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A | Colombo, Oct 13 (UNI) Sri Lanka needs to establish a credible truth seeking mechanism vis-a-vis the victims of the Tamil separatist war that ended in 2009, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said in remarks published on Thursday.

Referring to Sri Lanka’s defeat at the UNHRC vote in Geneva, he said he had reiterated Colombo’s unwavering commitment towards advancing, securing and protecting the human rights of its people.

"I must say this, when it comes to war victims in the North, we must establish a credible truth-seeking mechanism within the framework of the constitution," The Island newspaper quoted him as saying.

The contours of the model have to provide relief to the families affected by the war and missing persons’ families, Sabry added.

"Also, it needs to create a platform for war heroes also to present their cases in a fair trial because you can’t put all war heroes into one single pan. Collection of evidence and how it is used in investigation is critically important.

"We must soon develop an indigenous mechanism acceptable to the international community for this purpose.

"What we are going to showcase at the next UNHRC sessions must be free of smoke and mirrors or else we will lose even more votes, and it will have far-reaching negative effects on the country’s credibility in terms of accountability and the obligations assumed by Sri Lanka under international human rights treaties."

Sabry made it clear that Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister was only a marketing guy for Sri Lanka at UNHRC sessions, the Island reported.

"So, I myself or any other Foreign Minister must have a product that we can sell to the international community. How can you market a product that they won’t buy? So let’s create a marketable product without procrastination."

Human rights activists have accused successive Sri Lankan governments of doing little or nothing to bring to justice those in the military accused of killing thousands of innocent Tamils in the war against the Tamil Tigers which ended in May 2009.

Speaking to journalists on a programme telecast on Hiru TV, Sabry -- a former Finance Minister -- said it was good that there was going to be court case on how Sri Lanka's economy came to a grinding halt.

He said the decisions taken to unrealistically hold the exchange rate, the rapid exhaustion of foreign reserves to defend the rupee and the persistent assertion on a home-grown solution to the foreign exchange crisis instead of seeking timely assistance from the IMF led to an almost empty treasury.

Asked about economic decision making at present, he said: "President Ranil Wickramasinghe has extensive macroeconomic prudence and always follows the ratio of any expenditure to Gross Domestic Product and ensures that there is income to provide for any fund allocation.”

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新华社基辅8月23日电（记者李东旭）据乌克兰国际文传电讯社报道，乌克兰总统泽连斯基23日在会见媒体代表时说，乌克兰尚不具备在战时举行选举的条件，如果在当前情况下举行选举，乌克兰将面临国家分裂的巨大危险。据媒体报道，此前被泽连斯基解职的乌前国防部长费奥多罗夫日前发表视频，呼吁乌克兰举行战时选举，并称乌正面临治理危机。泽连斯基当天回应说，在战事持续期间，各方一直在施压乌克兰举行战时选举，但选举的前提是伙伴国能够给乌克兰提供确保选举安全、合法举行的具体条件。前线乌军军人、因躲避战乱而身处海外的数百万乌公民等能安全参加选举，不受袭击威胁。“在这样的前提下，可以讨论选举事宜，但迄今为止，没有伙伴国提出具体建议。”他说，“在当前战事期间，举行大选意味着巨大风险。”泽连斯基2019年当选并就任乌克兰总统，其5年任期应于2024年5月结束。乌克兰总统选举本应于2024年3月举行，但2022年2月俄乌冲突升级，乌现行法律禁止在国家战时状态下举行选举。

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