Archive for February, 2006
SENIOR LTTE LEADER SAYS FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE OF NO USE
A SENIOR LEADER OF THE LTTE HAS SAID FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE OF NO USE IF THE GOVERNMENT FAILS TO ACT ON PLEDGES MADE AT THE RECENT GENEVA TALKS.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS COMMITTED TO ENSURE THAT NO ARMED GROUP OR PERSON OTHER THAN GOVERNMENT SECURITY WILL CARRY ARMS OR CONDUCT ARMED OPERATIONS AND [...]
JHU disapproval against the Government’s decision to protect the Ceasefire Agreement
JHU today lodged their out right disapproval against the Government’s decision to protect the Ceasefire Agreement at the recently concluded Geneva talks.
JHU leader Ven. Ellawala Medananda Thero addressing a media conference said that his party was not against peace. “We re for both peace and for also holding peace talks, but we think that the [...]
Dr. Dhanapala’s candidature rallying point in consensus – Mangala
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday said the candidature of Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala to the United Nations’ top post was a temporary bridge in consensus building in a divided nation.
The Minister was speaking at the launch of the Website of Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala, Sri Lanka’s nominee for the post of UN Secretary General at the Sri [...]
Basis laid for negotiated settlement
The Ceasefire Agreement that was reached four years ago was clearly defective and there are a number of shortcomings in it. Because of these shortcomings over the last four years, there have been repeated violations of the terms of the agreement.
As a result feelings are roused against the LTTE, who have been the main violators [...]
DEEPTHA LEELARATNE FUNERAL ON SATURDAY MARCH 4 AT WAT THAI TEMPLE IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD
[By Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles]
The funeral ceremony of Deeptha Leelaratne , the founder editor of Sri Lanka Express and veteran journalist of the former Lankadeepa in Colombo will be held at North Hollywood Wat Thai Temple Hall , Saturday March 4 2006 at 5.30 p.m.
Simultaneously, a Sri Lankan memorial service for the journalist [...]
Balasingham rejects Sri Lanka "amendment" concept as absurd
Anton Balasingham, the chief negotiator and political strategist of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), rejected outright the Sri Lanka government claim that the joint communique, issued after the Geneva talks, amounted to an amendment to the original Ceasefire Agreement. ‘This bizarre interpretation given by the President’s counsel, Mr H.L. De Silva is ridiculous [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Website of the Day – Gemological Institute of America
GIA Instruments UK Limited is now offering DiamondSure and DiamondView two state-of-the art devices manufactured by the Diamond Trading Company (DTC), part of the De Beers group of companies to detect synthetics and diamond simulants…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Brush Strokes of Peace in Sri Lanka
Shehani S. Divimanthi (Age 12)
Sri Sumangala Balika Vidyalaya, Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Source: Peaceinsrilanka.org
Geneva talks – undoubtedly a success, but what next?
The country and the peoples across the ethnic divide heaved a sigh of relief when the Norwegian Facilitator Erik Solheim announced at the conclusion of the “Geneva Talks” that the Government and the LTTE had not only reaffirmed their commitment to the Ceasefire Agreement, by “taking all necessary measures to ensure that there will be [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Joint declaration an amendment to CFA, says govt
The Sri Lankan government on Sunday (Feb 26) said that last Thursday’s agreement between the State and the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), reached in Geneva, constitutes an amendment to the four-year old Norwegian-arranged Cease-Fire Agreement (CFA).
Referring to the eight-paragraph joint statement issued at the end of two-day meeting in Geneva Thursday (Feb 23), [...]
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