Foreign funded derogatory reports cannot match what world leaders saw and said about Sri Lanka
There is a very well planned concerted effort, well funded and with the same think tanks involved compiling report using ‘unknown’ witnesses or witnesses who have ‘escaped’ and awaiting asylum or refugee status to depict the notion that Sri Lanka needs to be divided and the North liberated. The reports are giveaways for when any report speaks of ‘sinhalization’ ‘genocide’ it simply showcases who is funding them. Nevertheless, while these reports are attempting to isolate Sri Lanka, the arrival of scores of foreign delegates from foreign missions, business delegations and foreign parliamentarians alongside their statements shows an entirely different picture but more importantly nullifies the bogus reports in circulation. Many of these reports have been exposed for their lies and distortions and the credibility of these organizations are now seriously to be questioned.
‘If there is any genocide – it is by the LTTE’
Lord Naseby is the Chairman of the All Party British Sri Lanka Parliamentary Group.
We agree that infrastructure development is not the only criterion on which post-conflict development is to be measured. But we also need to realize that for 30 years these areas of the North were living like in the stone-age. These people needed to have something to look forward to start their lives. Now, in a matter of just 5 years they have new roads, new homes, new buildings, new means of income and ways to creatively generate income, ability to return to livelihoods that had been neglected. With the development a score of other avenues have opened up. Critics must realize this. The same critics need to also acknowledge that the LTTE enjoyed USD300m annual profits, the LTTE Diaspora funded them and that same Diaspora is demanding what the GOSL has done to develop the North when all the money sent by them to the LTTE were only to procure arms, build bunkers and to be shared amongst LTTE families.
We need to also add that scores of UN agencies, INGOs, and NGOs had offices virtually next door to the LTTE which next questions what they had been doing all these years. They were not even able to tell or did not wish to tell how many Tamils the LTTE took hostage! The contributors to these charities/NGOs need to seriously question them as to what they had been doing with the money sent to them for decades – absolutely nothing had been done in the North until the post-conflict development commenced.
Do we believe the LTTE-funded documentaries or the statements of diplomats arriving in Sri Lanka?
There is much talk of UN inaction during the final stages of the war, this is an attempt to downplay the UN country teams estimate of civilian deaths as being 7721 in an effort to give credence to the global campaign to promote 40,000 and more deaths. We have sufficiently argued that without names, dead bodies there is little accusers can do but to waste money running global campaigns. In a court of law their arguments will fall to pieces. In a war and with terrorists wearing uniform and in civil, with LTTE having trained a civilian defense force what army can differentiate a LTTE terrorist from a civilian who is pretending to be a civilian and not an LTTEr? Obviously, collateral damage did occur but the fact that amidst the fighting the army actually saved close to 300,000 Tamils (amongst whom there were plenty of LTTE cadres) is satisfactorily evidence of proportionality.
The country’s ‘Come See for Yourself’ policy has worked well. 1million tourists have arrived since 2009, over 200 delegations arrived in 2013 alone to Sri Lanka. The arrival of the Japanese Prime Minister and the Chinese Leader in 2014 and the agreements being signed showcases the extent of confidence these countries are having on Sri Lanka.
In the meanwhile, a lot of money is being spent by the usual culprits to compile reports, to serialize the same sets of allegations to show a picture of ‘consistency’ but they all end up using the same sources and the same mouthpieces and same online sites and same writers and speakers and reviewers end up saying the same thing. Almost always their ‘witnesses’ are kept hidden by a new concept called ‘witness protection’ and a cap on exposing their names for 20 years because obviously there are no real witnesses and by 20 years people would not remember to even ask the disclosure of their names! The attempt is obviously to do a Goebel – a lie repeated enough times becomes accepted as truth!
Nevertheless, they will have a hard time to counter their lies against foreign delegates arriving from all corners of the world and visiting all parts of Sri Lanka.
