Subject	Predicate	Object
4tauMecG	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	rs1PzM76
	answer has answering person	Hugo Swire
	answer text	<p>We remain concerned at the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. During the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and I will see the situation on the ground in Sri Lanka and deliver clear messages to the Sri Lanka Government that concrete progress is needed on human rights.</p><p>In the Commonwealth, the country which hosts CHOGM also takes on the role of Chair-in-Office. The decision that Sri Lanka should host CHOGM in 2013</p><p>and chair the organisation for two years thereafter was taken in 2009 in the Port of Spain. There has been no widespread support from Commonwealth members to change that decision. We have made clear to Sri Lanka, as CHOGM host and forthcoming Chair, that we expect it to live up to Commonwealth values.</p>
	answer given date	2013-10-30
	answer has answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	written answer has answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office	answering body has written answer	4tauMecG
Foreign and Commonwealth Office	answering body has answer	4tauMecG
rs1PzM76	question has answer	4tauMecG
Hugo Swire	answering person has answer	4tauMecG