The Hon. (Mrs.) Saroja Savithri Paulraj - Minister of Women and Child Affairs
The Minister stated that her remarks at the UN CEDAW session had been misreported by the Daily Ceylon, emphasizing that she answered specific questions posed to Sri Lanka and did not make the statement attributed to her. She said issues on children’s rights require balancing cultural rights and human rights through consultations with diverse groups, and denied saying the Ministry would lead legal changes. She indicated that legal action would be taken over the alleged misreporting.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Chairman, I will take 30 seconds. At the UN, we cannot say whatever we want; we answer what is asked. At the CEDAW session, we were obliged to answer questions already posed. A newspaper, Daily Ceylon, published this in a wrong manner; I never made such a statement at the UN. On children’s rights, we must balance cultural rights and human rights. I referred to consulting diverse groups, without naming the ACJU, and said we will resolve matters through consultation—not that we would lead law changes. We will take legal action regarding this misreporting.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Mrs.) Saroja Savithri Paulraj - Minister of Women and Child Affairs. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 March 2025. No. 1745486934006324. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12742