Posted on March 6th, 2021
MALINDA SENEVIRATNE
‘If you are not with me, I will assume that you are against me,’ is a prudent rule of thumb, but only in certain situations. Not all questions can be answered with either ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Complex realities don’t often offer such luxurious indulgences. This is true of people, it is true of nations. It is true whenever there are multiple factors in play. There are costs and there are benefits, always and therefore decisions are based on assessing marginal benefits and marginal costs.
Sometimes, of course, one takes a principled stand, regardless of costs that may have to be incurred. Then there are situations where one determines not to be carried away by the moment but to think ahead. In other words, one wonders about repercussions, one wonders about precedents set.
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In Geneva, India Signals to Sri Lanka that Support in UNHRC Is Not a Given
India has a national position against resolutions targeting a single country in multilateral bodies. But, with regard to Sri Lanka, Indiaâs record has been varied, as domestic political factors often dictated its voting decision.
Representative image. A 2006 march to commemorate 1983 killing of Sri Lankan Tamils in Toronto. Photo: Noaman Ali/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
New Delhi: Indicating that New Delhi has kept all options open, India has signalled to Sri Lanka that its support for the country at the United Nations Human Rights Council should not be taken for granted.
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