Sri Lankan Government, on February 19, said that it would seek the support of other countries to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution on Sri Lanka, which was co-sponsored by the previous Sirisena-Wickremesinghe administration, reports The Island. While absolving former President and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) leader Maithripala Sirisena of any blame, Media and Higher Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena told the weekly Cabinet Press Briefing at the Information Department, that the responsibility for Sri Lanka co-sponsoring the March 2019 UNHRC Resolution 40/L.1 entitled, “Promoting Reconciliation, Accountability and Human Rights of Sri Lanka", had to be borne solely by the UNP (United National Party), which was a leading member of the then national Government.