Enhanced cooperation with international partners
The Sri Lankan Government has always accepted
complete responsibility for ensuring the safety and welfare of
displaced persons living in the Wanni including those in uncleared
areas. Legally, constitutionally and geographically they are people
of Sri Lanka entitled to the full spectrum of rights enjoyed by the
rest of the country.
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Safety of Wanni civilians: A priority for the Government
One of the most common fabrications being spread
about by those working against the Government is that a large number
of civilians are being killed in air strikes. Nobody likes conflict
and it is easy to conjure up images of death and destruction being
rained down from the air - we've all seen plenty of war films. It is
not just fiction, of course. Air strikes have a thoroughly ugly
past, and people tend to believe these stories without feeling the
need to ask for supporting evidence. But they simply are not true.
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Diplomats, Immigrants and the Diaspora
Although unintended, recent high profile
judgments and sensational assassinations of political figures also
bring into focus another live reality of this society, the
phenomenon that could be called the other nation, the Diaspora.
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