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Senate cannot be a solution to the demand for autonomy in managing local and provincial affairs

by National Peace Council

During his recent visit to Sri Lanka, Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna gave support to the Sri Lankan government’s intention to have a Parliamentary Select Committee work out the modalities of a political solution to the ethnic conflict.

The Indian government has consistently expressed its interest in a political solution and that the Sri Lankan government gave such assurances during the war that elicited international support.
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Tamil Heritage Month
January 2012

WHEREAS our city’s Tamil community is committed to preserving its rich heritage and has contributed greatly to Toronto’s diverse population.
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Statement by Liberal Leader Bob Rae on Thai Pongal

JANUARY 14, 2012

OTTAWA– Liberal Leader Bob Rae made the following statement today on Thai Pongal:

“Tamil communities here in Canada and around the world are celebrating Thai Pongal, the Tamil festival of the harvest, and even though January days are short in Canada, we can all appreciate and welcome the return of the sun.
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Since the end of the war in May 2009, it has become important for all ethnic communities of Sri Lanka to re-examine and re-evaluate their past. It is through this process of self-reflection that some of the major issues that confront state and civil society today can be meaningfully reconceived and reconfigured for the future.

While the war has drawn to a decisive close, the ethnic conflict is far from over and demands solutions short- and long-term. The quest for a viable political solution from a majoritarian state is a primary concern for the Tamil community today.
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Truth and reconciliation commission needed to go deeply into entire tragedy of war

by National Peace Council
Media Release

The final report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa has drawn a mixed reaction. The 388 page report has been criticized by the main Tamil political party, the Tamil National Alliance, and by international human rights organizations.
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Urgent International Investigation Need of the Hour

The United States Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC) finds the report of Sri Lanka’s domestic inquiry into alleged war crimes deeply flawed and urges the implementation of UN Panel of Experts’ recommendations by creating an international investigative mechanism.

USTPAC welcomes the public release of the long-awaited Report of the Sri Lankan Government’s Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission, an action USTPAC has called for repeatedly during the year the Report has been delayed.
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