Responding to comments by the UN Human Rights Spokesman, Rupert Colville, the Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasighe stated that Colville has ignored the State Department's comment that the incidents mentioned in the US State Department report have not been verified and that Colville goes to the extent of stating that the United Nations Security Council should probe Sri Lanka on possible war crimes.

In the aftermath of the US Department of State report to the Congress on Incidents During the Recent Conflict in Sri Lanka, UN Human Rights Spokesman, Rupert Colville has stated that the incidents mentioned in the report are not investigated. The Minister condemned Colville's statements that something like Gaza Fact Finding mission is warranted for Sri Lanka. He added that there is no comparison whatsoever to this situation in the case of Sri Lanka.

The Minister said he was surprised and concerned that individuals act on their own agendas and make rash statement totally disrespecting the very clear inter-governmental decision taken in Geneva in May, where the members of the UN Human Rights Council agreed to assist Sri Lanka in post- conflict reconstruction.

He recalled that the Council passed by a 29- 12 vote a Sri Lankan resolution that called the members to assist in efforts to address the needs of IDPs.