Vasan Expresses Reservation on India Not Voting at UNHRC
Shipping Minister G K Vasan today joined his cabinet colleague P Chidambaram in expressing reservations over India not voting…
Sri Lanka Proscribes 15 Suspected LTTE Front Organizations Abroad as Foreign Terrorist Entities Under UN Resolution 1373
The Sri Lankan Government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa has in a decisive move with far reaching implications proscribed…
Ruling coalition wins local election with reduced majority
The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), coalition led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, retained the country’s Western and Southern provinces…
Abstention louder than any vote
Sometimes, the loudest sound can emanate from the sidelines. At the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva last week,…
India doesn’t leave Tamils in the lurch, it will responds soon for its neutrality: V.Mahalingam
Indian Consul General in Jaffna maintained it could not be construed as India has veered off from the Sri…
UN probe can’t bring Sri Lanka communities together
On Thursday, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution calling for a UN-led investigation into alleged war…
UK welcomes action on Sri Lanka
Senior Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi of The Foreign & Commonwealth Office said in a Press release that: ” The…
Lanka Must Build on Indian Goodwill at UN Vote: Rights Envoy
Sri Lanka must build on the goodwill shown by India at the UNHRC where it abstained from voting on…
US disappointed with India on vote on US resolution
Marie Harf Deputy Spokesperson speaking at the US state Department Daily press briefing on 28 March 2014 stated that the…
U.S.bullied several countries to vote for the UNHRC proposal against Sri Lanka: G L Peiris
It is significant that India which supported the U.S. proposals against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council…