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'LTTE must respect democratic rights'

By Our Special Correspondent (The Hindu)

CHENNAI, NOV. 19. The peace process in Sri Lanka will remain meaningless for Tamils so long as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam continues to violate human rights and democratic values, a Sri Lankan Tamil politician said today.

"Those who are making efforts to restart the stalled peace process must ensure that the LTTE accepts human rights, democracy and pluralism as an inseparable part of the process," said Thirunavakkarasu Sritharan, a leader of the Varathan faction of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF).

The LTTE must be unambiguously told that it must stop killing Tamils who do not subscribe to its ideology, that it must stop recruiting children and harassing the Muslim minority population in the Tamil-dominated North-East and that it must allow freedom of expression and the functioning of other Tamil political parties, Mr. Sritharan said.

On the hit-list

The EPRLF is a former militant group with an independent position on the Tamil question. For this reason, and especially for its support of the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka Accord and its embrace of the Sri Lankan democratic mainstream, EPRLF members are high on the hit-list of the LTTE.

The February 2002 ceasefire has not afforded protection. A front-ranking member of the party, Thambirajah Subathiran, was shot dead by the LTTE in Jaffna in June 2003. The party leader, Varadraja Perumal, lives in self-exile in India.

"To the outside world, it seems as if the ceasefire has brought peace in Sri Lanka. The outside world should know that for Tamils there is no peace because of the LTTE's killing spree. Tamils are getting killed on a daily basis," Mr. Sritharan, who is on a visit here, told The Hindu.

Need for democracy

Although the LTTE might think that it has marginalised other political parties and that it alone speaks for Sri Lankan Tamils now, there is growing awareness about the need for democracy within the Tamil community, Mr. Sritharan said.

"Despite the best efforts of the LTTE to finish us off, the EPRLF continues to have a role in bringing this awareness. We have a lot of support for this, because after all, people want to live as normal and decent human beings. There is a limit to the repression they can tolerate. Moreover, there is a new generation of Tamils who refuse to accept the LTTE as their only leader," he said.

There is a section among Tamils that believes that had it not been for the LTTE, the Tamil struggle would not have reached the point where the Sinhalese majority is prepared to make concessions to the Tamil community.

But, Mr. Sritharan says, a growing number of Tamils also realise that the LTTE is effectively responsible for causing a division between Sri Lanka's Northern and Eastern Tamils as seen in the revolt earlier this year by Karuna, the group's erstwhile eastern military commander; that its main achievement has been to build cemeteries for Tamil youth who died fighting a fruitless war and to drive a wedge between the Tamils and Muslims who had lived peacefully for so many years.

Many Tamils are also becoming aware that the LTTE destroyed several chances for arriving at a negotiated settlement with the Sri Lankan State, most notably in 1987 at the time of the Accord with India and, in 1995, by pulling out of peace talks with President Chandrika Kumaratunga. He said it was not the Sri Lankan Government but the LTTE that was deliberately delaying the current peace process, in keeping with its track record, in order to consolidate its present de facto "repressive" administration in North-East Sri Lanka. (courtesy The Hindu: 20.11.2004)

Western diplomats fume against Tamil Tigers

By M.R. Narayan Swamy, Indo-Asian News Service

Colombo, Nov 10 (IANS) As Norwegian peacemakers prepare to meet Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran Thursday, it is clear the Western world's patience with Sri Lanka's guerrillas is running thin.

Probably for the first time since the February 2002 truce, Western diplomats here are making no efforts to hide their annoyance with what they feel is the intransigence of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) towards reviving the peace process.

One diplomat even told IANS that the LTTE was making a mistake by seemingly taking the West for granted.

"The situation today is very disappointing. I don't think we are making much progress," said a well-informed Western diplomat, noting he was also reflecting the opinion held by the Norwegians.

The LTTE walked out of the peace process in April 2003, accusing the government of insincerity. In October that year, however, it submitted a detailed document seeking sweeping powers to govern the north and east of Sri Lanka.

The political convulsions that followed led to fresh elections in April this year. President Chandrika Kumaratunga's party won the polls in alliance with the fiercely anti-LTTE Sinhalese-Marxist group, JVP.

Since then, the government and LTTE have said they want to revive their stalled dialogue but the Tamil Tigers' insistence on refusing to discuss any alternative to their document of October 2003 -- which many believe is a stepping stone to an independent Tamil Eelam -- has been widely blamed for the current stalemate.

