Global Tamil Forum
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Wednesday, 12 October
2011The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, His Excellency John Rankin, kindly answered a question put forward by the Global Tamil Forum regarding the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which is set to take place in Sri Lanka in 2013. The answer came during the High Commissioner's fortnightly Q&A session which is broadcast via the British High Commission in Colombo webpage.லகத் தமிழர் பேரவை
The Global Tamil Forum asked whether it is appropriate for the 2013 CHOGM to take place in Sri Lanka, given the allegations of war crimes that have yet to be resolved and the current concerns regarding the violation of human rights on the island.
The High Commissioner gives his response to this question at 1:24 into the video, where he states:
"...we look to any host of the Commonwealth Heads of Government including Sri Lanka to uphold the Commonwealth commitment, Commonwealth values on good governance and human rights and in the case of Sri Lanka we look forward to now and in the run up to 2013 to address those issues and to keep on making progress on them, in particular we made clear that we look to Sri Lanka to make progress by the end of this year on issues of accountability and reconciliation which we believe can help to build a sustainable peace in this country."
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