Writing in his online blog, the British news anchor, Jon Snow from Channel 4 questions whether the England cricket team should be playing in Sri Lanka on tour, whilst war crimes and crimes against humanity remain unaccounted for.

Addressing international buyers at Sri Lanka Expo 2012, the country's president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, remained defiant in the face of the recently passed resolution at the UNHRC.

Rajapaksa asserted,

“Sri Lanka is in the midst of peace won at great sacrifice. We are progressing on the path of peace and reconciliation. Our government is committed to walk that extra mile to establish permanent peace through reconciliation. That is our commitment to our people and no one has to tell us what to do.”

Questioned over the country's decision to abstained on the UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka, Malaysia's Foreign Affairs deputy minister, Richard Riot, stated that Sri Lanka's problems were too complex to solve in a short time, however, reiterating that "if during the period of reconciliation, that they don’t achieve peace, then the international community will meet and vote whether they will interfere or not.”

However, many MPs were not satisfied with Riot's response.

Military advisor to India's National Security Council Secretariat, Lt. Gen. (Retd) Prakash Menon said that India's decision to vote in favour of the resolution tabled at the UNHRC was a "calculated" vote in the national interest.

Speaking at a seminar on ‘Challenges to India's National Security in 21 Century' jointly organised by the Indian Army and the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies at the University of Madras, Menon said,

Former UNHRC High Commissioner and current member of the Elders, Mary Robinson, emphasized the need for accountability in Sri Lanka in a recent interview with BBC Sandeshaya.

She stressed the fact that it was the responsibility of the Sri Lankan government to carry out the resolution so that Sri Lanka does not "come under the radars of UNHRC once again next year."

Robinson said,

“We have seen some great successes at the Human Rights Council over the past year, and I am delighted with the achievements of the latest session that the UK has worked hard to secure.”

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPGT) has welcomed the UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka in a statement released on Tuesday.

Several members of the APPGT, from the ruling coalition and the opposition Labour Party, attended the 19th UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, including Siobhain McDonough MP, Tom Brake MP and John Mann MP.

Full text of statement:

Less than a week after the European Union was at the forefront of passing a resolution at the UNHRC calling for accountability, than Sri Lanka's spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Tuesday that the government had decided to close embassies in Europe that were not serving any purpose, opening up new embassies in Asia instead.

The spokesperson said,