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Jan 2013 Australia – Opposition Parliamentary DelegationDeputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop & immigration spokesman Scott Morrison, border protection spokesman Michael Keenan. “We were impressed by the progress that has been made,” Bishop said during a discussion with President Rajapaksa at Temple Trees. “Your country is to be congratulated.” |
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Feb 2013 Her Excellency Crete Lochen, Norwegian Ambassador visits Jaffna“ We are aware of the great efforts made by the government and non- government partners who have jointly put up lot of hard work to improve the living conditions of the communities emerging from conflict”, |
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April 2013 – 6 member Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by Sushma Swaraj, leader of the BJP Opposition / Lok Sabha‘“The pace of development was good given that whole infrastructure was destroyed’ |
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May 2013 Head of the United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Agnes Asekenye-Oonyu accompanied by the deputy head of the mission, Mark Prasopa-Plaizier. |
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June 2013 –s ix member BJP-led delegation led by Ravi Shankar Prasad, Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha.“This is another achievement of Sri Lanka that many foreign delegations including the opposition party members of INDIA also started visiting Sri Lanka in Post-war era of the country.” |
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July 20136 Member British Parliamentary Delegation led by Conservative MP Eleanor Laing“There is a lot of hope for the future. We are very positive about Sri Lanka’ |
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Aug 2013 EU Parliamentarian visits North – Mr. Phil Bennion, MEP, ALDE / UK from the EU Parliament Phil Bennion has said the international community can now witness for themselves the successful development process of Sri Lanka |
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Aug 2013French Senator Nathalie Goulet The role played by the security forces in the development process in the North is impressive |
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Aug 2013Canadian Embassy delegation visited Jaffna and Killinochchi and had talks with political parties and civil society members. The Canadians also visited the Uthayan newspaper office in Jaffna and had talks with the management and Editor. |
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Jan 20129 member British delegation visits Jaffna led by Conservative MP James Wharton ‘solution to the Lankan ethnic question should be found within the country and no solution could be imposed from outside’ |
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Jan 2012Canadian Parliamentary delegationHon. Chungen Leung (M.P.), Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Multiculturalism, Deputy Minister of the Government of Canada, Hon. Joe Daniel (M.P.), and, Marlene Gallyot Special Assistant to Hon. Joe Daniel (for Sri Lanka) “the human rights situation in Sri Lanka has greatly improved and it was understood that there is no discrimination against Tamil community in Sri Lanka”. |
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May 2012 A team of US State Department representatives and USAID Regional Refugee Coordinator from the office of Population, Refugees and Migration, US Department of State Ms. Amanda Jacobsen, Regional Advisor for South Asia Ms. Andrea Tracy and Disaster Assistance Officer of USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance in the USA along with two other officials |
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Sept 2012 Representatives of the African National Congress Progressive Business Forum (ANCPBF) led by Deputy Minister Ms Hlenglwe Buhle Mkize |
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Sept 2012 Delegates of 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)New Zealand National List MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi said the resettlement process in the North was impressive and the government’s approach in the development process in the area was in the right direction. Bakshi said the houses given to IDPs were of a high standard and it was important the IDPs had a good home. South African Parliamentarian Patricia Mahlo said the Northern development process was excellent and the government was doing a commendable job. Canadian Parliamentarian from Calgary North-East, Devinder Shory said sections in Canada say the Security Forces in Jaffna outnumber civilians here, but from what he witnessed the Forces’ presence was minimal |
