Wigneswaran wants UN to settle Tamil issue
By Our Jaffna correspondent-February 11, 2014
Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C.V. Wigneswaran, had stressed the need for a third party to be involved, to mediate and settle the issues pertaining to the Tamils. He had expressed these views to the visiting Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Haoliang Xu, when they had met in Jaffna yesterday.
Prior to the meeting with the Chief Minister, the UNDP official had met the Governor of the Northern Province, G.A. Chandrasiri.
Sources said Wigneswaran had told Haoliang Xu that, the Northern Province needs to be developed. However, he had emphasized that human rights as well as the humanitarian issues should be given priority, while development activities are being carried out.
The Chief Minister had categorically told the UN official that as the Tamil question remains unresolved even after the end of the civil war in 2009, the involvement of a third party, such as the United Nations, should be sought to fulfil the political aspirations of the Tamils.
The Chief Minister had also pointed out that, the government was delaying in fulfilling the pledges it had made, with regard to settling issues that remain as obstacles towards the smooth functioning of the Northern Provincial Council.
Responding to the concerns expressed by Wigneswaran, Haoliang Xu had told him that the Governor of the Province, during the discussions they had, had said he was ready to cooperate with the Northern Provincial Council to carry out its activities for the betterment of the people of the North.
By Our Jaffna correspondent-February 11, 2014
Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C.V. Wigneswaran, had stressed the need for a third party to be involved, to mediate and settle the issues pertaining to the Tamils. He had expressed these views to the visiting Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Haoliang Xu, when they had met in Jaffna yesterday.
Prior to the meeting with the Chief Minister, the UNDP official had met the Governor of the Northern Province, G.A. Chandrasiri.
Sources said Wigneswaran had told Haoliang Xu that, the Northern Province needs to be developed. However, he had emphasized that human rights as well as the humanitarian issues should be given priority, while development activities are being carried out.
The Chief Minister had categorically told the UN official that as the Tamil question remains unresolved even after the end of the civil war in 2009, the involvement of a third party, such as the United Nations, should be sought to fulfil the political aspirations of the Tamils.
The Chief Minister had also pointed out that, the government was delaying in fulfilling the pledges it had made, with regard to settling issues that remain as obstacles towards the smooth functioning of the Northern Provincial Council.
Responding to the concerns expressed by Wigneswaran, Haoliang Xu had told him that the Governor of the Province, during the discussions they had, had said he was ready to cooperate with the Northern Provincial Council to carry out its activities for the betterment of the people of the North.
