Colombo, March 4 -- Sri Lanka has expressed concerns over the inconsistent application of human rights principles by the United Nations Human Rights Council, marking the first update on human rights from the country under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's new government.

"We remain steadfast in our belief that national ownership with gradual reforms, is the only practical way forward to transformative change," Himalee Arunatilaka, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva said yesterday (3) at the 58th Session of the Human Rights Council following the Oral Update on Sri Lanka by the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

"We regret the continuing inconsistent application o...