“We welcome the establishment of an independent, international investigation into war crimes and violations of human rights and humanitarian law in Sri Lanka.

“We had clearly stated we are fully against the resolution. They will now try to implement the resolution but we will not provide any facilities or assistance to those who try to implement the resolution.”

Reuters reported Friday foreign investors pulled out from the Sri Lankan bourse in heavy volume on Friday, a day after a UNHRC resolution approved an international probe into the island’s war crimes.

The bourse saw a net foreign outflow of 2.77 billion Rs ($21.19 million) worth of shares, the highest single-day outflow since Feb. 6, extending the net foreign outflow so far this year to 6.9 billion Rs ($52.79 million).

"Investors are a bit more worried about the economic impact and growth due to the resolution," a stockbroker told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

“It is disappointing to us that India abstained from voting on this resolution when they voted yes for the last two years. We have made our disappointment known to Indian officials.”

“I applaud today’s passage of the U.S. co-sponsored resolution at the UN Human Rights Council which called for an independent international investigation into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka. Accountability is long overdue in Sri Lanka, and I hope that an independent UN investigation will be able to pursue justice, accountability and reconciliation for the grave human rights violations allegedly committed by both sides during Sri Lanka’s civil war."

"We welcome the investigative part of it, but we also have concerns because the whole Tamil narrative is lost, especially in trying to confine the problem into a religious minorities issues."