Human rights: President earns plaudits  

[Friday, June 15, 2007 - 7.00 GMT]   

President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is in Geneva to attend the 96th Session of ILO yesterday met the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Louis Arbour. She appreciated the steps taken by the President to ensure human rights in the context of the violent conflict that is raging in Sri Lanka.
  
President Rajapaksa also met President of the UN Human Rights Council Luis Alfonso who stressed the need to continue the cooperation between the Council and the government of Sri Lanka. Alfonso also commended the President for appointing a Presidential Commission to investigate human rights violations and for appointing an International Group of Eminent Persons to oversee the work of the Commission.
  
President Rajapaksa also met Vice President of the International Red Cross Society Jaques Forster. He thanked the ICRC for its tsunami assistance projects and pledged to provide all facilities including full security to the ICRC to function in Sri Lanka.
  
Jaques Forster appreciated the steps taken by the President to investigate into the abduction and murder of two Red Cross volunteers and bring the perpetrators of the crime before Courts.

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Last Updated Date: June 15, 2007 - 7.00 GMT