Ban Ki Moon calls on Rajapaksa to act … again

by admin
Apr 25, 2012
Speaking to the PTI, UN General-Secretary Ban Ki Moon has said now is the “right time” for President Mahinda Rajapaksa to deal with issues of human rights.

Talking on the recent UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka, the UN chief stated that a “very transparent” accountability mechanism needed to put be put in place and said,
"In addressing all these issues, the human rights and humanitarian concerns, human lives should be given the first and foremost priority,"
"It is the right time for President Mahinda Rajapaksa to address the issues in a speedy and judicious manner.”
Meeting Rajapaksa in New York in September 2011, the Secretary General also “reiterated the need for a credible national accountability process”.

In April of 2011, Yolanda Foster of Amnesty International said her organisation was,
“hoping that Ban Ki-Moon will show leadership and deliver on his promises of accountability and set up a commission of inquiry to look into these very serious allegations.”
See our earlier post: Ban Ki-Moon must show leadership on Sri Lanka’s war crimes – Amnesty (17 April 2011)

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