Sri Lanka has voluntarily become a signatory to all human rights conventions passed at the UN over the years and therefore, now it can’t be acting like North Korea, Venezuela or Eretria when responding to the UN Resolution, former Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera said today. When asked what the government should do now about the resolution passed at the Human Rights Council last week, he said, “The Government should place their trust on diplomacy and not confrontation. If you are going to accuse those who criticize you as your enemies, Sri Lanka is not going anywhere. Sri Lanka has voluntarily become a signatory to all human rights conventions passed at the UN and other entities over the years and therefore, now it can’t be acting like North Korea, Venezuela or Eretria.”He said Sri Lanka is a country which has always dealt with the world in equal terms. Meanwhile, he said the UN cannot impose sanctions on Sri Lanka based on the resolution but that individual countries could.

Source: The Nation March 31, 2021 09:56 UTC