But what is deeply worrying the West is the LTTE's refusal to halt its murderous spree against its real and perceived foes here and elsewhere and its unending recruitment of children, particularly in the east, despite repeated appeals by Western countries and international organisations.

"For the first time we realise the LTTE is being brazen," said another Western diplomat.

"It is as if we don't exist. If this goes on, Norway might be forced to reconsider its position. Who knows, some European countries could even resort to tough measures against the LTTE."

Already Denmark is beginning to turn hostile against the LTTE, which has been outlawed in India, the US and Britain.

Diplomatic sources said LTTE leader S.P. Thamilchelvam was told point blank during his marathon tour of Europe in October that the Tamil Tigers would have to mend their ways.

But even as the visit was on, LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham dropped a bombshell by saying the rebels had not agreed in November-December 2002 at Oslo to give up their demand for a separate state, as had been widely believed.

Said the diplomat: "Already the world is paying probably more attention to the Sri Lankan problem than it deserves. The US has no strategic interests here and it cannot go on spending its time and energy if the parties to the conflict do not want to move ahead. The LTTE should realise this."

The killings blamed on the LTTE have particularly gone up in Sri Lanka since one of its regional commanders, V. Muraleedharan alias Karuna, split in March this year, stunning the otherwise monolithic organisation.

The LTTE has not only killed many of Karuna's supporters, including his brother Reggie, but has openly claimed responsibility for some executions though the 2002 Norway-sponsored truce clearly prohibits killings.

On July 7 the LTTE also carried out a horrific suicide bombing in Colombo, close to the US embassy.

Some Western diplomats, however, still hope the LTTE will not violently rock the peace process any more though they admit that Tamil groups opposed to the Tigers insist that Prabhakaran is intent on eventually carving out a free Tamil state.

EDITORIAL, TAMIL TIMES, October 2004

Peace Talks

Stalemate Continues

GIVEN the contradictory manner in which the major political parties have behaved in the past while in government and in opposition, the idea of constituting a consultative process involving wider influential sections of society, including political parties, with the aim of forming national consensus on the ethnic issue and peace negotiations with the LTTE is a desirable and welcome one. Pursuant to this idea, President Kumaratunga had invited all political parties represented in Sri Lanka’s parliament, religious dignitaries and cross sections of Civil Society to participate in the inaugural meeting of the National Advisory Council for Peace and Reconciliation (NAC). The President had also invited the current leader of the Opposition in parliament and leader of the main opposition United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremasinghe, to co-chair the Council along with the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse. True to form petty parochial partisan political rivalry won the day. Not only did Ranil Wickremasinghe decline the President’s invitation to co-chair the meeting, but also his party decided to boycott the meeting thereby seeking to seriously undermine the very purpose for which the NAC was convened.

Not surprisingly therefore that the Most Venerable Thibbotuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Mahanayake Thera of the Malwatte Chapter speaking at the inaugural meeting of the NAC expressed grave concern at the UNP’s absence saying that he could not understand why the UNP leadership was keeping away from the forum.

While the previous government under Ranil Wickremasinghe must be commended for the way in which it helped to carry forward the peace process, it must be realized that the LTTE pulled out of peace talks in April 2003 when his government was in power. It is also well to recognize that many concerned individuals and organizations felt excluded from the then ongoing peace process that was being undertaken not in a transparent manner. The secrecy that surrounded the entire process raised exaggerated and unnecessary fears and suspicions among those who felt that they were being kept out.

In this background, one would have thought that the platform of the NAC would have provided an ideal opportunity for all stakeholders to put forward and exchange views with a view to forming a consensus on resuming peace talks with the LTTE taking account of what transpired during the previous 6 rounds of talks, LTTE’s proposal for an Interim Self Governing Authority (ISGA), and generally on the type of political and constitutional solution which can lead to lasting peace in the island.

Many have blamed the absence of ‘a southern consensus’, particularly between the two major political parties - SLFP and UNP - as the main obstacle to reaching a political settlement to the ethnic conflict. The LTTE itself has called upon the ‘southern parties’ to ‘speak with one voice’. Hence, the UNP and its leader are well advised to reconsider their boycott of the NAC and act with a sense of responsibility and contribute to its deliberations. If the UNP leader is genuine in his commitment to ending the conflict and seeking a negotiated peace, then he ought to accept the President’s offer to him to co-chair the NAC and take full part in its deliberations.

