Tamil Insight

Washington, 18 May 2012 - Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris today submitted an action plan to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton when they met in Washington. US Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, after the meeting in her press briefing said: "The Secretary encouraged a really transparent, open, public process, not only on the LLRC specifically and its implementation, but also with regard to accountability; to strengthen reconciliation, public confidence inside and outside Sri Lanka in the process; and frankly, to speed the healing of the country. So she really – she said good plan, now you really need to make it public; now you really need to show your people, the world, the concrete implementation steps going forward."

18 May 2012 - Mullivaaikkaal Remembrance Day Speech 2012 (Tamil): Visvanathan Rudrakumaran, Prime Minister of Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam

18 May 2012, Geneva - Visvanathan Rudrakumaran (Prime Minister, Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam) and Rev Dr S J Emanuel (President, Global Tamil Forum) today jointly issued a statement to mark the third anniversary of the genocidal events that the Tamils had to endure in Mullivaaikkaal. "On this day, we remember with deep sorrow and solemn responsibility all the people who perished in Mullivaaikkaal and in the long freedom struggle of Eelam Tamils in preceding years. On this occasion, while we remember the mass atrocities in Mullivaaikkaal, it is incumbent upon us to jointly and solemnly declare that the pursuit of freedom by our people shall remain incessant", thay said.

"Representatives of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam and the Global Tamil Forum got together in San Francisco on the 13th and 14th of this month. We are pleased to announce that following discussions on several areas of joint action, agreements were reached on some of these areas. This is indeed an important milestone as we move through the third phase of our struggle for freedom coinciding with the remembrance of Mullivaaikkaal. The Global Tamil Forum intends to liaise with other Diaspora Tamil organisations and representatives of Tamil speaking people in Sri Lanka in its efforts to build similar forms of shared understanding. The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam, for its part, is engaged in building a power base among the world Tamil community, particularly in Tamil Nadu, and with sections of the international civil society" , they said in the statement.

London, 18 May 2012 - “It is imperative that the Government of Sri Lanka adheres to its obligations to its people, by safeguarding their rights, and by providing the accountability and reconciliation mechanisms necessary to set Sri Lanka on the path to justice, dignity and long lasting peace”, British Labour Party leader Hon Ed Miliband MP said today in a Mullivaikal Remembrance Day Message.

“I the weeks and months ahead, the Labour Party will continue to prevail upon the British Government and other members of the international community, the importance of closely monitoring the implementation of the UN Human Rights Council resolution. However if we do not see progress on these matters, then the British Prime Minister and his Government should keep under review the matter of UK representation at the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka” the Labour Party leader emphasized.