Maldives seeks UN human rights advisor
The Maldives requested the UN human rights chief in January to appoint a human rights advisor to help the embattled government “develop policies and guidelines that are consistent with international human rights standards,” Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon told diplomats in Sri Lanka yesterday.
04 May 2016, 9:00 AM
The Maldives requested the UN human rights chief in January to appoint a human rights advisor to help the embattled government “develop policies and guidelines that are consistent with international human rights standards,” Foreign Minister Dunya has said.
Briefing diplomats in Sri Lanka on the Maldives’ political situation Tuesday, Dunya stressed that the Maldives is also seeking technical assistance from the Commonwealth and the European Union “in implementing the necessary reforms to strengthen the democratic institutions and to accelerate democratic consolidation”.
She described the Maldives’ decade-long democratisation process as “a work in progress”.
“The government, therefore, recognises the need for bringing necessary reforms to the governance system that will, first of all, cultivate a culture of democracy in society,” she said.
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