There appears to be hardly any difference between the Government’s and the UNP’s positions in regard to the resumption of peace talks with the LTTE. The President at the inaugural meeting of the NAC set out the government’s position clear: “The LTTE insists that the government should agree to discuss at first only their ISGA proposals. The government’s position has been that we accept the concept of setting up an Interim Administration in the interim period, whilst a permanent solution is negotiated and implemented. But, we require a commitment from the LTTE that the Interim Administration as well as the final solution would be based on the Oslo Declaration signed by the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE which declared that the Federal solution should be sought within the framework of a united Sri Lanka.”

G L Peiris on behalf of the UNP told the press on 7 October, “The President during her National Advisory Council (NAC) speech indicated that she would start talks based on the Oslo Declaration. That is exactly our position.” The UNP leader on 19 October addressing his parliamentary group said, “The Tokyo declaration stresses the necessity for an Interim Administration for reconstruction and development of the North East. Further, parties have agreed on a blue-print, a federal system in the areas of historical habitation of the Tamils, based on internal self-determinataion within a united Sri Lanka, for a political solution.”

It is therefore clear that both the main political parties hold similar positions on the issue of resumption of peace talks. The LTTE says that it is ready to restart talks which have remained suspended for the last 19 months. The question therefore is as to why the Norwegian facilitators are finding hard to get the parties to the negotiating table.

It is learnt that the LTTE insists that any resumed talks must be based only on its ISGA proposal without reference to the Oslo declaration in which “the parties agreed to explore a solution founded on the principle of internal self-determination in areas of historical habitation of the Tamil-speaking peoples, based on a federal structure within a united Sri Lanka. The parties acknowledged that the solution has to be acceptable to all communities.” This agreement between the Government and the LTTE was reached during the third round of talks held in Oslo from 2 to 5 December 2002.

It is said that the Government’s insistence on the LTTE reiterating its commitment to the Oslo declaration is that it is of the view that the LTTE’s ISGA proposal does not accord with any known model of a federal structure, and therefore contrary to the  Oslo declaration. In the Government’s characterization of the ISGA proposal, it is a blueprint for a confederal structure, if not outright secession. Some within government circles go as far as to say that the condition put by the LTTE for starting the talks only on the basis of the ISGA without reference to the Oslo declaration not only represents a retreat from its previous commitment to a federal solution, but also gives away its hidden separatist agenda.

The Government also is keen to ensure that any interim structure that is set up should be part of a continuum leading to the final settlement, which, of course, will have to accord with the provisions of the Oslo declaration.

On the other hand, the LTTE is insisting that the talks should begin only on the basis of its proposal for an ISGA. It is refusing to allow any other proposal to be put on the table at the start of the talks. It says that after the talks start, the Government may move amendments to the ISGA proposal and come out with its own ideas. The LTTE has also made it clear that it will not be prepared at this stage to enter into any discussion on the core political issues for an eventual constitutional settlement. That, it says, can be taken up only after the ISGA has been set up, institutionalised and has worked successfully for an unspecified period of time.

03.11.2004

Armitage fears S.Lanka peace chance slipping away
03 Nov 2004 11:14:33 GMT

Source: Reuters

COLOMBO, Nov 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said on Wednesday he feared a chance to forge peace between Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers could be slipping away, and called on the rebels to renounce violence for good.[more]

1.11.2004

LTTE killings: 'enough is enough' warning
By Chandani Kirinde

Since the signing of the Ceasefire Agreement in February 2002, the LTTE
has either killed, attempted to kill or abducted more than 300 of its
political opponents, members of the security forces, civilians and
intelligence operatives.

The numbers have increased drastically between March and October this
year, with the numbers of those killed being more than 75, those maimed
about 65 and those abducted around 47, it was revealed at a forum of
political parties and civil organisations that was organised in Colombo
last week to speak up against these atrocities.

Eight of those abducted during this period were either released or had
managed to escape. Since the ceasefire began, the LTTE has killed or
abducted or attempted to kill 14 Army intelligence operatives, 35
civilian informants and 50 other persons from the security forces and
police.

More than 80 of those killed or abducted have been members of others
political parties mainly EPDP, EPRLF and ex-TELO and ex-PLOTE members.

