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UN envoy on invitation to Sri Lanka

Thursday, 02 April 2009

Walter Kaelin, UN Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, has been invited by SL government for a brief visit. During his stay, UN Representative Kaelin will discuss future plans on IDPs with a top government delegation.

The UN envoy is expected arrive in Sri Lanka on today (02), the UN Human Rights Council announced.

During his visit, the UN envoy will also meet United Nations agencies present on the ground, civil society representatives and also the internally displaced persons, UNHRC revealed.

Walter Kaelin is a Professor of constitutional and international public law at the Faculty of Law of Bern, Switzerland. He has been the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons since 2004 and currently a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.

Courtesy: news.lk

Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 April 2009 )