The Sri Lankan government is yet to respond to a report by two international human rights bodies capable of influencing the United Nations, which calls for the suspension of the country's membership, along with that of three other countries, from the UN Human Rights Council, the JVP newspaper 'Irida Lanka' alleges.In a study report released at the UN Headquarters on May 06th, Freedom House and UN Watch said Gabon, Bahrain, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zambia were found as not qualified.
Their report comes as the UN General Assembly prepares to elect 15 new Human Rights Council members, or one-third of the body's membership, on May 21st.
'Irida Lanka' says this report had been prepared on information gathered from non-governmental human rights organizations functioning in these countries.
However, to date, the Human Rights Minister or any responsible government official has failed to respond to this report, the news article adds.
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