The political parties and civil organisations have got together to press
for government action to stop killings and abductions by the LTTE, with
some warning that the guns that are now turned against members of mainly
Tamil political parties opposed to the LTTE would soon turn against all
those who speak up against the atrocities.

The gathering initiated by the JVP brought together members of several
Tamil political parties including representatives of the Tamileela
Ikkiya Viduthalai Munnani (TIVM) - the political party formed by the
breakaway faction of the LTTE led by Karuna - as well as those from the
Patriotic National Movement (PNM), the JHU and the National Bhikku
Front.

Speaking at the launch of the forum at the BMICH last Friday,
P.Rajaratnam who represented the TIVM said the government was confining
its reaction to these atrocities to words when it was time for action. "
Our security is not guaranteed but the government gives helicopters to
LTTE members for their use," he said.

JVP Propaganda Secretary Wimal Weerawansa said it was time to break the
silence on these killings and stop the LTTE, stating that the price the
country was paying for an elusive peace had reached its limit.

Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera of the NPM said it was a matter of time before
the LTTE turned its guns on anyone who spoke up against its actions
after finishing off all Tamil political party members and others opposed
to it. He said the government should be represented at a forum like this
one and added the reason no government members attended was due to the
fear of bursting the soap bubble called peace.

Source: "Sunday Times"  31.10.2004

24 Juner 2004

The Hindu

LTTE recruits volunteers for auxiliary forces

By V.S. Sambandan

COLOMBO, JUNE 23. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) today opened recruitment for ``volunteers'' from ``citizens of Tamil Eelam'' to join the ``Tamil Eelam auxiliary force.''

A front-paged report in the Tamil daily, Sudar Oli, said announcements were made in eastern Sri Lanka calling applications from able-bodied male and female volunteers between aged 18-28 to join the ``auxiliary force.''

A monthly salary of Rs. 8,500 (around $ 85) has been offered for volunteers, who have been asked to apply at an LTTE `police station' in the eastern Batticaloa district before June 30. The announcement was made by the personnel division of the `Tamil Eelam Police Force,' the newspaper said.

The rebels' call for ``volunteers'' gains significance following the disbanding of the eastern LTTE fighters by the group's expelled Special Commander for Batticaloa-Amparai, V. Muralitharan (`Col.' Karuna), who broke ranks from the Tigers on March 3 and left for an undisclosed destination on April 12.

The latest recruitment drive is also against the backdrop of persisting differences between the LTTE and Colombo on restarting the peace process and days after the Tigers warned of ``bloodshed'' if the Government did not show ``sincerity'' in the negotiations and just before the most-feared `Black July' month.

29 October 2003

The Hindu

LTTE ready for talks with Government

By V.S. Sambandan

COLOMBO Oct. 28. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam today said it was ready to "commence talks with the Government on the proposals for an interim administration'' for Sri Lanka's northeast.

Briefing reporters after meeting the leader of the Ceylon Workers' Congress, Arumugan Thondaman, in the rebel-held Killinochchi today, the LTTE's political wing leader, S.P. Tamilchelvan, was quoted as saying that "the aspirations of all the communities in the northeast'' would find expression in their counter-proposals.

Mr. Tamilchelvan's remarks come on the eve of the scheduled handing over of its counter proposals to facilitators, Norway, on October 31. Mr. Tamilchelvan termed "guesswork'' a recent report in Colombo on the LTTE's penultimate draft of the interim administration proposals.

On the sensitive issue of holding discussions with the Muslim political leadership, he said it was a "must'' for the Tigers to talk to the Muslims "after'' the counter-proposals were handed over to the Government. "I can say that Muslims will have their rightful place'' in the interim administration and "the aspirations of all the communities in the northeast will find expression in our proposals."

The LTTE's chief negotiator, Anton S. Balasingham, said that he "might'' resume his role "as before if his health improves. But it will be according to a decision by the leadership," a report in the TamilNet website said.

Today's discussion with Mr. Thondaman was the last in a series of meetings between Mr. Tamilchelvan and a section of the island's Tamil political leadership.

The meeting, which lasted for about for two hours, centred mainly on the proposals to be submitted by the LTTE for an interim administrative structure in the northeast.

The LTTE, which pulled out from talks this April, has demanded a politico-administrative interim structure.

An offer by Colombo for a development-oriented structure which excluded powers over land, police, security and revenue, was described by the Tigers as "failing to meet the expectations of the Tamils."

