Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said he has nothing to fear as his country faces a US-moved human rights resolution at the UN rights body.
Addressing a televised question and answer session last night, the president said, ‘We have nothing to be worried of, I am not worried’.
He said a handful of powerful countries are being backed by local elements to undermine him and his government.
‘The opposition who can never be victorious in the country and certain NGOs are carrying tales to the international community. They try to win this way,’ Mr. Rajapaksa quipped.
The US-moved resolution is to back UN rights Chief Navi Pillay’s proposal to subject Sri Lanka to an international investigation over its alleged human rights abuses.
‘This commissioner (Pillay) came here and stayed for 4 days gathering incorrect information. Now they are trying to base those wrong information. We have rejected it. We have said we will not accept it,’ he said.
Rajapaksa said Cuba and Israel have also faced similar action by the UN Human Rights Council against their countries.
Addressing a televised question and answer session last night, the president said, ‘We have nothing to be worried of, I am not worried’.
He said a handful of powerful countries are being backed by local elements to undermine him and his government.
‘The opposition who can never be victorious in the country and certain NGOs are carrying tales to the international community. They try to win this way,’ Mr. Rajapaksa quipped.
The US-moved resolution is to back UN rights Chief Navi Pillay’s proposal to subject Sri Lanka to an international investigation over its alleged human rights abuses.
‘This commissioner (Pillay) came here and stayed for 4 days gathering incorrect information. Now they are trying to base those wrong information. We have rejected it. We have said we will not accept it,’ he said.
Rajapaksa said Cuba and Israel have also faced similar action by the UN Human Rights Council against their countries.