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Monday, March 10, 2008 - 4.55 GMT |
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Sri Lanka says ‘No’ to external presence |
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‘Engagement, yes; permanent monitoring mission or
external presence on the ground, no’, emphasized
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka
to the United Nations at Geneva Dr. Dayan
Jayatilleka at a panel discussion titled `Sri Lanka:
The case against an International Monitoring
Mission', held Friday, March 07 on the sidelines of
the Seventh Session of the Human Rights Council in
Room IX of the Palais des Nati, Geneva.
In his introductory remarks Ambassador Jayatilleka
said that the position of the Government of Sri
Lanka regarding international monitoring was very
clear as it maintains an open door policy and
cooperates fully with the mechanisms and procedures
of the United Nations system for the protection and
promotion of human rights.
He pointed out that Sri Lanka had opened up itself
up for scrutiny to a degree to which very few
countries - if any - beset by armed conflict had
done. Sri Lanka has been constructively engaged with
UN mechanisms, however, Dr. Jayatilleka stressed
that Sri Lanka will not permit any UN or other
international monitoring mission in the country for
the foreseeable future.
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