The Resolution A/HRC/60/L.1/Rev.1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights (HR) in Sri Lanka has been adopted at the United Nations (UN) HR Council in Geneva.
In a statement, the UN Human Rights Council said it has decided to extend the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner and all work requested of it by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 51/1 of 6 October 2022.
The statement further stated that the UNHRC Office has been requested to present a written update at its sixty-third session and a comprehensive report on progress in reconciliation, accountability, and human rights in Sri Lanka at its sixty-sixth session, to be discussed during an interactive dialogue.
The updated draft was tabled in Geneva on 1st October, while the resolution was adopted without a vote at the 60th session of the Council.
Twenty-two countries signed on as co-sponsors to the revised UN resolution, extending the Office of the High Commissioner for HR’ (OHCHR) mandate in Sri Lanka for another two years.
The full statement; UNHRC (Newswire)