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Nov 2012 – 8 member Czech Parliamentary Delegation led by the Chairman of the foreign Affairs committee of the Czech Republic David Vodrazka MP Czech officials also called on the Bishop of Jaffna Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas Savundaranayagam and the Northern Province Governor Major General (retd.) G A Chandrasiri. |
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Dec 2012 – UN delegation led by Japan includes permanent representatives from Nigeria, Romania Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York and top diplomats of Italian, Brazilian and South Africa’s missions in Colombo visits north to view progress |
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Feb 2011 – Leader of the South Asia Delegation of the European Parliament, Mrs. Jean Lambert (Greens/UK) commended the Govt. on the “tremendous efforts and progress made by the Government to remove the legacy of the conflict”. |
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Jun 2011 British Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Mr. Mark Gooding expressed satisfaction on the role played by the Army in the North |
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Sept 2011 Australian High Commissioner Her Excellency Cathy Clugan 3 day visit to Jaffna expressed her satisfaction about the welfare measures launched by the Army for Jaffna civilians. |
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Sept 2011 US House of Representatives Sub-committee Chairman on the Middle East and South Asia, Congressman Steven Joseph Chabot expressed their satisfaction about ongoing developments in Jaffna. |
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Oct 2010- 35 Member team delegation was led by Ravi Shankar Prasad, Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha.India was for the peaceful coexistence of all the people in the island, and the Tamil question should be solved entirely by Sri Lanka, while India could only play a supportive role. |
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Nov 2010 Leader of the German Delegation, Ms Petra Ernstberger (CDU/CSU) thanked the GoSL for the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the progress made in Sri Lanka, and confirmed their overall impression, following visits to the North and the East of the country that “many good things had been done”. |
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Oct 2009 Singaporean envoy George YeoI congratulate His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapakse, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, for his very courageous leadership and thank the Chiefs of the Defense outfit who supported him with deep commitment and self-sacrifice. |
Arrival of Foreign Delegates to North Sri Lanka in 2013
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DATE |
NAME |
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1 |
2010.01.15 |
Mr.Charles Haviland – BBC Correspondent |
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2 |
2010.03.10 |
Mr. Yangxiuping, Chinese Ambassador |
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3 |
2010.03.25 |
Delegation from Bangladesh Army |
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4 |
2010.04.18 |
Indian High Commissioner |
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5 |
2010.04.28 |
Delegation from Pakistan Army |
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6 |
2010.05.03 |
Mr.Yohi Sasakawa of Sasakawa Foundation (Japan) |
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7 |
2010.05.05 |
Indian High Commissioner |
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8 |
2010.05.06 |
Most Rev. Dr. Joseph Spiteri (Diplomat) |
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9 |
2010.05.21 |
Miss. BM Pheto, High Commissioner South Africa |
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10 |
2010.06.08 |
Ms. Patricia Butenis, US Ambassador |
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11 |
2010.06.09 |
Ms. Patricia Butenis, US Ambassador |
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12 |
2010.06.13 |
HE Mrs. Ruth Flint, Ambassador for Switzerland |
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13 |
2010.06.15 |
Ms. Samantha Power, US State Dept |
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14 |
2010.06.25 |
Mr. Antonio Tan JR, Ambassador for the Philippines |
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15 |
2010.06.28 |
Mr. Mark Gooding, Diplomat |
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16 |
2010.07.04 |
Dato S Kulasegaran and Mr C Gnanarajah, Malaysian delegation |
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17 |
2010.07.12 |
UN Stafff |
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18 |
2010.07.16 |
Mr. Akio Uhchida, Japan officials |
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19 |
2010.08.06 |
Mr. Damascus Mscheri, UN delegation |
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20 |
2010.08.31 |
Ms Nirupama Rao, Indian Foreign Secretary |
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21 |
2010.09.14 |
Swiss delegation |
