That the Foreign Ministry together with its overseas missions annually works out an Action Plan with key progress indicators is known. It was none other than India which held the presidency of the UN Security Council for August. A resolution on peacekeeping focused on ensuring accountability for crime against peacekeepers, with 80 sponsors including all Security Council members. This oral update on Sri Lanka was mandated by the country specific Resolution A/HRC/RES/46/1 that was adopted in Feb 2021. The Sri Lanka document, in anticipation of the issues that would come up at the UNHRC, gives answers to the Government’s official position.

Source: Sunday Times September 05, 2021 00:45 UTC