11 October 2003

Indian FM here next week

by Daily Mirror

Indian External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha will lead a team of officials to Colombo next week to participate in the fifth session of the Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Commission, diplomats said yesterday.
The Joint Commission - the highest body in charge of promoting bilateral relations between the two countries - will on Wednesday discuss specific proposals on trade, finance, investment, cultural and educational matters including science and technology.

The session of the Commission headed by the two respective Foreign Ministers will be held in the morning and it is likely that a joint news conference would be held later to announce the decisions taken.
Diplomats said Mr. Sinha on a two-day visit from Tuesday would also exchange views with the local political leadership on the current peace process before Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe heads for New Delhi for an official visit that begins on October 20.

Diplomats said New Delhi was expected to make a major announcement regarding the local peace process after Premier Wickremesinghe meets his counterpart Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee.
The peace process has been affected by a unilateral suspension of peace talks by Tamil rebels since April this year. The LTTE is demanding an interim administration for the country's North and East as a precondition to resume negotiations and has twice rejected government's proposals.

It is reliably learnt that LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has rejected the counter proposals drafted in Paris by a team of expatriate Tamils headed by former Attorney General Shiva Pasupathi. It is understood that Mr. Prabhakaran who was shown the counterproposals by LTTE political wing leader S.P. Thamilselvan had wanted a fresh document with enhanced powers for the interim council.

Mr. Thamilselvan is currently leading an LTTE delegation from Kilinochchi to Dublin, Ireland where the interim council draft was being further discussed. Mr. Thamilselvan will bring back the amended counter proposals shortly for clearance by Mr. Prabhakaran before the Norwegian facilitators hand over the draft to the government. Norwegian Special Peace Envoy Erik Solheim met Mr. Thamilselvam in Dublin as he did in Paris.
Diplomats said there were moves to hold the first session of face to face talks between the government and the LTTE in Rome.
Diplomats said New Delhi was averse to greater autonomy in Lanka's north and east provinces than that enjoyed by the quasi-federal states in India and the announcement was intended to set reasonable limits while ensuring devolution of power to the Tamil-dominated region.

11 October 2003

War orphans' haven turns into hell

Daily Mirror
Two Buddhist monks and eight men have been remanded in custody for two weeks in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of 11 war-orphaned boys, the child protection authority said yesterday.
The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) said Colombo Magistrate B. N. D. Balalle at a private hearing on Wednesday ordered the men to be held for two weeks pending further police investigations into charges that children at the Vajira Home in Sri Jayawardenapura had been systematically abused.
"The Magistrate on Wednesday night ordered the children to be kept in a separate children's home and that they should be subjected to medical examinations," NCPA spokesman Dimuthu Galappathy said.
The NCPA said boys aged between nine and 13 had allegedly been sexually abused by two monks and eight male adults. All 10 suspects, including the two monks, had been employed at the orphanage. The home had been established during the height of the fighting between government forces and the LTTE as a safe haven for children whose parents and close relatives were killed by either side.

07 October 2003
UNICEF criticises Tamil Tigers on child soldiers
By Scott McDonald

COLOMBO (Reuters)

The U.N. children's agency blasted the Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday for abducting more children in eastern Sri Lanka just days after it opened a centre to return their child soldiers to civilian life.

The issue of child soldiers is considered a litmus test of the sincerity of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as they prepare to restart peace talks with the government to end two decades of civil war.

"The time for child soldiers in Sri Lanka is now over and UNICEF has called on the LTTE to immediately release these children," said Ted Chaiban, the agency's country representative, adding UNICEF had verified five new cases.

The Tigers released 49 children last week to a new centre in the rebel-held north as part of a $14 million Action Plan drawn up by the government and the LTTE to help 50,000 war-affected children in the north and east.

But criticism has remained that the Tigers -- notorious for using children as young as 10 in their fight for a separate state -- have not eased up on recruiting child soldiers since signing a Norwegian-brokered ceasefire 19 months ago.

Monitors overseeing the truce confirmed the abductions in Valachchenai, 230 km east of Colombo.

"Our monitors there are trying to find out how many children are missing and where they are," said Agnes Bragadottir, spokeswoman for the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission.

Chaiban said in a statement efforts to reintegrate child soldiers would fail if the Tigers continued to recruit.

"UNICEF teams are working to verify the exact numbers of children recruited, but the numbers are not the issue -- the recruitment of just one child is a serious violation of children's rights," he said.

