There Will Be Another UN Resolution On Sri Lanka, Cameron Should Reconsider His Decision To Attend CHOGM – UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group For Tamils

September 12, 2013

“The oral report of the UN High Commissioner to the Human Rights Council in Geneva relating to Sri Lanka will be presented in late September this year, and we hope that our Prime Minister, will carefully consider the findings of the UN high Commissioner and reconsider his decision to attend CHOGM 2013 in Sri Lanka.” says the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils.

Issuing a statement last night APPGT said; “In the next UN resolution to be decided in Geneva in March 2014, the UK should continue to support the call for accountability and justice for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, through an international mechanism.”

We publish below the statement in full;

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay’s visit to Sri Lanka

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPGT) welcomes the visit by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and we acknowledge the observations she made during her mission in Sri Lanka.

Cameron

On 31st of August 2013, in an initial media statement, High Commissioner Pillay said “It is important everyone realises that, although the fighting is over, the suffering is not”. This is also the message which members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils are hearing from Tamils in the UK, as their loved ones continue to suffer under the military control of the North and East by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces.

Dr Pillay further said: “There are a number of specific factors impeding normalisation, which – if not quickly rectified – may sow the seeds of future discord.” “These are by and large to do with the curtailment or denial of personal freedoms and human rights, or linked to persistent impunity and the failure of rule of law.”        Read More