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Sri Lanka to consider recommendations of UN report

Xinhua, September 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday said that it will give consideration to the recommendations in a report published by the United Nations.

The government also insisted that the report on Sri Lanka by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is not a criminal investigation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in response to the report, said that Sri Lanka took note of the Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the recommendations made by the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The government said it is pleased and encouraged by the High Commissioner's recognition of the efforts of the new government since the presidential election of Jan. 8 this year in dealing with issues of concern for the people of Sri Lanka relating to human rights, rule of law, governance, justice, institutional and legal reform and reconciliation.

The government also said it will ensure that the contents of the report as well as recommendations receive due attention of the relevant authorities.

The report identified patterns of grave violations in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2011, strongly indicating that war crimes and crimes against humanity were most likely committed by both sides to the conflict.

Among the most serious crimes documented in the report are unlawful killings, sexual and gender-based violence, enforced disappearances. Endi