Sri Lanka's Representative at the 20th session of
the United Nation Human Rights
Council (UNHRC) in Geneva,
Manisha Gunasekera, said on
June 18 that Sri Lanka remains
committed to implement the
recommendations of its Lesson
Learnt and Reconciliation
committee (LLRC), reports
Colombo Page. Highlighting
the developments in the reconciliation
process, Gunasekera said there
are only 6,022 Internally
Displaced Persons (IDPs) remaining
to be resettled from a 290,000
displaced by the war at the
end in May 2009. 10,949 former
Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE)
combatants have been rehabilitated
and reintegrated, from approximately
12,000, while 629 are undergoing
rehabilitation, and 403 are
under legal procedure or remand.
Among the reintegrated were
594 LTTE child soldiers, who
were rehabilitated and returned
to their families within one
year. Among other measures
implemented by the Government
were the recruitment of 1,133
officials of Tamil ethnicity
in the Sri Lanka Police Department
and 436 of them in the North,
and 377 in the East, and establishment
of a database containing details
of arrested suspects including
detainees in order to facilitate
their next of kin to obtain
details.
Meanwhile, Mavai Senathirajah, Secretary General of the Ilankai
Tamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK),
on June 20 said that Tamil
National Alliance (TNA) has
decided to bring to the notice
of the United Nations (UN)
against the illegal acquisition
and forceful occupation of
lands in the Jaffna Peninsula.
He said, “The Sri Lankan Army
which forcefully occupies
the lands of the Tamils of
this region should leave forthwith.
Our non-violent struggle will
continue until they vacate
from our lands.” Earlier in
the day, people from Valikamam
North agitated in front of
the Thurkkai
Amman Temple
urging that they may be allowed
to occupy their lands however,
riot Police prevented peaceful
agitation and forcefully dispersed
them. |
