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[5 April 2012, 8:02 pm] Mr. Deputy Chairman of Committees, we are discussing in the House today, an Adjournment Motion pertaining to the Resolution passed at the UN Human Rights Council at the 19th Session last month. Before I commence my views in regard to what happened at Geneva , I think I need to outline briefly the history and the growth of the tragedy of the Tamil people in this country and the Tamil issue, to put things in proper perspective. The Sri Lankan State has been insensitive and callous in dealing with the issues pertaining to the Tamil people, particularly in the North and the East. It was only the Tamil people who stood up politically against the Sri Lankan State, though it must be acknowledged that the Tamil-speaking Muslim people in the North and the East have also had similar issues and concerns. It is the Tamil people who have shown the resilience to stand up to the Sri Lankan State. More than six decades later, after the country attained Independence , we still show that resilience. That is because we are an ancient people with our own civilization and our distinct identity. We are prepared to be integrated into the Sri Lankan nation but we cannot be and will not be assimilated.

“There are theories and there are facts. Theories vary… The facts however cannot be denied. Thousands of Tamils, old and young, and even little children, were assaulted, robbed, killed, bereaved, and made refugees. They saw their homes, possessions, vehicles, shops and factories plundered, burnt or destroyed. These people were humiliated, made to live in fear and rendered helpless…” A Cry From the Heart… What happened at the end of July 1983? (From Bishop Lakshman Wickremasinghe’s Final Pastoral Letter).  Channel 4’s “Killing Fields” director Callum Macrae wrote last week; A 12-year-old boy lies on the ground. He is stripped to the waist and has five neat bullet holes in his chest. His name is Balachandran Prabakaran and he is the son of the LTTE leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran. He has been shot dead. Beside him lie the bodies of five men, believed to be his bodyguards. There are strips of cloth on the ground perhaps indicating that they were tied and blindfolded before they were shot – further evidence suggesting that the Sri Lankan government forces had a systematic policy of executing many surrendering or captured LTTE fighters and leading figures, even if they were children. The problem for the Sri Lankan government is that this murder is not isolated. If it was, they could perhaps dismiss it as the act of rogue soldiers.

24 March 2012- Global Tamil Forum (GTF) commends the passing of the UN resolution on Sri Lanka, at the current Human Rights Council (HRC) session in Geneva, as a crucial first step towards accountability and justice for victims on the island. Tamils all over the world are thankful to the United States for spearheading the initiative and to all those who have made this first meaningful step possible. We are most encouraged by India for having made a significant vote in favour of addressing human rights abuses and the importance that accountability plays in facilitating just peace.  In addition to the lobbying efforts of the Tamil Diaspora, Tamils in Tamil Nadu and Malaysia, many international parliamentarians, media organisations, non-government bodies and some progressive human rights activists from the South of Sri Lanka have all contributed towards the success of this Resolution. GTF encourages all Tamil political parties in Sri Lanka to convey to the Tamil population the significance of this passing of the resolution as a constructive move towards accountability and sustainable reconciliation.

Mar 23, 2012 - Since India’s vote supporting the resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that called for promotion of reconciliation and accountability for alleged violations of International law, the predominant Delhi-centric analyses have been that India has committed an awful blunder. The most common arguments that emerged from the conventional geo-political logic, that completely failed to see the political and public sentiments in Tamil Nadu, as well as the overwhelming evidence of alleged war crimes and human rights violations in Sri Lanka, centred around the following: India has voted against a traditional ally-neighbour and it’s a strategic blunder vis-a-vis China and Pakistan. The chatter also highlighted that the entire Asian block voted in favour while India sided with the West, and that it will further stoke Sinhala nationalism and marginalisation of Tamils. It wasn’t surprising that most of them, except a few like Kamal Mitra Chinoy, Brahma Chellany and Manoj Joshi, spoke about the issue in the same breath as they speak about Pakistan.

- ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் சபையின் மனித உரிமைப் பேரவையில் அங்கத்துவம் வகிக்கும் 47 நாடுகளின் பிரதிநிதிகளுக்கும் தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பின் தலைவர் இரா. சம்பந்தன் அவர்கள் கடந்த 14ம் திகதி அனுப்பிய அறிக்கையின் தமிழாக்கம். 14  மார்ச்சு 2012 -

ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் சபையின் மனித உரிமைகள் பேரவையின் 19ஆவது கூட்டத்தொடரில் இலங்கை  அரசாங்கத்தின் நிலைப்பாட்டிற்கான ததேகூ இன் பதில்

1.      உண்மையைக் கூறுவது மற்றும்  தனது வாக்குறுதிகளை நிறைவேற்றுவது தொடர்பாக இலங்கை அரசாஙகத்துக்கு தீவிரப் பிரச்சனைகள் உள்ளன

1.1    2011  செப்டெம்பர் 12ஆம் திகதி  ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் சபையின் மனித உரிமைகள் பேரவையின் (ஐநாமஉபே) 18  ஆவது கூட்டத்தொடரில் அமைச்சர் மகிந்தா சமரசிங்கா ஆற்றிய உரையை அடுத்து,அந்த உரையின் தவறுகளைத் திருத்தியும்;; “இலங்கையின் நிலவரத்தை அனைத்துலகச் சமூகத்திற்கு எடுத்துரைக்கும்போது  நேர்மையாகவும் உண்மையாகவும”;  இருக்குமாறு இலங்கை அரசாங்கத்தை வலியுறுத்தியும் அதற்கடுத்த நாளே தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு (ததேகூ) ஓர் அறிக்கையை வெளியிட்டது. துரதிஸ்டவசமாக, தற்போது நடைபெறும் ஐநாமஉபே இன்  19ஆம் கூட்டத்தொடரிலும் அரசாங்கம் அனைத்துலகச் சமூகத்தைத் தொடர்ந்தும் ஏமாற்றுகிறது.