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UN rights chief regrets Sri Lanka withdrawal from resolution

by Associated Pres
| February 27, 2020 6:05 AM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The United Nations' human rights chief expressed regret Thursday over the Sri Lankan government's decision to withdraw its co-sponsorship of a 2015 resolution backing an investigation into alleged human rights violations during the country's civil war.

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