Courtesy - Sunday Observer by Manjula FERNANDOSri Lanka’s UN allies have expressed solidarity against the UN Panel of Experts report which tries to pin war crimes charges on Sri Lanka.
The country began mustering support from its UN allies amidst announcements of the report being released to worldwide media in full today.
The Government said the panel has breached its mandate by proposing punitive action against the country for crushing one of the world’s most feared and ruthless terror organisations and rescuing thousands of civilians held hostage for months at gunpoint.
“The panel which was appointed exclusively to advise the UN Secretary General, as repeatedly communicated and announced by the UN, has overstepped its mandate and we would be seeking support from our allies to fight against this obvious move to frame war crimes charges against Sri Lanka,” a Foreign Ministry official told the Sunday Observer yesterday.
The official said the heads of missions of friendly nations based in New York including some of the superpowers have communicated their solidarity towards Sri Lanka and the same assurances have been extended by the foreign offices of the respective countries via Sri Lankan missions overseas.
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