February 11, 2012, 
Rajan Philips
Seldom have ethno-politics, economic imperatives and external affairs have got so mixed up in a political cocktail as at the present time. I wrote last week that Sri Lanka faces either a showdown or dialogue at the 19th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that will be held in Geneva from February 27 to March 23. What I did not know at that time was about reports that the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had written to her Sri Lankan counterpart expressing concerns about the Sri Lankan government’s inaction on the LLRC recommendations and the likelihood of a resolution at UNHRC in Geneva to commit Sri Lanka to a postwar reconciliation program based on LLRC recommendations and to address accountability issues. Full Story>>>
