UN Security Council: UK Ambassador Sawers says SL blighted by LTTE terrorists
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UN Security Council: UK Ambassador Sawers says SL blighted by LTTE terrorists
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Last week, when Inner City Press asked UK Ambassador John Sawers -- who did not participate in Monday's Council session, instead squiring Lord Mark Malloch Brown around to meetings -- why he was not proposing to discuss the impact on civilians of the government operations against the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka in the Council, while proposing a new Presidential Statement on Sudan's impact while fighting the Justice and Equality Movement, Sawers replied:
"Well, the situation in Sri Lanka is entirely different. We do have concerns about the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. We have urged the government of Sri Lanka to have everything in count to bring an end to the hostilities so that humanitarian relief can be extended to the civilians.... The Tamil Tigers are a proscribed organization and the government of Sri Lanka has long been blighted by the activities of the Tamil Tigers. We want these to be brought to an end."
http://www.innercitypress.com/unsc2srilanka020909.html
quoted in https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=35863
"Well, the situation in Sri Lanka is entirely different. We do have concerns about the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. We have urged the government of Sri Lanka to have everything in count to bring an end to the hostilities so that humanitarian relief can be extended to the civilians.... The Tamil Tigers are a proscribed organization and the government of Sri Lanka has long been blighted by the activities of the Tamil Tigers. We want these to be brought to an end."
http://www.innercitypress.com/unsc2srilanka020909.html
quoted in https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=35863
Date
05 February 2009