"what the government is doing right now could eventually fuel further support of the antigovernment forces rather than help reconciliation"
"I guess one area of questioning I wanted to get into was the question of what can we expect in terms of credible negotiations leading to a political settlement."
"There must be arrangements made for the International Community to assist people."
"We may get back to more of these questions with regard to the camps."
"That can be documented, that aid is getting through?"
"Senator Casey. Thank you, Senator."
"The American Embassy in Colombo is deeply concerned about these attacks on journalists and has often acted in their interest."
"first of all, stop dropping rockets and shells on the heads of the Tamils, the very Tamils that it is claiming to be liberating"
"You said that access is restricted. I want to ask you if you can describe if there is a total prohibition on any humanitarian aid coming in, or is it limited, or is it ad hoc depending on what time pe..."
"the most urgent humanitarian need right now in the near term, in the next, literally the next couple of months?"
"I think if he wanted these incidents to stop, he could make them stop tomorrow."