The transit centre, opened by UNICEF and the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) last Friday, is the first formalised effort to return home children who joined the LTTE or were forcibly recruited during the war that killed 64,000 people.

The LTTE says the children want to join the movement to escape poverty and persecution by government forces.

The Tigers said they are preparing to respond to a government proposal on power-sharing in the north and east by mid-October.

Direct talks, which the LTTE walked away from in April, are expected to start after that although there is no date.

The Hindu Editorial,
02 October 2003
LTT's hunt for legitimacy

Since the current peace process in Sri Lanka began some five years ago, one of the strategic aims of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been to win legitimacy and parity of status with the Government of Sri Lanka. The Tigers have won plenty of ground, thanks to the Government’s eagerness to please. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe removed the ban on the group in the interests of the peace process. He signed a ceasefire agreement that legitimised the LTTE’s illegal occupation of Sri Lankan territory and, as between two states, demarcated a military line of control. Further, the LTTE has the assurance that the Government will negotiate with no other Tamil entity, which gives an official stamp to the extremist organisation’s description of itself as `the sole representative of the Tamil people’.

Having won this, the Tigers pitched their sights further afield: for international legitimacy. In the last few months, LTTE functionaries have undertaken visits, assisted by peace-maker Norway, to several European countries ostensibly to study the concepts of federalism and confederation. The Tigers will be meeting in Ireland soon. A trip to South Africa is being talked about. Such globe-trotting has helped them demonstrate to believers and non-believers alike that the world no longer considers them untouchable. Still, there is no escaping the reality that the LTTE is banned or designated as a terrorist group in several countries, notably India, the United Kingdom and the United States. How much the ban has hurt the Tigers’ ability to raise funds from the Tamil diaspora is not clear. Politically, the terror tag carries a bad smell that prevents the international community from coming too close to the LTTE. True, there has been a steady stream of High Commissioners and Ambassadors to the Vanni since the February 2002 ceasefire, including the British High Commissioner. Nowhere else do diplomats officially engage with rebel groups that threaten the sovereignty of the Government to which they are accredited but the Sri Lankan Government has had no objections to such visits. India and the United States have rightly kept away altogether. Fortunately, except for visits by the Japanese special envoy, Yasushi Asahi, and the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Jan Petersen, no country has yet engaged with the LTTE at a senior political level. The Tigers, who have not bothered to pay even lip service to eschewing terrorism, have not earned such legitimacy yet.

The political respectability they aspire to is completely out of line with their continued violations of the ceasefire pact, including a flat refusal to dismantle a new camp at Trincomalee; their tireless moves to rearm and strengthen themselves militarily; their refusal to recognise the democratic rights of Tamils and Muslims; and their terrorist assassination of political rivals and `police informers’. They have done all this while keeping the Government guessing about their intentions on an interim administration in the North-East.

In this context, the reported pressure on the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, by the LTTE to call on its leader, Velupillai Prabakaran, in the Vanni during a visit to Sri Lanka this month sounds like yet another attempt to win international approval from a big player without doing anything to earn it. Mr. Annan should not even consider such a request.

He requires no other ground to turn down the invitation to the Vanni or refuse to meet Mr. Prabakaran elsewhere than the fact that the LTTE continues to be a violator in matters of prime concern to the U.N. - recruitment of child soldiers, respect for life and liberty, and the whole gamut of democratic rights.

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Gyk; ngah;e;J ntspehLfspy; tjpAk; epGzh;fSld; kPz;Lk; xUjlit tpLjiyg;Gypfs; ,ilf;fhy eph;thf Nahridf;Fwpj;J Muha;tjw;F tpUg;gk; nfhz;Ls;sdh;. mjd;gpwF jkJ Nahridia murhq;fj;jpw;F rkh;g;gpj;Jk; Ngr;Rthh;j;ij kPs Muk;gkhFk;. ,U jug;gpduJk; Neh;ik tpl;Lf;nfhLg;G Mfpatw;Wld; ,J Muk;gkhFk;.

