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<p>The UK continues to encourage and support Sri Lanka to deliver the commitments
it made to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) through Resolutions 30/1, 34/1 and
40/1. We firmly believe that this is the best framework for establishing truth and
achieving justice and lasting reconciliation. The Government has made these points
regularly to Sri Lankan Ministers, including during a Ministerial visit to Colombo
in October and in a number of meetings since. The British High Commissioner in Colombo
also holds regular discussions on the implementation of the UNHRC resolutions with
the Government of Sri Lanka.</p><p>In March the UK welcomed the Annual Report of the
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which assessed progress made
by the Sri Lankan Government in the implementation of UNHRC resolutions 30/1 and 34/1.
The Report found that the Government of Sri Lanka had taken some steps to address
human rights concerns and to introduce more democratic and accountable government,
including the return of some military-held civilian land, the establishment of an
Office of Missing Persons and the ratification of the Convention on Enforced Disappearances.</p><p>However,
more needs to be done. The UK has urged further progress on these issues, and encouraged
the Government of Sri Lanka to deliver meaningful devolution through constitutional
reform, and to establish and then utilise credible mechanisms for transitional justice.
We continue to urge the Government to prioritise the steps required to deliver fully
on the commitments it made in resolutions 30/1, 34/1 and 40/1, and to develop a comprehensive
and time bound implementation strategy.</p>
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