(Lanka-e-News- 11.Feb.2015, 8'00PM) The resolution presented to the provincial council (PC) of the north by the northern chief minister that during the war there was genocide committed on the people of the north by the forces of the government, and that should be forwarded to the human rights council of Geneva was adopted yesterday (10) by the council.
This resolution was presented by the chief minister after it was rejected on four occasions by the council when it was tabled by M.K . Sivajilingam M.P. It is noteworthy that the resolution received the approval of all 30 M.P.s who stood up and welcomed it in one voice unanimously.
Accordingly , the council has decided to send this resolution with a message included in it to the Geneva HR council . In addition it has been requested that the investigation into the war crime allegations shall be conducted internationally , and not locally.
It is also mentioned therein that the investigation into the resolution that is to be sent to the Geneva HR council which is scheduled to sit in March shall not be postponed merely to comply with the request of the government.
(By -Dinasena Rathugamage from Vavuniya)
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