US Government To Submit A Proposal To UN Human Rights Council By Encouraging Sri Lanka To Conduct A Domestic Inquiry Over Alleged War Crimes

Nisha Biswal

US Government has decided to produced a proposal to the forthcoming Summit of United Nations Human Rights Council  to be held in Geneva ,Switzerland in September by encouraging Sri Lanka to conduct a domestic  inquiry instead of the  proposed  international inquiry on alleged war crimes.

The visiting Assistant Secretary of  US State Department on South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Bishwal is due to be produced the said proposal to the UN Human Rights Council Summit with Sri Lankan Delegation due to attend the summit.

In an earlier occasions USA leads the team of countries that produced three proposals to the UN Human Rights Council Summit regarding Sri Lanka to encourage the authorities on conducting an international inquiry over the alleged war crimes  said to be occurred in Sri Lanka during the final phase of war against LTTE.