Sri Lankan Prime Minister D M Jayaratne on Tuesday stated in the Parliament that the government has taken measures after consulting the Security Council to repeal the Emergency regulations soon. The Prime Minister mentioned this while presenting the motion to extend the State of Emergency by another one month. Premier Jayaratne also stated that the Sri Lankan government was taking measures to move the necessary motions in Parliament, in this respect without delay.Only last week, Foreign Minister SM Krishna while making a suo moto statement in the Parliament on Sri Lanka had underlined the need for an early withdrawal of emergency regulations, investigations into allegations of human rights violations, restoration of normalcy in affected areas and redress of humanitarian concerns of affected families.Sri Lanka has been under emergency rule for the most part of the past three decades, with the last phase of the tough law enforced in August 2005 after the assassination of former Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar by suspected LTTE snipers.International community has been calling on the Sri Lankan government to completely remove the controversial laws but the government said the regulations were essential to fight the Tamil Tiger rebels and its remnants. Even after the military defeated the LTTE more than two years ago, Sri Lanka continued to enforce these provisions on grounds of security concerns.AIR correspondent reports, days after External Affairs Minister SM Krishna emphasized on the need for an early withdrawal of emergency regulations in the island nation, the Sri Lankan government said that it has taken measures to revoke the emergency regulations in the near future, after consulting the Security Council. Making a statement in the Sri Lankan Parliament on Tuesday Prime Minister DM Jayaratne that necessary motion will be moved in the parliament without delay. Sri Lanka has been under emergency rule for the most part of the past three decades, with the last phase of the tough law enforced in August 2005 after the assassination of former Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar by suspected LTTE snipers.International community has been calling on the Sri Lankan government to completely remove the controversial laws but the government said the regulations were essential to fight the Tamil Tiger rebels and its remnants. Even after the military defeated the LTTE more than two years ago, Sri Lanka continued to enforce these provisions on grounds of security concerns.