{"id":15253,"date":"2025-06-22T15:29:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=15253"},"modified":"2025-06-22T15:29:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:29:06","slug":"the-un-high-commissioner-for-human-rights-volker-turk-will-be-on-an-official-visit-to-sri-lanka-from-the-23rd-to-the-26th-of-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=15253","title":{"rendered":"The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, will be on an official visit to Sri Lanka from the 23rd to the 26th of this month."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBCMirror.lk . asianewsplusone.com sfmnewslk.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the first visit by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Sri Lanka since February 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, who is visiting the island, is scheduled to meet and discuss with the President<br>and the Prime Minister, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Overseas Employment and Tourism, several Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, senior government officials, religious leaders, representatives of civil society, members of the diplomatic community and the Head of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his visit to Sri Lanka, the High Commissioner will visit Kandy to pay homage to the Tooth Relic and meet the Mahanayake of the Malwatte and Asgiri Chapters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volker Turk, who is travelling to Jaffna and Trincomalee, is also expected to meet with the Governors of the Northern and Eastern Provinces. 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