UN special Rapporteur holds talks with Northern Province Chief Minister
Friday, 3 April 2015 00:46
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The visiting United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Mr. Pablo de Greiff Wednesday (01) met with the Chief Minister of the Northern Province C. V. Wigneswaran.
de Greiff, who arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday (March 29), for a six-day visit on the invitation of the Sri Lankan government, has held closed-door discussions with the Chief Minister on the current situation in the region.
The UN official has reportedly requested not to disclose the discussions to the media. However, Tamil media reports said the Chief Minister has handed over the recently adopted Northern Provincial Council (NPC) resolution on Tamil genocide to the Special Rapporteur.
The resolution adopted by the NPC in February calls for an international investigation into alleged acts of genocide committed against the Tamils during the war.
During his visit, Pablo de Greiff is scheduled to meet with government officials and leaders of civil society organizations.
de Greiff is the first UN official to visit the country since the new government of President Maithripala Sirisena took over in January.
His visit comes ahead of a visit by the UN Working Group for Enforced Disappearances and a visit by the team of the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) at the invitation of the government.