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22 |
2010.09.21 |
Mr. Anurag Srivastava, First Secretary Indian High Commission |
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23 |
2010.09.21 |
Ms Indu Mohandas, UN delegation |
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24 |
2010.10.01 |
Brigadier General Humayun Bakht, Defense College Bangladesh |
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25 |
2010.10.07 |
High Commissioner of India |
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26 |
2010.10.09 |
US Investors |
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27 |
2010.10.12 |
Chief of Mission Mr. Richard Danziger |
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28 |
2010.10.20 |
Rt. Hon. Paul Murphy |
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29 |
2010.10.22 |
His Excellency Most Rev. Dr. Joseph Spiteri |
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30 |
2010.11.15 |
HE.Miss Leoni Cuelenaere, Netherlands Ambassador |
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31 |
2011.01.10 |
Malaysian delegation |
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32 |
2011.01.20 |
Ambassador for Japan |
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33 |
2011.01.21 |
Indonesian Ambassador |
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34 |
2011.01.21 |
Indian High Commissioner |
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35 |
2011.01.24 |
Ms. Patricia Butenis, US ambassador |
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36 |
2011.02.27 |
Canadian High Commissioner |
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37 |
2011.03.10 |
Indian High Commissioner |
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38 |
2011.03.12 |
Mr. Lun Karan, German delegation |
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39 |
2011.03.14 |
Mr. Thomas Litscher, Swiss Ambassador |
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40 |
2011.03.14 |
Thomas Litscher |
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41 |
2011.03.23 |
Norwegian Ambassador |
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42 |
2011.04.25 |
Indian Defence Advisor |
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43 |
2011.04.29 |
Nepalese delegation |
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44 |
2011.05.10 |
Ms. Indumathi Mohandas |
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45 |
2011.05.23 |
US delegation |
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46 |
2011.06.03 |
Tri Service Senior Officers |
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47 |
2011.06.04 |
Mr. Tomas Dub, Hon. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Czech republic |
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48 |
2011.06.07 |
Mr. Tomas Dub, Hon. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Czech republic |
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49 |
2011.06.08 |
Steev Hanchns, Australian delegation |
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50 |
2011.06.14 |
Mr. Mark Gooding, British High Commissioner |
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51 |
2011.06.29 |
Malaysian delegation |
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52 |
2011.07.11 |
Indian High Commissioner |
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53 |
2011.07.23 |
Mr. Stephen Foster, Australian High Commission officials |
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54 |
2011.08.02 |
Lt Col Patrick Schuler, US Defense Attache |
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55 |
2011.08.24 |
IOM International Staff, UK delegation |
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56 |
2011.09.13 |
Robert O Blake and diplomats |
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57 |
2011.09.18 |
HE.Mr Jongmoon Choi, Ambassador of Korea |
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58 |
2011.09.19 |
HE Kathy Clugan, Ambassador Canada |
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59 |
2011.09.20 |
Mr. Kerin Wenger, Swiss National Public Radio |
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60 |
2011.09.22 |
US ambassador |
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61 |
2011.09.28 |
Mr. Steven Joseph Chabot, US House of Representative |
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62 |
2011.10.03 |
Mr.Adnan Khan, UN WFP Officials |
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63 |
2011.10.09 |
Mr.Sri Ranjan Mathai, Foreign Secretary of India |
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64 |
2011.10.12 |
Hon Tholhath Ibrahion, Minister of Defense and National Security Maldives |
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65 |
2011.10.19 |
Hon. Albert Benjamin Chandler, US delegation |
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66 |
2011.10.22 |
Hon Mark Prichard, British MP |
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67 |
2011.10.28 |
