Timelines evolved externally in achieving stated objectives would only seek to hinder the process of reconciliation since they would be bereft of ground realities& emphasized Sri Lanka Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Kshenuka Senewiratne during a one day debate at the UN Security Council titled &Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace: Transitional Justice in conflict and post-conflict situations,& held on 13thFebruary 2020.