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“Sri Lanka now has eighteen months to move towards dealing with the range of issues, including human rights and governance, which have been raised in the draft resolution.\u00a0 At this moment, it is also essential for the opposition to take a less confrontational stance and to work with the government in securing the country\u2019s future.” says the National Peace Council<\/span><\/a> of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

\"RWRS12512\"<\/a>Issuing a statement today the NPC calls on both UNP and TNA to join the Parliamentary Select Committee, and the government to provide an institutional structure that will enable decisions in it to be taken only with their agreement, so that they may work together and consensually on a political solution that would help contribute to easing tensions both internally and externally.<\/p>\n

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

The draft resolution<\/span><\/a> on Sri Lanka to be taken for vote at the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva is now in circulation.\u00a0 It proposes an international monitoring of Sri Lanka\u2019s domestic accountability process and calls on the UN Human Rights Commissioner\u2019s Office to do investigations on its own.\u00a0 In addition, the draft resolution calls for the establishment of a truth seeking mechanism and national policy to hold individuals accountable for violations of international law.\u00a0 It also calls on the government to devolve powers meaningfully in terms of the 13th Amendment and to empower the Northern Provincial Council with the necessary resources and authority.<\/p>\n

The scope of the draft resolution has been widened in scope in comparison to the previous two resolutions.\u00a0 The present draft includes issues of human rights violations and accountability in the entire country, rather than in the North and East alone and does not limit those issues to the last phase of the war.\u00a0 It refers to attacks against religious minorities, journalists, human rights defenders and civic activists, and to crimes that target women wherever they live.\u00a0\u00a0 The National Peace Council notes that the issues that the international human rights community is considering have been considerably widened in the draft resolution.\u00a0 This will relieve all those in Sri Lanka and internationally who have been highlighting the larger issues of good governance and human rights in the country.<\/p>\n

As it stands at present, the draft resolution calls for another\u00a0 mandate\u00a0 by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/span><\/a> in a year\u2019s time, with a written report only to come after 18 months.\u00a0 This gives the Sri Lankan government the time and space to implement the resolution. It is also important for the Tamil polity to work with the government with an open mind irrespective any possible assistance for solutions from outside.\u00a0 There is a need to engage with the government to resolve the problems in the working of the 13th Amendment at least as it is and leave the un-kept governmental promise of 13th Amendment<\/span><\/a> Plus to a future date<\/p>\n

The National Peace Council believes that the government must take this opportunity and implement the provisions related to good governance and human rights set out in the LLRC<\/span><\/a> Report in a worthy manner.\u00a0 Or else the international process that puts pressure on the government to improve its good governance and human rights record is set to increase. The government must also be mindful to the vulnerability of a foreign debt ridden economy dependent on the international payments and settlement system learning from the experience of Iran whose people suffer through economic sanctions. We urge the government to cooperate in complying with any UNHRC resolution<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka now has eighteen months to move towards dealing with the range of issues, including human rights and governance, which have been raised in the draft resolution.\u00a0 At this moment, it is also essential for the opposition to take a less confrontational stance and to work with the government in securing the country\u2019s future.\u00a0 As a first step NPC calls on both UNP and TNA to join the Parliamentary Select Committee, and the government to provide an institutional structure that will enable decisions in it to be taken only with their agreement,\u00a0 so that they may work together and consensually on a political solution that would help contribute to easing tensions both internally and externally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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