The TNA has noted that opportunities for post war peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka was gradually slipping away and that the members of the UNHRC must act urgently to prevent an ominous slide towards a recurrence of the tragedies of the past. The Tamil leader accused the government of continually misleading the international community at the 19th session of UNHRC in Geneva and said commitments made both domestically and internationally with regard to a political solution have not been honored. Similarly, commitments made relating to human rights and accountability have been routinely dishonoured, the statement said. The party called for the Council to evaluate the government's request for time and space to set up a homegrown process that will address the need for a political solution, improvement in human rights, and accountability, against the chronic unwillingness of the government to honour its own commitments to the people of Sri Lanka and the international community, as these claims have been repeated for years by the government with no result. The TNA warned the UNHRC that failure to act will enable governments, which in fact demonstrate no commitment to change, to escape their obligations by merely making empty promises of reform. "This will entrench a dangerous and harmful precedent of Council sanctioned impunity," the TNA leader noted.Read the full text of the lengthy statement:
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