Rajiva Wijesinha

“ Mr President, with the elimination of the most dangerous terrorist forces from our soil, we can now concentrate more on eliminating some of the problems we have had to face in recent years in upholding Human Rights. ”

“ Not only Human Rights training, but training in professional techniques and in language, to ensure responsiveness to all our citizens, is essential. We hope then that, instead of further witch hunts, we will have positive dialogue and concerted support in areas in which we can see deficiencies. I am sure that, with his deep concern for witches, Prof Alston will prove able to restrain his colleagues from further depredations, and promote human rights rather than self-regarding exercises in finger pointing and worse. ”