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We welcomed the historic co-sponsorship by Sri Lanka of Resolution 30/1 at the UN
Human Rights Council on 1 October 2015 committing it to reconciliation, accountability
and the protection of human rights. While Sri Lanka has made progress against the
commitments made in the resolution, much remains to be done. The High Commissioner
for Human Rights will present his final progress report at the United Nations Human
Rights Council (UNHRC) in March 2017. Our long standing position is that Sri Lanka
should implement the commitments in Resolution 30/01, including its commitment to
accountability. Ministers and senior officials have underlined the importance of Sri
Lanka delivering in full on its UNHRC commitments in recent discussions with representatives
of the Sri Lankan government and with our international partners. We have done so
while recognising the scale of the challenge this represents and the importance of
allowing time for credible, well thought out transitional justice mechanisms to be
developed and implemented.
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