VIDEO: SL continues to fall short of implementing LLRC recommendations - US

The US in its opening address at the UNHRC sessions in Geneva stated that the Council’s work was remains unfinished as long as Sri Lanka continues to fall short of implementing the recommendations of its own Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC).

Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations of the United States of America, Esther Brimmer stated that the Council’s work was not complete as long as Sri Lanka fails to address the underlying sources of its long standing ethnic conflict.

She confirmed that the US will introduce another resolution at the ongoing session on Sri Lanka to ensure that the international community continues to monitor the country’s progress and to once again offer assistance on “outstanding reconciliation and accountability issues”.

She stated finally that the United States hopes that this resolution will be a cooperative effort with the Sri Lankan government.