Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that even though the United Nations resolution against Sri Lanka on war crimes sponsored by the US without a vote is being hailed as a diplomatic victory, he is unable to share the same view.
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According to Lankaweb.com, Rajapaksa said in a statement that the operative paragraph 6 of the resolution says that foreign judges, prosecutors, lawyers and investigators in the Sri Lankan judicial mechanism would be set up to investigate alleged human rights abuses during the war.
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that Sri Lanka has now been 'taken off the agenda in the UNHRC'.
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Meanwhile, Sri Lankan activists have welcomed the government's commitment to ensuring those responsible are held to account and have encouraged them to continue to work with the UN.
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The 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at its ongoing 30th session here approved by consensus a crucial resolution led by the USA and the UK, and backed by Sri Lanka itself, in a move hailed by worldwide advocacy groups.
