The resolutions against Sri Lanka were passed with 13 votes.

According to international media, the resolution presented at the end of the 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council regarding Sri Lanka was passed by 13 votes. Twenty votes were used in favor of the resolution presented by 30 countries including Britain, America and while another 20 member countries abstained from voting. Only 7 countries had voted against the proposal.

Twenty countries, including Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, South Korea, Ukraine, Britain, and America, voted in favor of the resolution. Seven countries, including China, Pakistan, Venezuela, Bolivia, voted against the resolution, while 20 countries, including India, Japan, Indonesia, Libya, Malaysia, Nepal, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, abstained from voting.

The proposal called ‘promotion of reconciliation, accountability, and human rights in Sri Lanka’ was presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council by Great Britain on behalf of the Sri Lankan core group.

Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for South Asia Ms. Dinushika Dissanayake said in a statement, “The adoption of the UN Human Rights Council resolution reflects the need for continued international investigation into Sri Lanka. She welcomed the resolution as a step in the right direction for Sri Lanka by the international community and called on the Council to respond to civil society demands for the establishment of an expert mechanism to address a wide range of human rights violations, including human rights violations stemming from the serious economic and political crisis the country is facing”.