{"id":151691,"date":"2025-08-29T14:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=151691"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:04:45","slug":"to-malawi-nam-member-questions-on-unhrc-alignment-with-uk-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/08\/29\/to-malawi-nam-member-questions-on-unhrc-alignment-with-uk-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"To Malawi (NAM Member) \u2013 Questions on UNHRC Alignment with UK & Canada\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

-SRI LANKA SOVEREIGNTY FORUM-<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

As a fellow member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Sri Lanka expresses deep concern at Malawi\u2019s alignment with the Core Group on Sri Lanka \u2014 comprising the United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Germany, North Macedonia, and Montenegro \u2014 in advancing hostile resolutions against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sri Lanka is a NAM nation that ended a 30-year terrorist conflict by defeating the LTTE, a group proscribed in 32 countries, while rescuing 300,000 civilians held hostage by terrorists. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For 30 years of LTTE atrocities, not a single resolution was passed at the UNHRC. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, after ending terrorism, 11 resolutions have been brought against Sri Lanka, none supported by verifiable evidence of the claims made \u2014 such as the allegation of 40,000 dead,\u201d which remains unproven after 16 years without even a list of names.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By aligning with a handful of Core Group states, Malawi risks endorsing a dangerous precedent:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      The UNHRC, a subsidiary of the General Assembly (GA), is being weaponized to act beyond its mandate, contrary to the UN General Assembly resolution 60\/251 of 15 March 2006 that strictly defined its advisory role.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

o   UNHRC not an independent or judicial body<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

o   UNHRC mandate limited to promotion, dialogue, cooperation, capacity-building, making recommendations \u2013 not punitive or quasi-judicial role<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

o   UNHRC\u2019s all human rights issues to remain under authority of UNGA & UNSC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      A small bloc of Core Group nations is misusing the UNHRC<\/strong> to set geopolitical precedents, targeting Global South countries and bypassing both the General Assembly and the Security Council.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      If this precedent against Sri Lanka \u2014 a NAM state that defeated terrorism \u2014 is allowed, it will inevitably boomerang on other NAM nations, including Malawi, whenever they resist external pressure.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We therefore respectfully ask Malawi:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      How does aligning with the UK and Canada against a fellow NAM state serve the interests of NAM solidarity?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      How does Malawi justify endorsing a precedent where a few nations dictate to the majority of the Global South?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Will Malawi stand by the founding principles of NAM<\/strong> \u2014 defending sovereignty, non-interference, and solidarity against colonial pressures \u2014 or allow this dangerous precedent to weaken all NAM members?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We appeal to the people of Malawi: like Sri Lanka, your nation won its independence by resisting colonial domination. Do not allow your voice to be used today to strengthen those same former colonial powers against a fellow Non-Aligned nation that defeated terrorism. True solidarity lies in upholding sovereignty, dignity, and the principles on which our nations were built.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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-SRI LANKA SOVEREIGNTY FORUM- As a fellow member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Sri Lanka expresses deep concern at Malawi\u2019s alignment with the Core Group on Sri Lanka \u2014 comprising the United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Germany, North Macedonia, and Montenegro \u2014 in advancing hostile resolutions against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC. Sri Lanka is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}