TNA disappointed with draft - US resolution-Says core issues not touched
By Ananth Palakidnar-March 7, 2014
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has expressed dismay over the draft resolution prepared by the US on Sri Lanka, to be presented at the UNHRC sessions in Geneva. The TNA has pointed out that the US draft resolution was disappointing and contains nothing constructive towards addressing the genuine grievances towards the Tamils affected by war.
TNA Spokesperson and Parliamentarian, Suresh Premachandran, who was in Geneva a couple of weeks ago, told Ceylon Today, the US draft resolution has not touched on the core issues such as an international investigation into alleged war crimes, disappearances in the North and East, and on the indefinite detention of the Tamil political prisoners.
He added, that the draft seemed to be soft pedalling on several serious issues with regard to human rights violations in the North and East.
"Canada, Britain and the US had earlier vehemently condemned the human rights violations in Sri Lanka and had also called for an international investigation into .the alleged war crimes in the Island. But the US draft resolution had failed to mention anything on the International investigation into the alleged war crimes," Premachandran said.
He also said that instead of addressing the Tamil people specifically, the US draft resolution had looked into various other national issues such as the independence of the judiciary and stabilizing the democratic institutions in the country.
The TNA Spokesperson, while expressing disappointment over the US draft resolution, had stated that nothing was mentioned about finding a political solution, and that the US resolution should have outlined an internationally mediated dialogue on the measures to be taken to prevent land grabbing in the North.
By Ananth Palakidnar-March 7, 2014 The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has expressed dismay over the draft resolution prepared by the US on Sri Lanka, to be presented at the UNHRC sessions in Geneva. The TNA has pointed out that the US draft resolution was disappointing and contains nothing constructive towards addressing the genuine grievances towards the Tamils affected by war.
TNA Spokesperson and Parliamentarian, Suresh Premachandran, who was in Geneva a couple of weeks ago, told Ceylon Today, the US draft resolution has not touched on the core issues such as an international investigation into alleged war crimes, disappearances in the North and East, and on the indefinite detention of the Tamil political prisoners.
He added, that the draft seemed to be soft pedalling on several serious issues with regard to human rights violations in the North and East.
"Canada, Britain and the US had earlier vehemently condemned the human rights violations in Sri Lanka and had also called for an international investigation into .the alleged war crimes in the Island. But the US draft resolution had failed to mention anything on the International investigation into the alleged war crimes," Premachandran said.
He also said that instead of addressing the Tamil people specifically, the US draft resolution had looked into various other national issues such as the independence of the judiciary and stabilizing the democratic institutions in the country.
The TNA Spokesperson, while expressing disappointment over the US draft resolution, had stated that nothing was mentioned about finding a political solution, and that the US resolution should have outlined an internationally mediated dialogue on the measures to be taken to prevent land grabbing in the North.
