Sri Lanka, Sept. 24 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk and reaffirmed Sri Lanka's engagement on human rights.

"Met with High Commissioner for Human Rights yesterday afternoon (23), US time, at the Human Rights Council Chamber, UN Secretariat. Reaffirmed Sri Lanka's engagement on human rights," he said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

President Dissanayake, who arrived in the United States yesterday (23), is scheduled to address the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at 3:15 pm US time today (24).

The President's flight touched down at John F. Kennedy International Airport at approximately 8:50 a.m. US time yesterday.

Upon his ar...