{"id":104932,"date":"2013-09-12T10:04:11","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T04:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=104932"},"modified":"2013-09-17T17:43:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T12:13:53","slug":"there-will-be-another-un-resolution-on-sri-lanka-cameron-should-reconsider-his-decision-to-attend-chogm-uks-all-party-parliamentary-group-for-tamils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/there-will-be-another-un-resolution-on-sri-lanka-cameron-should-reconsider-his-decision-to-attend-chogm-uks-all-party-parliamentary-group-for-tamils\/","title":{"rendered":"There Will Be Another UN Resolution On Sri Lanka, Cameron Should Reconsider His Decision To Attend CHOGM – UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group For Tamils"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“The oral report of the UN High Commissioner to the Human Rights Council in Geneva relating to Sri Lanka will be presented in late September this year, and we hope that our Prime Minister, will carefully consider the findings of the UN high Commissioner and reconsider his decision to attend CHOGM 2013 in Sri Lanka.” says the UK’s\u00a0All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils.<\/p>\n

Issuing a statement last night APPGT said; “In the next UN resolution to be decided in Geneva in March 2014, the UK should continue to support the call for accountability and justice for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, through an international mechanism.”<\/p>\n

We publish below the statement in full;<\/p>\n

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay\u2019s visit to Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/p>\n

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPGT) welcomes the visit by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and we acknowledge the observations she made during her mission in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

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On 31st of August 2013, in an initial media statement, High Commissioner Pillay said \u201cIt is important everyone realises that, although the fighting is over, the suffering is not\u201d. This is also the message which members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils are hearing from Tamils in the UK, as their loved ones continue to suffer under the military control of the North and East by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces.<\/p>\n

Dr Pillay further said: \u201cThere are a number of specific factors impeding normalisation, which \u2013 if not quickly rectified \u2013 may sow the seeds of future discord.\u201d \u201cThese are by and large to do with the curtailment or denial of personal freedoms and human rights, or linked to persistent impunity and the failure of rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is clear from the Human Rights Commissioner\u2019s findings that \u201cphysical reconstruction alone will not bring reconciliation, dignity, or lasting peace\u201d to the root cause of conflict in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPGt) is deeply concerned about the on- going structural alteration of demography with a political motive and the degree of continuing sexual harassment and abuse against women and girls, especially in female- headed households in the war affected North and East of the Island.<\/p>\n

In the next UN resolution to be decided in Geneva in March 2014, the UK should continue to support the call for accountability and justice for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, through an international mechanism.<\/p>\n

The APPGT ask the UK Government, to reconsider its\u2019 position on the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka, as we believe it will seriously weaken the UN Human Rights Council process led by the United States of America and appear to endorse the current authoritarian regime which has been accused of responsibility for the killing of over 40,000 innocent civilians over a few months in 2009.<\/p>\n

The oral report of the UN High Commissioner to the Human Rights Council in Geneva relating to Sri Lanka will be presented in late September this year, and we hope that our Prime Minister, will carefully consider the findings of the UN high Commissioner and reconsider his decision to attend CHOGM 2013 in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

The APPGT will continue to work for a lasting peace in Sri Lanka through accountability, justice and a political solution addressing the root cause to the conflict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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September 2013<\/p>\n

For further information please contact:
\nHazel Weinberg; Co-ordinator to All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils Hazel.weinberg@appgt.com<\/p>\n

*Chair: Lee Scott MP; Vice Chairs: Siobhan McDonagh MP Simon Hughes MP Virenda Sharma MP; Secretary: Robert Halfon MP; Co-ordinator: Hazel Weinberg<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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