Hon Lord George Foulkes, UK Parliamentary Delegation |
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68 |
2011.11.14 |
HE Shyam Saran, Ex-Foreign Secretary India |
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69 |
2011.11.17 |
Asian Delegation
HE Mr Djafar Husein-Ambassador Republic of Indonesia HE Mr Ton Sinh Thanh- Ambassador Republic of Vietnam HE Mr Azmi Zainuddin- High Commissioner of Malaysia Mr Tan Li Lung- Councellor, High Commission of Malaysia Mr Albert Abdi- First Secretary, Indonesian Embassy Miss Rungnapa Srivannavit- Charge d’ Affaires, Royal Thai Embassy Miss Nareeta Supradist- First Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy |
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70 |
2011.11.18 |
Hon Ebrahim Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of International Relations & Cooperation of South Africa |
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71 |
2011.11.30 |
Mr Robbie Bulloch, British Deputy High Commissioner |
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72 |
2011.11.30 |
Ms. Sheila Berry, Diplomat |
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73 |
2011.12.08 |
Ms Maria Vamvakinou, Australian Parliamentary delegation |
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74 |
2011.12.12 |
Ms. Megan Foster, Canadian High Commission |
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75 |
2011.12.13 |
HE Mrs Christine Robichon, French Ambassador |
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76 |
2011.12.15 |
Mr P Kumaran, Deputy High Commissioner of India |
|
77 |
2011.12.21 |
Ms Ayaco Tanaka, Japan delegation |
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78 |
2012.01.04 |
Hon James Wharton, UK Parliamentary Delegation |
|
79 |
2012.01.09 |
Mr.Joe Daniel, Canadian Parliamentary delegation |
|
80 |
2012.01.18 |
HE SM Krishna, Indian delegation |
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81 |
2012.01.20 |
Dr Alyssa Ayres, US delegation |
|
82 |
2012.01.23 |
Mr Devid Hall, British High Commission officials |
|
83 |
2012.01.23 |
HE Abdul Kalam, Former President of India |
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84 |
2012.01.26 |
Dato Kulasegaran Sabarathnam, Malaysian delegation |
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85 |
2012.02.01 |
Mr. Andrew Robert Bruce |
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86 |
2012.02.08 |
Hon. Malai K Sinha, Joint Security / Ministry of External Affairs, India |
|
87 |
2012.02.08 |
Mr Stephen J Rapp – US delegation |
|
88 |
2012.02.12 |
Andrew Robert Bruce, UN officials |
|
89 |
2012.02.13 |
Mr SB Divaratne with US delegation |
|
90 |
2012.02.16 |
Dr Cyill Nunn, Federal Republic of Germany |
|
91 |
2012.02.17 |
Rt. Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst, UK Parliamentarian delegation |
|
92 |
2012.02.20 |
Mr Mark Haynes, Counsellor safety and security, High Commission of Canada |
|
93 |
2012.02.20 |
Mr. Mark Haynes, Diplomats |
|
94 |
2012.02.21 |
Defence Attaches of Iran,Pakisthan, US,Russian,Bangaladesh and India |
|
95 |
2012.02.22 |
Commodore Mudasser Nasir, Defence Advisor of the Bangladesh High Commission |
|
96 |
2012.03.13 |
Lieutenant General A.K. Singh |
|
97 |
2012.03.15 |
Ms Anne Dorain |
|
98 |
2012.03.21 |
Germany delegation |
|
99 |
2012.03.23 |
Hon Christopher Alexander, Canadian Parliamentarian’s Delegation |
|
100 |
2012.04.03 |
Rt. Hon. Michael Morris, UK Parliamentarian’s Delegation |
|
101 |
2012.04.18 |
Hon Mrs Sushma Swaraj, Leader of the Opposition, India |
|
102 |
2012.04.19 |
Brigadier Akhtar Jamin Ravo, National Defence University, Pakistan |
|
103 |
2012.04.27 |
Conl SG Laplante, Canadian Defence Advisor |
|
104 |
2012.05.05 |
Hon Katsuya Okada, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan |
|
105 |
2012.05.06 |
Ms. Amanda Jacobsen and diplomats |
|
106 |
2012.05.21 |
HE Hilde Haraldstad, Ambassador of Norway |
|
107 |
2012.05.28 |
Ms Robyn Mudie, High Commissioner of Australia |
|
108 |
2012.06.07 |
Ms Amanda Jacobsen, US Officials |
|
109 |
2012.07.01 |
Australian delegation |
|
110 |
2012.07.09 |
HE Mr Nobuhito Hobo, Ambassador of Japan |
|
111 |
2012.07.09 |
Mr Mark Haynes, Counsellor Safety and Security, High Commission of Canada |
|
112 |
2012.07.09 |
Mr John Rankin, British High Commissioner |
|
113 |
2012.07.12 |
Mr David Vignatt, First Secretary (Political) Embassy of Switzerland |
|
114 |
2012.07.17 |
Mr. Mark Haynes |
|
115 |
2012.07.18 |
Mr Yutaka Tsuneoka, Counsellor / Medical Attache of Embassy of Japan |
|
116 |
2012.07.20 |
HE Mr Ashok K Kantha, Indian High Commissioner |
|
117 |
2012.08.02 |
Mr James Wharton, UK Parliamentarian’s Delegation |
|
118 |
2012.08.03 |
Malaysian delegation |
|
119 |
2012.08.05 |
Tamil Diaspora team |
|
120 |
2012.08.11 |
Indian delegation |
|
121 |
2012.08.13 |
Greg McCarthy, US House of Representative Committee Foreign Affairs |
|
122 |
2012.08.17 |
HE Mr Ashok K Kantha, Indian High Commissioner |
|
123 |
2012.08.22 |
Mr. William Weinstein |
|
