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<p>The UK Government regularly engages with international partners on the importance
of truth, accountability and justice for all victims of the civil war in Sri Lanka.
At the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, the UK works closely with the Core
Group on Sri Lanka, and made clear our continued support for justice for victims of
conflict in a joint statement delivered at the UNHRC in February. While in Geneva
in February, the Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth, Lord (Tariq)
Ahmad of Wimbledon, met the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena to underline
this message, and the Foreign Secretary raised the importance of accountability and
reconciliation in Sri Lanka during a call with Foreign Minister Gunawardena in May.
On 20 May, in a call with the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet,
Lord Ahmad, who is also the Minister of State responsible for Human Rights, welcomed
her recent engagement on Sri Lanka.</p><p>The British High Commission in Colombo continues
to engage with international partners on this important issue. The UK has long supported
Sri Lanka's accountability commitments made to the UNHRC through resolutions 30/1,
34/1 and 40/1 as the best way to establish truth regarding alleged crimes committed
by all sides during the Sri Lankan civil war, as well as to achieve accountability
and reconciliation.</p>
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