Lanka declines to join UN resolution against Iran

2026-03-15 - 06:37

Sri Lanka declined to join over 130 UN member states that co-sponsored a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution condemning Iran’s “egregious attacks” on its regional neighbours. The resolution was adopted on March 11, 2026. “We do not involve any country-specific resolution as a policy,” Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said when asked for Sri Lanka’s decision not to co-sponsor the resolution. India was among the co-sponsors of the Bahrain-led resolution along with more than 130 nations, including Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Ukraine, the UAE, the UK, the US, Yemen, and Zambia. At the Security Council, 13 of the 15 members voted in favour, with Russia and China, two permanent members, abstaining on the vote. By the terms of the resolution, the Council condemned “in the strongest terms” Iran’s attacks against Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan and reiterated its strong support for those countries’ sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence. The resolution did not condemn the US-Israeli aggression on Iran. (This story, originally published by dailynews.lk has not been edited by SLM staff) (sundaytimes.lk)