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Mr President, most of the people who live in Sri Lanka are Sinhalese and consider themselves to be the only true inhabitants of their island, while, in its North-East, another people – the Tamils – are in the majority. Having as they do a different language, religion and culture from the rest of the country, they are seen by many as unwelcome intruders from the South of India. The parties from the Left and Right that take it in turns to be in government try to win the favour of the electorate by outdoing each other in their disregard for the wishes of the Tamils.
It is for that reason that the country has been in the grip of war for many years, with parts of it not under government control; plans for self-government from the North-East ended up not being implemented, and foreign mediation does not lead anywhere. Norway, in particular, has invested much energy in this, and its former mediator is now Norway’s Foreign Minister. It looks like the outside world is resigning itself to this problem never being resolved, to the endless continuation of the violence, which will leave much devastation and casualties in its wake, so that some of the country’s inhabitants will leave and seek refuge elsewhere.
From the point of view of human rights and democracy, acquiescence is unacceptable. That is why it would be good if this House were to send a message indicating Europe’s indignation at the lack of willingness to find a solution and highlighting our ongoing efforts to achieve results."@en1
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