"Already, the United States and Britain have warned of an international inquiry unless Sri Lanka's own process does not address these issues. Our view is that the government has failed in this task. We will brief the UNHRC," he said.
Asked whether they would visit some of the countries, he replied, "We will possibly visit some of the countries. Likewise, we will engage with the representatives of these countries either here or elsewhere."(Kelum Bandara)
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