124 |
2012.08.23 |
HE.Mr Jongmoon Choi, Ambassador of Republic of Korea |
|
125 |
2012.08.24 |
Mr Yasusi Akashi, Representatives from Japan |
|
126 |
2012.09.08 |
Hon Prof(Ms) Hlengiwe Mkhize, Dy Minister of Economic Development of South Africa |
|
127 |
2012.09.08 |
Ms Hlenglwe Buhle Mkize |
|
128 |
2012.09.13 |
Commonwealth Parliamentary delegation |
|
129 |
2012.09.17 |
Mr. Hanny Megally, Chief Asia Pacific, Middle East & North Africa Branch of the OSCHR |
|
130 |
2012.09.17 |
Ms. Michelle Sison, US ambassador |
|
131 |
2012.10.12 |
Mr. Ren Faqiang |
|
132 |
2012.10.24 |
HE Mr Wu Jiangho, Chinese Ambassador |
|
133 |
2012.10.26 |
Asian Development Bank delegation |
|
134 |
2012.11.05 |
Dr. Thomas Helfen, German Delegation |
|
135 |
2012.11.16 |
Japan delegation |
|
136 |
2012.11.21 |
Mr. David Vodrazk, |
|
137 |
2012.11.29 |
Mr Jhon Klirin and China Delegation |
|
138 |
2012.12.04 |
Ms Megan Foster, High Commission of Canada |
|
139 |
2012.12.04 |
Ms Indu Mohandas, UNHCR officers |
|
140 |
2012.12.10 |
Dr Ashok k Behuria, Minister of Defence of India |
|
141 |
2012.12.11 |
Mr Kumaran Periasamy, High Commission of India |
|
142 |
2012.12.12 |
HE Ms Grete Lochen, Norwegian delegation |
|
143 |
2013.01.27 |
Ms Michele J Sison, US delegation |
|
144 |
2013.02.13 |
Japanese delegation |
|
145 |
2013.02.13 |
Australian delegation |
|
146 |
2013.02.13 |
Mr Sandeep Ullithen (Deputy Editor) India Today |
|
147 |
2013.02.23 |
HE Mr Ashok K Kantha, High Commissioner of India |
|
148 |
2013.03.01 |
HE Ms Grete Lochen, Ambassador of Norway |
|
149 |
2013.03.06 |
Mr Sandeep Ullithen (Deputy Editor) India Today |
|
150 |
2013.03.08 |
He Mr Poldej Worachat, Ambassador of Thailand |
|
151 |
2013.03.11 |
Mr. D Prasad , Officials of Indian High Commission |
|
152 |
2013.03.18 |
Mr Sandeep Ullithen (Deputy Editor) India Today |
|
153 |
2013.03.20 |
Mr Hugh Segal, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Canada |
|
154 |
2013.03.24 |
Mr Charles Haviland, BBC Correspondent |
|
155 |
2013.03.25 |
Mr Prakash Thuladar, UN Area Security Coordinator – North |
|
156 |
2013.03.27 |
Mr Neil Cromton, Director for South Asia & Afganistan, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office |
|
157 |
2013.03.28 |
Mr Crete Lochen Norwegian ambassador |
|
158 |
2013.04.03 |
Mr. Zhou Oing |
|
159 |
2013.04.09 |
Indian Parliamentary delegation |
|
160 |
2013.05.06 |
Mr Ashok K. Kantha, High Commissioner of India |
|
161 |
2013.05.13 |
Dr. Morhard, Ambassador of German |
|
162 |
2013.05.17 |
Indian investor delegation |
|
163 |
2013.05.21 |
Ms Agnes Asekenye – Oonyu |
|
164 |
2013.06.08 |
Mrs Averil Jan Henderson, High Commission of New Zealand |
|
165 |
2013.06.11 |
Mr Mike Hillman, Australia’s Office of National Assessment to Sri Lanka |
|
166 |
2013.06.24 |
HE Mohammad Sufiur Rahman, Bangladesh High Commissioner |
|
167 |
2013.07.01 |
Ms Janelle Denton, 2nd Secretary, Development Cooperation of Australian High Commission Office |
|
168 |
2013.07.13 |
European Parliamentary delegation |
|
169 |
2013.07.23 |
Mr Abraham Mathai, Chief Security Adviser to UN High Commissioner for HR |
|
170 |
2013.08.14 |
Mr Phil Bennion MEP – EU Parliament |
|
171 |
2013.08.18 |
Ms Nathalie Goulet, Senator for Orne, France |
|
172 |
2013.08.19 |
Mr Allen McLean, Regional Security Manager, UK Foreign Office |
|
173 |
2013.08.25 |
Navanethen Pillay, UN High Commissioner for HR |
|
174 |
2013.08.29 |
Chinese delegation |
|
175 |
2013.09.04 |
HE Mr Ashok K Kantha, High Commissioner of India |
|
176 |
2013.09.06 |
Indian defense attache |
|
177 |
2013.09.10 |
HE Robyn Mudie, Australian High Commissioner |
|
178 |
2013.09.18 |
HE Maj Gen (Retd) Qasim Qureshi, High Commissioner of Pakistan |
|
179 |
2013.10.02 |
Team of British Prime Minister’s Office |
|
180 |
2013.10.08 |
HE Salman Khrushid Minister of External Affairs of India |
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181 |
2013.10.30 |
HE.Mr Jongmoon Choi Ambassador of Republic of Korea |
All that needs to be said is that if anyone, any report is making allegations they would need to match these against the delegates that arrived, issued statements of praise and congratulated Sri Lanka on the efforts taken.
The very critics may well like to look at the illegal military interventions taking place, the illegal take over of lands and investments of these invaded nations, the scores of illegal renditions and the displacement of over 2.7million people and decide more of their time compiling reports on these nations to bring a ray of hope and sunshine to the lives of the people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Serbia, Kosovo, South Sudan, etc instead of insisting that a UN team office positioned in these countries with NATO and US troops can solve all problems because there is little the UN or the Human Rights Head can argue as to these success stories to get away with similar action for Sri Lanka.
– by Shenali D Waduge
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