The Lanka Academic 1 October 2003
Professor De Silva Opposed to UNICEF/TRO Deal
Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo,

Professor Harendra de Silva Chairman of the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) said today that his organization is opposed in principle that the UNICEF was planning to conduct child rehabilitation centres with the Tamil Rehabilitation Center (TRO) a widely acknowledged LTTE front organization. Prof. de Silva told TNL Radio that it was the LTTE and the /TRO that were engaged in recruiting child soldiers and it was a paradoxical situation to a sign an agreement with the TRO. Harendra De Silva, added that it was not the concept he opposed but the process. Professor de Silva said " NCPA is opposed to it because recruitment is still continuing and it was the TRO which was recruiting the children. It would mean that the children will be intimidated and would not fully benefit from the rehabilitation programmes. There are also doubts over how these children could be integrated into the society. " Prof de Silva added that the Child Protection Authority has taken up this issue and passed a resolution condemning the process undertaken by the UNICEF office in Colombo.

jpdf;Fuy; - 29.09.2003
rk\;b Kiwapyhd jPh;ntd;gJ
ePz;l fhykhf czug;gl;l tplak;

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The Sunday Times - 28 Seb 2003
Mass support evaporates at Pongu Thamil
By Chris Kamalendran in Vavuniya

Since the government entered into the cease-fire agreement with the Tamil guerrillas nearly 20 months back, the guerrillas have kept their communication lines open with the civilian population living in government controlled areas in the north and east.

'Pongu Thamil' , presented as a 'cultural reawakening' programme to promote Tamil culture has been one of the strategies used by the guerrillas to reach out to the public who otherwise have close access to government information and live in areas where the military is present.

The fifth 'Pongu Thamil' celebration was held this week at the Vavuniya Urban Council grounds. But as we witnessed the celebration, what struck us was whether the LTTE has been successful in maintaining the same momentum of previous 'Pongu Thamil' celebrations as this time the crowds comprised mainly students. The public interest in the Pongu Thamil may have dropped because of the LTTE's apparent lack of interest in resuming the peace talks.

Ignoring a ruling by the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) and a request by the military in the area, for students not to take part in political activities in the area, schoolchildren headed the processions from four directions with school bands playing a prominent role.

The students were followed by the teachers -all of them carrying placards with Velupillai Prabhakaran's picture on them. The slogans that were paraded, either called for the withdrawal of the security forces from the High Security Zones or for an Interim Administration for the north and east. Most of the banners and placards were politically motivated and had little to do with the protection of Tamil culture.
Openly the participants comprising students, teachers, government servants or civilians would say they were there at their 'own will', but privately they would admit there had been lots of persuasion for them to attend the event.

The organising activities got underway last month with the appointment of a committee comprising government servants, teachers and businessmen. Although the LTTE distances itself from organisational activities, in the forefront of the event are those who follow instructions given to them by the LTTE. Among these are University students who play an active role in organising the event.

Lots of money is spent on the event and many businessmen step into organise the event. They undertake various activities including the construction of the stage, and the supply of sound systems costumes and decorations.

Although the LTTE played a backstage role when organising the event, its presence as it was in other Pongu Thamil celebrations, was felt in a big way when the event got underway at the UC grounds in Vavuniya. Women cadres wearing their black waist belts were present in large numbers, while LTTE video units recorded not only the event but all those who attended the ceremony, including local and foreign media personnel.

In one incident four people from a government intelligence wing video unit were apprehended and their cameras were taken over before they were released.
But it was obvious to us that there was a deliberate attempt to downplay LTTE involvement. Only one LTTE speech was allowed and that by the area's political wing leader Ezhilin. But all the remaining speeches, resolutions and cultural activities carried with them the the views expressed by the LTTE in the past few weeks.

Among the key issues brought up during the celebrations were the call for the withdrawal of the security forces from the High Security Zones (HSZ) and the implementation of the proposed Interim Administration. The resolution called on the LTTE not to accept an Interim Administration that did not offer sufficient powers to the LTTE. It also called on the international community to recognise that the LTTE should have the powers to handle the interim administration.

In another significant move the resolution also called on the international community to lift the ban on the LTTE. Although most shops in Vavuniya town closed on Wedensday noon to facilitate the 'Pongu Thamil' celebrations, not all of them closed shop voluntarily.

"Twenty months have passed since the signing of the ceasefire agreement but neither the government nor the LTTE have been able to bring about a significant change in the lives of the people in Vavuniya. Therefore we are not clear whether we should cooperate. But on the otherhand we cannot wait without closing our shops," said a businessman who did not want to be named.

jpdf;Fuy; - 24.09.2003
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jpdf;Fuy; - 24.09.2003
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