{"id":120219,"date":"2014-02-19T11:30:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=120219"},"modified":"2014-02-28T00:11:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T18:41:31","slug":"wikileaks-un-commission-of-inquiry-was-not-necessary-but-us-would-like-answers-on-what-took-place-us-on-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-un-commission-of-inquiry-was-not-necessary-but-us-would-like-answers-on-what-took-place-us-on-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: UN Commission Of Inquiry Was Not Necessary, But US Would Like Answers On What Took Place &#8211; US On Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSouth and Central Asia Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael\u00a0Owen agreed that access to the IDP camps was improved and resettlement and reconstruction activity would now be major humanitarian challenges. It was important to also emphasize the political dimension and give the Tamil community the sense that have a credible voice in government, said Owen.&#8221; the US Embassy Brussels informed Washington.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120222\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/South-and-Central-Asia-Bureau-Deputy-Assistant-Secretary-Michael-Owen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120222\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-120222\" alt=\"Michael Owen with Obama\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/South-and-Central-Asia-Bureau-Deputy-Assistant-Secretary-Michael-Owen-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/South-and-Central-Asia-Bureau-Deputy-Assistant-Secretary-Michael-Owen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/South-and-Central-Asia-Bureau-Deputy-Assistant-Secretary-Michael-Owen-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-120222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Owen with Obama<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A classified diplomatic cable which details a meeting on United States \u2013 European Union on South and Central Asia, just after the Sri Lanka\u2019s war. The\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span>\u00a0found the related \u2018Confidential\u201d US diplomatic cable dated\u00a0June 22, 2009\u00a0from the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/category\/wikileaks\/\">WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0database.<\/p>\n<p>The Embassy wrote; &#8220;The GOSL should now be considering how to accomplish reintegration of Tamils, including former paramilitaries and LTTE. While a UN Commission of Inquiry was not necessary, the U.S. would like answers on what took place in the north during recent weeks. As for reconstruction, the U.S. hoped to provide up to 10 million dollars in demining assistance and might also be able to contribute up to 50 million dollars for Sri Lankan IDPs over the next two years, depending upon Congressional budget decisions.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":120222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WikiLeaks: UN Commission Of Inquiry Was Not Necessary, But US 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