But also expressed concern about the erosion of the rule of law and democracy in Sri Lanka.
So the strategy you would employ would be for our Government to move through our Ambassador to the United Nations to bring this issue before...
I think the President is not a racist. I think he would like to do the right thing.
The Sri Lanka Government will one day want the respect and support of the United States.
International participation, in this case, through the World Bank, for example?
Permit international monitoring of the screening procedures to prevent arbitrary arrests and 'disappearances' of the detained individuals.
Press freedoms are an essential element of democracy.
But I think that most Sri Lankans want to live in peace in a land where they can pursue their lives without harassment or without problems.
The United States has repeatedly asserted that a lasting, sustainable peace can best be achieved if the Sri Lankan Government works now to r...
It would give them a greater say in their own lives and how they are governed.
as Senator Lugar said, the leverage to work things.
For the last 26 years, essentially, there has been an attempt by the Government of Sri Lanka to bring about unity in the country.
If the donors--the International Community--came together to insist that this money will flow only under certain conditions, then there migh...
But not really an overall planning strategy for the future of the country.
Allowing humanitarian agencies to . . . reach all civilians in need.
This is a time. The President will have tremendous opportunity now, President Rajapaksa, if he is willing to do that, if he grasps the depth...
He has said all along that this is a fight to, as he puts it, liberate the Tamils from the LTTE.
In other words, it is well and good to call upon the governments to do the right thing, but there does not seem to have been the creativity ...
