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News Image 49304 - UN Calls for War Crimes Investigation in Sri Lanka
Monday, 26 October 2009 - 9:51 PM SL Time - Some news pictures are worth a million words
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The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling for an independent, international investigation of possible war crimes committed during the last few months of the war in Sri Lanka. The UN agency says there should be a full inquiry into what did or did not happen during the final stages of the country`s long-lasting civil war.
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights says too many questions related to the last stages of the war between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels remain unanswered.
UN Human Rights Spokesman Rupert Colville says something like the Gaza Fact-Finding Mission is warranted, given the wide spread concerns about the conduct of the war between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels.
`It seems that more clarity is likely to emerge about who did what to whom and whether or not war crimes, crimes against humanity and other very serious human rights abuses were committed by one or both sides,` say Colville.
Tens of thousands of people were killed during Sri Lanka`s 25 year-long civil war. An estimated 6500 people were reportedly killed and 14,000 wounded during the last few months of the war earlier this year.
In May, the UN Human Rights Council held a special session on the situation in Sri Lanka. The Council blamed war atrocities on the Tamil Tiger rebels and exonerated the government of similar crimes. It rejected demands for an independent inquiry into the conduct of the war.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, who disagreed with this decision, is once again calling for an investigation.
On a related issue, spokesman Rupert Colville says the situation of one-quarter of a million displaced Tamils living in internment camps continues to be of great concern.
`Sri Lanka committed itself to opening up, and dealing properly with the displaced and other victims of the war, as well as dealing with some of the underlying problems relating to discrimination against the Tamil minority. So we hope the government takes serious actions to fulfill those commitments in the very near future,` he said.
Colville calls this is an almost unimaginable situation for children and other civilians to have to live through for even one day, let alone months on end.
He says the UN Human Rights Office urges the Sri Lankan government to release the Tamils from their restrictive situation in the camps, so they can return to their homes to lead a more normal life.
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AnuD
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 26 Oct 2009 16:10:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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It looks that UNHCR is for personal vendetta.
IT is Navi Pillai's personal organization against Sri Lanka. |
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 26 Oct 2009 17:42:38 GMT Report for Abuse
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The government has to accept this. Otherwise UN cannot do it.
This simply shows that Navi Pille is an LTTE supporter. |
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26 Oct 2009 17:58:55 GMT Report for Abuse
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War is not peace. It is opposite of peace. Where in the world did war without killing civilians. This is the nature of war. How can one do a war without killing each other? War is war.
Small child to the oldest man on the face of the earth know it very well. What is this investigation. It is done open manner. When there is war in particular area, enemy can not chose who is his enemy among the people in the area. War will not bring life. War did not bring life. Investigation can not give lives. It will further aggravate the conflict and hatred.
War has ended in good means or bad. Good thing is now there is end to killing. Now people do not have death fear.
International community and UN should do something to restore lives of the people who are living.
People who have dead and gone can not come back.
Do something to living people worth rather than provoking two nations against each other in the pretext of investigation.
Fire has turned off. Do no try to turn it back.
No one will benefit by it.
UN responsibility to bring peace to the world not aggravate situations.
UN should not change the directions toward splitting nations.
Try and help the peace that is established in the country.
When terrorist blasted thousands of bombs in main city and other various locations who were killed. Is it the arm forces or Innocent school children innocent civilians.
What UN did when this happened in the country.
With a great effort the country overcame with this terrorism.
Now UN is acting in support of Terrorism
When UN acts this way where will these member countries seek assistance for peace?
UN is now involved in shameful act of supporting the terrorism.
It is sad. World should look for another alternative organization to restore peace in the world.
Edited By - TRIBUNAL - 26 Oct 2009 18:08:41 GMT |
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26 Oct 2009 18:13:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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Navi Pillai looks like a cross dressed man.
Unless you have any intentions of asking her on a date, should how she looks matter to you? |
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