Sri Lanka snubs Pillay meeting in Geneva

by admin
Mar 4, 2013

The head of Sri Lanka's delegation at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva has reportedly snubbed UN High Commissioner Navi Pillay, by missing a scheduled meeting with her.

According to the Island, Plantations Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe caused a stir by skipping a meeting that he was due to have with the HIgh Commissioner.

The move follows his address to the council last week, where Sri Lanka attacked the High Commissioner, accusing her of a "lack of objectivity".

The address was met with criticism from the UK, with a senior member of mission stating,

"the unpleasant verbal attack on the High Commissioner by the Sri Lankan Minister was ill-judged and had no place in the Human Rights Council".

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