Thursday 21 April 2011
A UN report on the Sri Lanka war is delayed as the Sri Lankan Government warns it has gone too far. A key player in the Sri Lankan reconciliation process tells Channel 4 News the report is "vulgar".The Sri Lankan government appears to have successfully delayed the publication of a critical UN report. By securing an agreement that the report's release would be held back until a Sri Lankan government response could be prepared, the Colombo authorities look to have forced the deferral of its release. It may be published over the Easter weekend, but is likely to receive much less global attention as a result.
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Kurt Achin | New Delhi April 21, 2011
Hours before the release of a U.N. report about suspected war crimes committed by Sri Lanka's government, top officials in Colombo are pleading to keep the report secret, arguing it would derail the country'
sreconciliation process.
Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris said Thursday publication of the report "will cause irreparable damage to the reconciliation efforts of Sri Lanka." Peiris says the United Nations should "reach out to Sri Lanka" as it emerges from"one of its darkest periods."
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Sri Lanka: Releasing UN Report Would Do 'Irrevocable Damage'
Kurt Achin | New Delhi April 21, 2011
Sri Lankans walk past a billboard of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and campaign slogans for people to join the protest against the U.N. report, Colombo, Apr 21 2011
Hours before the release of a U.N. report about suspected war crimes committed by Sri Lanka's government, top officials in Colombo are pleading to keep the report secret, arguing it would derail the country'
sreconciliation process.
Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris said Thursday publication of the report "will cause irreparable damage to the reconciliation efforts of Sri Lanka." Peiris says the United Nations should "reach out to Sri Lanka" as it emerges from"one of its darkest periods."
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