No response for visit from Navi

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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navaneethan Pillay has yet to respond to the invitation by the Sri Lankan government to visit Sri Lanka and asses the post-conflict situation, despite the two conditions she set out as a preamble for her visit have already been fulfilled.

“When we extended an invitation to her 11 months before the resolution against Sri Lanka, taken up last March, she communicated to us that her visit would be most productive if she arrived after the release of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Report and a preliminary visit by a team from her office,” Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L Peries told the Daily Mirror.

The Minister stated that despite the fulfillment of these circumstances, the Sri Lankan government is yet to receive any communication from the Office of the High Commissioner on her intention to visit the country. The LLRC Report was released in December 2011 and a Delegation from the Office of the High Commissioner headed by the Chief of the Asia Pacific, Middle East and North African Branch Hanny Megally visited the country in September last year.

“We have repeatedly requested the High Commissioner to visit Sri Lanka and see for herself the progress that has been made. The preliminary requirements for her visit, as requested by her, have been completed therefore there are no impediments for her visit,” the Minister said.

A US-sponsored resolution passed at the UNHRC Session in March 2011 called on Sri Lanka to expedite the process of implementing the LLRC Recommendations and obtain advice and technical assistance from the Office of the High Commissioner, in the process of implementation. (Dianne Silva)

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k.soysa Thursday, 10 January 2013 01:29 AM

Maybe she was trying to put a stop to the excution of Rizana!

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Fair N Square Thursday, 10 January 2013 02:06 AM

A woman with double standards and no ethics. She should have withdrawn from the case of Sl citing conflict of interests coz chances are she could be Bias. Why do we have to get her to come visit SL, she has been invited twice and thats more than enough.

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nicky karunarathna Thursday, 10 January 2013 02:14 AM

Is she really scared without LTTE running the one part of the country to visit?

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Sham Thursday, 10 January 2013 02:15 AM

she doesn't care execution......she comes here to give more headache to the govt

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Punny Pellow Thursday, 10 January 2013 02:43 AM

Nonsense!. She is scared to land in SL as she might get impeached by Herowansa!!.

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John Small Thursday, 10 January 2013 02:43 AM

May be she wants to visit SL with his tamil friend Nambiar

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Wara Thursday, 10 January 2013 03:11 AM

If she has anything call shame, she couldn't come and see the reality. May be she knows the reality well. So, after the visit she can't face the international or rather Diaspora.

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rafeek Thursday, 10 January 2013 03:17 AM

we don't need her to give us more headaches, we have the govt. the JVP, the Bodu Bala Sena, do we need more

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Justin Thursday, 10 January 2013 05:16 AM

No clearance from her sponsors.As we all know

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singing fish Thursday, 10 January 2013 08:55 AM

Nambiar is a malayali who aided and abetted Srilankan forces to kill tamils .

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Pottu Amman Thursday, 10 January 2013 08:59 AM

First of all please see who is Ms Pillai. She is a born tamilian from South Africa. She should have withdrawn from the case of Sri Lanka citing conflict of interests . We think that she could be biased towards tamils. She is a full supporter of tamil Diaspora. Further more please see her tamil pottu in the face. Can any person trust her?

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man hatton Thursday, 10 January 2013 09:39 AM

GL and his team will release statement, she was bias just because she is Tamil.

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Calistus Jayatilleke Thursday, 10 January 2013 10:45 AM

Maybe she is worried she will lose her own human rights and face impeachment if she lands in this island.

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Asoka Thursday, 10 January 2013 01:57 PM

She might have been threatened by tamil diaspora, LTTE not to visit Sri Lanka. That's it.

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