AG in Geneva for UNHRC session

2 March 2010 10:24 am

By Gandhya Senanayake


A delegation led by Attorney General Mohan Peiris have left for Geneva to attend the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session, sources at the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights told Daily Mirror online.

The 13th UN human right council session which began on Monday ends on the 26th of this month and representations are expected to be made by various organizations and governments on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka.
 

Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe is not attending the session as he is involved in election related activities in Sri Lanka, Ministry sources said adding that the Attorney General and his team will take the Ministers place to counter any allegations that may come up at the sessions. (Daily Mirror online)