{"id":56405,"date":"2012-10-12T18:52:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T18:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=56405"},"modified":"2012-10-28T12:09:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T12:09:46","slug":"g-l-peiris-and-his-sermon-in-the-un-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/g-l-peiris-and-his-sermon-in-the-un-general-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"G.L.Peiris And His Sermon In The UN General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0S. V. Kirubaharan<\/a><\/span> \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

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S. V. Kirubaharan<\/p><\/div>\n

Last month, the 67th session of the UN General Assembly – UNGA commenced under the Presidency of Mr. Vuk Jeremic, (ex- Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia), the youngest ever UNGA president \u2013 37 years old.<\/p>\n

Any Presidency of UN bodies rotates annually among the five regional groups – Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin American & Caribbean and Western Europe & other States. On that basis, the 67th<\/sup>\u00a0session was Eastern Europe\u2019s turn. Serbia and Lithuania posed their candidates and Serbia was elected.<\/p>\n

Before the birth of Serbia, Mr. Vuk Jeremic was in the public service of Yugoslavia as an Advisor to the Minister of Telecommunications.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka has been a member State since 14 December 1955. In 1976, Sri Lanka\u2019s representative Mr Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe held the Presidency of the GA, on behalf of the Asian group.<\/p>\n

Voting in the UNGA<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Each UN member state has one vote in the\u00a0UNGA. Whenever votes are counted, member states can vote\u00a0\u2018Yes\u2019, \u2018No\u2019<\/em>or\u00a0\u2018Abstain\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0A two-third majority is required in the election of members to the Security Council<\/em>.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0All other voting can be decided by a simple majority. Nowadays, UN bodies take special efforts to achieve consensus rather than deciding by formal voting.<\/p>\n

It is to be noted, a Member State with arrears in payment of its dues to the UN for two preceding years can lose its voting right. However, an exception is allowed, if the Member State can show that conditions beyond its control contributed to this inability to pay – article 19 of the UN Charter.<\/p>\n

Presently five member states are in arrears of payment as of September 2012. They are: Central African Republic, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome & Principe and Somalia.<\/p>\n

6 main Committees in the UNGA<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are six main Committees in the\u00a0GA. They are \u2013\u00a0(1)<\/strong>\u00a0First Committee\u00a0(Disarmament and International)<\/em>;\u00a0(2)<\/strong>Second Committee\u00a0(Economic and Financial);<\/em>\u00a0(3)<\/strong>\u00a0Third Committee\u00a0(Social, Humanitarian and Cultural);\u00a0(4)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)\u00a0<\/em>deals with political subjects\u00a0not dealt<\/em>\u00a0by the First Committee;\u00a0(5)<\/strong>Fifth Committee\u00a0(Administrative and Budgetary)\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>(6)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Sixth Committee\u00a0(Legal).<\/em><\/p>\n

There are also two other Committees within the\u00a0GA. They are (1) Credentials Committee and (2) the General Committee.<\/p>\n

The Credentials Committee examines the credentials of representatives of UN member states and reports its findings to the General Assembly. The General Committee meets each session to review the progress of the General Assembly and its committees. They make recommendations.<\/p>\n

Now let me consider the general debate of the 67th<\/sup>\u00a0session of UN General Assembly held between 25 September and 1 October 2012.<\/p>\n

Mr. Vuk Jeremic President of the GA said the following in his opening speech<\/a><\/span>:<\/p>\n

\u201cLack of clarity or selective enforcement, on the other hand, can quickly erode the basis for trust. This can easily lead to a situation in which nothing more than lip service is paid to the principles, and the rules lose virtually all meaning.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSuch a scenario is clearly not in the interest of this Organization. We must take decisive action to prevent it from ever coming to pass. I strongly believe that essential to such efforts is reinforcing respect for the equality, sovereignty and territorial integrity of UN Member States.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In taking up this critical issue, let us not forget that\u00a0peace is not merely the absence of war. It also necessitates the reconciliation of those who are at odds.<\/strong>\u00a0Only by so doing can we ever produce what a great New York philanthropist called, more than a century ago, \u201cthe enthronement of lasting peace a victory without tears.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(Excerpts<\/a><\/span>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone is aware that Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008 and many UN member states have recognised Kosovo. However Kosovo has still not made its application to become a member state in the UN. But the Republic of Kosovo is a member country of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund \u2013 IMF.<\/p>\n

67th session and Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/p>\n

On 1 October 2012, Sri Lanka\u2019s\u00a0Minister of External Affairs\u00a0(SL MoEA) Prof G.L.Peiris<\/a><\/span>\u00a0gave his sermon at the 67th<\/sup>session. His full speech had already been published in various media.<\/p>\n

