COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka on Sunday reacted sharply to a move by the United States to sponsor a third resolution at the United Nations human rights body criticizing its post-war reconciliation, saying it could polarize the island nation.

Sri Lanka has faced questions over the tactics it used to defeat Tamil rebels in 2009 to its 25-year civil war. Government troops have been accused of targeting civilians and hospitals, blocking food and medicine for civilians and deliberately under-countering civilians trapped in the war zone.