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"Mr President, I am very glad to have the opportunity to address Parliament on this most important of issues. The motion calls for justice and reparations for the Muslim and Tamil communities being persecuted in Sri Lanka.
If 60 000 people were killed in the developed world – that is the magnitude of the atrocities we are looking at now in Sri Lanka – then every possible means would be deployed to address the matter and bring those responsible before the courts and establish the rule of law.
There is serious and flagrant discrimination and economic underdevelopment in the areas of the country where the majority of the Tamil population lives. This is an area where the European Union could play a meaningful role, through funding programmes to address the imbalance and further the cause of peace and reconciliation. We must act concertedly here or more innocent Sri Lankans will join the half a million people who have already fled the country.
The use of child soldiers and sexual assaults on Sri Lankan women is endemic. To turn our backs on this matter would deliver a serious blow to the important causes we often champion here of democracy, freedom and social justice. Our attendance at the donors' meeting in Sri Lanka, scheduled for May, is vital. I also call on the presidency to ensure forthwith that this resolution is conveyed to the Council, the Commission and the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka."@en1
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