SL MoEA\u2019s sermon in the UNGA contained many lies, exaggeration and hypocrisy. Unfortunately civil society has no opportunity to challenge his statement in the GA. Therefore it is our duty to highlight the shortcomings in Prof Peiris\u2019 statement and bring the same to the attention of the international community.<\/p>\n

I can go from the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0paragraph to the last one, but here I like to give preference only to certain issues which may mislead the international community.<\/p>\n

SL MoEA said,\u00a0\u201cIn the conduct of international relations, Sri Lanka, a founding member of the NAM,\u00a0firmly upholds the tenets of peaceful co-existence, mutual respect for each others\u2019 sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-interference in the internal affairs of other states, and equality and mutual benefit. Sri Lanka believes that in the settlement of international disputes, action must be based on the fundamental principle of sovereign\u00a0equality of states, a principle firmly enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. The noticeable recent tendency\u00a0to selectively and arbitrarily intervene in the internal affairs of states\u00a0flies in the face of this principle and dilutes the confidence so carefully nurtured in the UN system\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/em>In the Sri Lankan context, any political statement that the government makes about\u00a0\u201cinternal affairs\u201d<\/em>\u00a0is null and void. Look back at the speeches made from J. R. Jayewardene<\/a><\/span> onwards. When India and other counties make objective and critical statements on the situation in Sri Lanka, in line with the UN system that promotes and protects human rights, Sri Lanka simply dodges the issues by saying the issues are\u00a0\u201cinternal affairs\u201d<\/em>. When the same countries make favourable statements about Sri Lanka \u2013 they use those extensively for propaganda and the\u00a0\u201c<\/em><\/strong>internal\u201d<\/em>\u00a0issue will not rise. That is calculated selectivity.<\/p>\n

Therefore\u00a0SL MoEA\u2019s\u00a0statement to the GA, objecting when states\u00a0\u201carbitrarily intervene in the internal affairs of states\u201d<\/em>obviously indicates that India and a few other countries are pressurising Sri Lanka to make positive steps on the ethnic conflict and to put forward a plan for a political settlement. In fact, Prof Peiris was sent to the GA to speak strongly against other countries \u201cinterfering\u201d in Sri Lanka\u2019s \u201cinternal\u201d matters. This is routine. Sri Lanka did the same in the 80s.<\/p>\n

An Italian proverb says, \u201c\u201cFool someone once, shame on you; fool him\/her twice, shame on them as well\u201d<\/em>\u00a0I do not think Sri Lanka, especially Rajapaksa\u2019s regime<\/a><\/span> can fool the international community again and again.<\/p>\n

SL MoEA introduces a new phenomenon implying that there cannot be a\u00a0\u2018one size fits all<\/em>\u2019\u00a0<\/em>approach. In other words international norms and standards can be ignored at a whim.\u00a0Professor, then what about terrorism? You, your President and each Sri Lanka government repeatedly and systematically took advantage of 09\/11, in a\u00a0\u2018one size fits all\u2019<\/em>\u00a0approach and did everything possible, benefitting the maximum from the international community and Sonia Gandhi of India.<\/p>\n

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Today India is paying its price for ignoring regionalism and blindly supporting your government. You extend no thanks to the international community and India in return, preferring to announce in the GA that,\u00a0\u201cThree years ago, our Government ended the terrorist challenge largely\u00a0through its own efforts.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Let India delve into its archives and realize its mistakes.<\/p>\n

SL MoEA talks about GDP growth rate between 2009 and 2011, especially referring to the Northern Province. According to his speech, Sri Lanka must be one of the most self-sufficient and prosperous countries.<\/p>\n

Well and good. Will he ask his President, sorry his Defence Secretary<\/a><\/span>, whether he will allow independent Economists to go through the figures that you quoted in the UNGA to see whether Sri Lanka GDP\u2019s growth figures between 2009 and 2011 are genuine?<\/p>\n

Also you said that\u00a0\u201cTo improve basic living standards, 4% of GDP has been distributed to qualifying households for providing education, health services, food subsidies, food stamps and subsidized credit\u201d.<\/em>\u00a0This is pure exaggeration.<\/p>\n

Whoever is interested in these matters should go through the local news papers. It cannot be denied that there are very few independent newspapers. But even the pro-government media is critical of the economic situation and lack of funds or absence of funds for education, heath, etc.<\/p>\n

Professor don’t you read the local news papers? Why are concerns of the Federation of University Teachers\u2019 Associations \u2013 FUTA<\/a><\/span> growing so strong? Why are you fooling the World by telling unrealistic stories?<\/p>\n

