Sri Lanka, Sept. 9 -- The United Kingdom (UK) has called for "tangible and sustained progress" on human rights and accountability in Sri Lanka while also emphasizing the importance of exhuming and investigating mass grave sites in accordance with international standards.

The UK delivered a statement at the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), during the Interactive Dialogue on the report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka on Monday.

The statement was delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders.

In her remarks, Ambassador Sanders thanked UN High Commissioner Volker Turk for his report and recent visit to Sri Lanka, whil...