Draft national policy on reconciliation - Part
III:
The ideal of a three-tier government
Government shall ensure the return to their
original places of inhabitation of all those displaced, Tamil and
Muslim and Sinhala and shall promote living conditions, including
access to educational and health and transport facilities, in
advance of those available previously. Government shall fast forward
the process of ensuring title for such returnees. Where such return
is not possible, for reasons based on clearly enunciated national
policies, equivalent lands in nearby areas should be provided with
appropriate title deeds and facilities. The government shall in
particular facilitate the early return of the displaced Muslims to
their places of origin in the Northern Province. Closely associated
would be immediate steps to assist in re-building of the mosques,
houses and schools destroyed or damaged by the LTTE.
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Born to administer and write
This week’s Reminiscences features a popular
figure who belongs to a rare breed of senior civil servant in Sri
Lanka who left their institutional memories and life experiences in
the form of novels and short stories. He is none other than Dr. Leel
Gunasekera, a career civil servant who is blessed with a flair for
creativity.
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National integration: one nation, one people, one destiny
“The wish of all Sri Lankans was unity as one
nation notwithstanding their racial, religious or caste differences
but that was what Sri Lankan nation had failed to achieve even after
65 years of Independence,” President Mahinda Rajapaksa said
recently. He added that there is an attitudinal change among the
people and everybody has to make maximum use of this moment to
create one nation.
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Two systems of values in American diplomacy
With due regard to our fundamental priorities
and on the basis of combining the national interest of our country
with universal values, we freed the nation from the menace of the
deadly terrorism of the LTTE. It was done in a way accepted by all
the races of this country, including the Tamil people who valued
peace and harmony. Now all of them have entered the democratic
streams of life happily and in brotherhood with the majority Sinhala
people.
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