It is interesting to note that Prof Peiris says that,\u00a0\u201cCellular phone penetration is over 100%………….\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>I do not think anyone can deny this figure. In every abduction and killing of anti-government activists, many new cellular phones are used and at the end of those operations, cellur phones are dumped into rivers or into the sea. So there is no doubt that Cellular phone penetration is over 100%!<\/p>\n

SL MoEA\u00a0says,\u00a0\u201cWomen, being literate, also encourage their children to focus on education and aspire to higher goals\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is another exaggeration. Professor, why can\u2019t you tell the world how many women have been widowed by your government, not only in the North and East, but also in the South? How many children are still waiting to see the return of their loved ones – father, mother, and their kith and kin? It is disappointing to note that none of these affairs were mentioned by the SL MoEA in GA.<\/p>\n

What he says about children may indeed be applicable, but only to the children of privileged families and dictatorial leaders like Rajapaksa, Mervyn Silva<\/a><\/span>, Keheliya Rambukwella and others.<\/p>\n

Who is the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Elected Woman Prime Minister?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>SL MoEA said in the GA that,\u00a0\u201cI note with pride that Sri Lanka produced the first elected woman Prime Minister in the world in 1960\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

In fact, this claim has long existed without being properly analysed. I will be brief.<\/p>\n

First of all, Prof Peiris\u2019s claim that\u00a0\u201cSri Lanka produced the first ELECTED woman Prime Minister in Sri Lanka in 1960\u201d<\/em>\u00a0is not true.\u00a0\u00a0It is surprising to note that a person, who travels around the World to lecture about the\u00a0Mahinda chinthanaya<\/a><\/span> (Mahinda\u2019s thought), Sri Lankan style of democracy and good governanance, doesn\u2019t know the simple fact that Mrs.\u00a0Bandaranaike was not\u00a0elected\u00a0first woman Prime Minister in the World! This honour goes to Indira Gandhi of India – not to Srimavo Bandaranaike<\/a><\/span>!<\/p>\n

I seriously doubt whether President Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span> who is hostile to the Bandaranayake family is twisting or manipulating things in order for Mrs Bandaranayake to lose the honour that she was the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Woman Prime Minister in the world\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hope\u00a0SL MoEA\u00a0will agree with me that still there are rumours, unanswered questions and doubts about the assassination of S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike<\/a><\/span>, who was the husband of\u00a0Mrs.\u00a0Sirimavo Bandaranaike.<\/p>\n

According to the Supreme Court verdict in May 1961, Buddhist Monk Somarama Thero shot dead S.W.R.D Bandaranaike and this Buddhist monk and two others \u2013 another Buddhist Monk\u00a0Buddharakkita Thero and Piyasena Jayawardena\u00a0were sentenced to death.<\/p>\n

It is to be noted that the Buddhist Monk Somarama Thero converted himself to Christianity before he was hanged on 6 July 1962.<\/p>\n

Weeping widow<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mrs.\u00a0Sirimavo Bandaranaike reached the position of Prime Minister through the upper house of Parliament, the Senate. Then Senator M. P. de Zoysa stepped down, making way for\u00a0Mrs.\u00a0Sirimavo Bandaranaike to be appointed as a Senator and she became Prime Minister on 21\u00a0<\/sup>July 1960. This is the history. We cannot allow Prof. Peiris to spread lies and exaggerations about realities in Sri Lanka.\u00a0Mrs.\u00a0Sirimavo Bandaranaike was known among the politicians as the\u00a0\u201cweeping widow\u201d,<\/em>\u00a0using her emotion tactically to gain others support.<\/p>\n

It is a pity that the\u00a0Professor still plays the same music that was played during the war. Which country on earth other than Sri Lanka\u2019s club mates\u00a0\u00a0– China, Cuba, Iran and Pakistan, will believe what he says about\u00a0\u201c\u2026..redressing the grievances affected by the internal conflict.\u00a0<\/em>This initiative has been regrettably delayed by some opposition parties failing to nominate their representatives.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The truth is, professor, that for your smokescreen international propaganda and hollow pledges you need the Tamil National Alliance – TNA to participate in the Select Committee. This would help your government access all pending loans and other financial benefits held by various countries and institutions.<\/p>\n

Select Committee is a hoax<\/strong><\/p>\n

If it is a genuine call for the TNA<\/a><\/span> to take part in the Parliamentary\u00a0<\/strong>Select Committee<\/a><\/span>, your government should set an agenda \u2013 a road map, indicating the period of talks\/negotiations, time frame for reaching a final solution, etc. Sri Lanka is using the term\u00a0\u2018Parliamentary\u00a0<\/strong>Select Committee\u2019<\/em>\u00a0to mislead and misinform the international community. It is another elaborate hoax.<\/p>\n

