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NGOs Press
UN to Block
Sri Lanka's
Bid for Human Rights Council Seat
The civil was in Sri Lanka continues to
deteriorate. With the abrogation of the cease-fire in January, 2008, the
Sri Lankan government has declared all-out war on Sri Lanka’s Tamil
rebels – the LTTE. Thousands have died and tens of thousands have been
forced to leave their villages. Often, refugees are forced to move yet
again to avoid further conflict. Sri Lanka has known only brief periods
of peace and stability in the past two decades.
During a visit to Washington DC on May
6th 2008, Fr. Rohan Silva, OMI from Sri Lanka spoke to the
Office of International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Catholic Bishops
Conference on the ongoing conflict, the worsening living conditions of
people as internal refugees and the need to support the resumption of a
peace process. The Church in Sri Lanka is accompanying the people and
working to give hope to the people.
At the request of Sri Lankan faith
groups and NGOs, international groups are demanding that members of the
United Nations oppose the Government of Sri Lanka’s bid for membership
on the U.N. Human Rights Council on the basis of the serious and
widespread human rights violations by government forces.
View NGO statement to the United Nations opposing Sri Lanka’s membership
to U.N. Human Rights Council.
[05/07/08] |
