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Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there
                                    - Virginia Burden

 

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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