Within the last 65 years, on how many occasions have the Tamils been taken for a ride on \u2018political solutions\u2019 by various governments? How many peace pacts, accords and agreements on cession of hostilities were signed by various Tamils leaders with the Sri Lankan government? If one analyses those, it is so obvious that all those pacts and accords were used by the Sri Lankan government for their own benefit rather than settling the ethnic conflict.<\/p>\n

If Prof Peiris goes through all the speeches that he, his President and his colleagues made regarding the political solution during the war and after the war, he can easily see for himself how the original positions changed. This is all simply to buy time until they fulfill the governments\u2019 sponsored Colonisation, Buddhisation, Sinhalasisation and Militarisation of the North and East.<\/p>\n

Tell the World frankly, professor, whether President Rajapaksa believes in the\u00a0\u2018Mahavamsa<\/a><\/span>\u2019?<\/em>\u00a0If so, when the Mahavamsa says the Island belongs to the \u2018Sinhala Buddhist<\/a><\/span>\u2019 only, how can he agree with a political solution to the Tamils or equal rights to the Tamils?<\/p>\n

(SL MoEA)\u00a0says,\u00a0\u201cSri Lanka continues to resolutely support all multilateral efforts to enhance peace and security, and eliminate all forms of terrorism.\u00a0 In our collective quest to eradicate terrorism, the selective application of principles and\u00a0double standards must be avoided. Terrorism from wherever it emerges must be resolutely counteracted.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Weeping Foreign Minister<\/strong><\/p>\n

In your speech you stated:\u00a0\u201cT<\/em>he illicit transportation of migrants to greener pastures overseas by criminal networks requires our collective attention. The\u00a0pull factors as well as the push factors of this criminal enterprise must be examined.\u201d\u00a0was received.<\/em><\/p>\n

In fact Prof Peiris should direct his concerns about \u2018transportation of migrants to greener pastures\u2019\u00a0<\/em>to Rajapaksa\u2019s family, and speak with them rather than in the GA. He should make some effort to meet the President\u2019s son Namal Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span>. In fact, it is Rajapaksa\u2019s government encouraging the Tamils to escape from Sri Lanka.\u00a0President Rajapaksa\u2019s son Namal Rajapaksa was accused of being behind human trafficking rings which operate from the North in Mullaithevu. It was in the press that he\u00a0arranged ships for Tamils to escape from Sri Lanka to seek asylum in Australia. It was alleged that those shippings were\u00a0supported by the Sri Lanka military governor of the North, several Ministers of the cabinet and the Sri Lanka Navy. Is this part of evacuation of Tamils from Sri Lanka to implement the Mahavamsa\u2019s theory?<\/p>\n

The professor was weeping about the Palestinians\u2019 right to self-determination. He underscored the importance of;\u00a0\u201c\u2026 the restoration of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. Sri Lanka fully supports the implementation of all relevant UN Resolutions on Palestine that would pave the way for the achievement of Statehood for the Palestinian people and bring lasting peace to the region.\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Professor this is a fine example of double standards. You have your own problem at home. Without finding any solution to it, you say you support the Palestinians. Whenever someone talks about the ethnic issues in Sri Lanka, you and your government say that it is an \u2018internal\u2019 problem.<\/p>\n

In his speech in the General Assembly, Prof. Peiris says,\u00a0\u201cSri Lanka unreservedly condemns the defamation of all religions and religious leaders. While the right to free speech is fundamental to our value system, that right should not be abused to hurt the feelings of the faithful whether they are\u00a0Buddhists, Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Jews or followers of other faiths. All available mechanisms must be employed to prevent the defamation of all religions and the exploitation of religious symbols for commercial purposes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, where did all those available mechanisms disappear in Sri Lanka when there were problems with Muslims in Anuratharapura, Dambulla<\/a><\/span> and other places? When the Christian churches were destroyed by Buddhist monks. Not forgetting forced Buddhisation in the North and East.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, I must agree with him at least on one point. Like Mrs.\u00a0Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 1960s, Prof Peiris is a\u201cWeeping Foreign Minister\u201d,\u00a0<\/em>using his emotion tactically to gain others\u2019 support.<\/p>\n

Rather than weeping in international forums, a representative of a failed state with a horrendous human rights record should be able to tell the truth, expound on realities and\u00a0put their own house in order. That would be a better way forward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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