The Resolution moved by the US apparently censuring the Sri Lankan Government by has been passed by 24 for,15 against with eight absentions( 47 members).
India joined the countries in voting against Sri Lanka and immediately mollified Sri Lanka.
“Soon after the voting, the Indian foreign ministry put out a detailed note which placed its contentious decision in perspective.
The ministry stressed that ‘resolutions of this nature should fully respect the sovereign rights of states and contribute to Sri Lanka’s own efforts in this regard’. It pointed out that with thousands of years of cordial relations and deep rooted spiritual and cultural ties, India can’t cannot remain untouched by developments in the neighbouring country.
‘We will continue to remain engaged with Sri Lanka to take forward the process of reconciliation to secure for all its citizens a future marked by equality, dignity, justice and self-respect,’ the ministry said in New Delhi. Reminding Colombo to implement the recommendations of Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report, India said ‘there is a window of opportunity to forge a consensual way forward towards reconciliation through a political settlement respecting all ethnic and religious groups inhabiting the nation’.
India stressed that the LLRC report recognises that ‘a political solution is imperative and that the government of Sri Lanka should provide the leadership to this political process’.
http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5946614#page=2
What are the implications?
” The fifth and final paragraph of the preamble of the US Resolution, immediately preceding its operative clauses, reads: “Noting with concern that the LLRC report does not adequately address serious allegations of violations of international law…”
It is to be noted that this provides an alibi for the Sri Lankan Government to question the other observations of the LLRC Report and may even shelve thr Report quoting this proviso!
“(1). Calls on the Government of Sri Lanka to implement the constructive recommendations in the LLRC report and take all necessary additional steps to fulfill its relevant legal obligations and commitment to initiate credible and independent actions to ensure justice, equity, accountability and reconciliation for all Sri Lankans,
(2) Requests that the Government of Sri Lanka present a comprehensive action plan as expeditiously as possible detailing the steps the Government has taken and will take to implement the LLRC recommendations and also to address alleged violations of international law.
This tantamount to the perpetrators to rectify /address issues created by them.
how illogical can one be?
‘and also violations of International Law’-this gives room for Sri Lanka to drag LTTE into the picture and muddy the water further.
“(3) “Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and relevant special procedures to provide, and the Government of Sri Lanka to accept, advice and technical assistance on implementing those steps and requests the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to present a report to the Council on the provision of such assistance at its twenty-second session.”
That is to say the Government of Sri Lanka shall advise(supposed to accept and advice UNHRC Commissioner at the same time -how contradictory?) shall use the UNHRC High Commissioner as an Agent of the Government of Sri Lanka.
Instead of UNHRC dictating terms , it will be the Sri Lankan Government that shall dictate the UNHRC.
I often hear my elder brother say ‘if you have to scold some one, scold them in such a way that it does not hurt them’
My reply ‘then what is the purpose of scolding?
What a Farce of Censuring?
http://groundviews.org/2012/03/16/the-big-lie-about-the-us-resolution/
It is really strange that SrI Lankans do not seem to realize the enormity of the Genocide and this can be seen from the Petition organised by the Sri Lankan Youth(?)
The resolution;
1. Calls upon the Government of Sri Lanka to implement the constructive Recommendations made in the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission and to take all necessary additional steps to fulfil its relevant legal obligations and commitment to initiate credible and independent actions to ensure justice, equity, accountability and reconciliation for all Sri Lankans;
2. Requests the Government of Sri Lanka to present, as expeditiously as possible, a comprehensive action plan detailing the steps that the Government has taken and will take to implement the recommendations made in the Commission’s report, and also to address alleged violations of international law;
3. Encourages the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and relevant special procedures mandate holders to provide, and the Government of Sri Lanka to accept, advice and technical assistance on implementing the above-mentioned steps, and requests the Office of the High Commissioner to present a report on the provision of such assistance to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-second session.
The passing of this resolution will have the effect of;
1) Breaching Article 2(7) of the Charter of the United Nations which states “Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state”
2)Completely jeopardizing the core concepts of International Law and breaching Article 2(1) of the Charter of the United Nations, which ensure the sovereign equality of all its Members, since no such resolution has been brought up against the US (sponsor of the current resolution) for allegations of Human Rights Violations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
3) Violating the sovereignty and integrity of Sri Lanka.
4) Hindering the effort of the Sri Lankan government in its reconciliation efforts to ensure equality among all races and the post war development process.
5) Taxing the resources of the United Nations since the government of Sri Lanka has already made substantial progress in implementing the recommendations of the LLRC report which makes it unnecessary for a process as recommended.
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