UK Sets Deadline For Sri Lanka

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The British government has set a deadline for Sri Lanka to show progress in addressing concerns of human rights violations committed during the war. British Foreign Secretary William Hague has told the British Foreign Affairs Committee that Sri Lanka has been told it needs to show progress by the end of this year or Britain will support the international community in revisiting all options available to press the Sri Lankan government to fulfill its obligations.
The Foreign Affairs Committee had criticized the British Foreign office over its failure to press for the setting up of an international war crimes inquiry to investigate allegations of atrocities carried out by both sides in the Sri Lankan civil war. William Hague had late last week handed over a response to the concerns raised by the Committee.
In his response, William Hague had said that the British government shares the view of the Committee that concrete action is necessary to deal with the “serious allegations” of breaches of international humanitarian and human rights law committed by both sides during the military conflict in Sri Lanka. The UN Panel of Experts Report and the Channel 4 documentary underline the imperative need for this, Hague said in his response, a copy of which was made available to the media by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office last week.
William Hague added that the British government believes that the process of reconciliation between Sri Lanka’s communities has a greater chance of success if investigations are Sri Lankan-led rather than externally imposed. The British Foreign Affairs Committee had commended Channel 4 for its documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’, which showed horrific scenes of crimes carried out in 2009 and called on the UK Government to press for the setting up of an international war crimes inquiry to investigate allegations of atrocities carried out by both sides in the Sri Lankan civil war.

: http://www.thesundayleader.lk/?p=47116

Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:24 am by Kithsiri · Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:24 am by Kithsiri

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Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:28 am by Slstock · Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:28 am by Slstock

Thanks guys. No man is an Island. And yes sri lanka might not be still not ready with issues raised but should not we start somewhere . How about now ??

Can we start in this forum ? How about revisiting our strategies and mind set to see if they are viable? ( if you are no sure what we are talking about please read the posts in the topic)

Kithsiri wrote:

Quibit wrote:Article Moved to Expert Chamber.

How to access the Chamber?

One the home page just like "Stock Market Talk" there is another Thread.

Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:48 am by Kithsiri · Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:48 am by Kithsiri

slstock wrote:
Thanks guys. No man is an Island. And yes sri lanka might not be still not ready with issues raised but should not we start somewhere . How about now ??
Can we start in this forum ? How about revisiting our strategies and mind set to see if they are viable? ( if you are no sure what we are talking about please read the posts in the topic)

Kithsiri wrote:

Quibit wrote:Article Moved to Expert Chamber.

How to access the Chamber?

One the home page just like "Stock Market Talk" there is another Thread.

Thanks !

I do not believe that Foreign money is needed to run a stock market locally (pardon me for my ignorance) but for development their direct investment is a must.

How to make more locals interested in investing in shares is a difficult task because of fear factor.

Not that they will lose money but this stock market and dealings have created a persona that many rich who put their money in bogus finance companies think that it is a impregnable citadel.

I have encouraged a few (including my daughter and friends) to have a go and all are happy.

Education (san too much technical jargons at the beginning) is the key to get more and CSE must do more to attract prospective investors.

Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:56 am by WildBear · Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:56 am by WildBear

[quote="Investor99"]

WildBear wrote:

slstock wrote:

Sasanka De Silva wrote:Would this make Foreign investors shying away?

Thanks for the wonderful and progressive ideas. I learned that you are part of Sri Lankan academia. We can really proud of the masterclass of Sri Lankan academics. The whole idea of University is creating new ideas,concepts,products that progress towards National development.You are a classic example. If we have people like you in other fields, We can make SL not only wonder of Asia but Wonder of the World....

I would also like to see SL in this status but I am sorry to say this but in reality I do not agree with your comment. As long as there is corruption and wastage SL will not achieve this, we have a long way to go unless solutions are found to solve these two factors.

But it's always good to do our part in full capacity rather than screaming about external factors, like corruption,wasting etc. We never can achieve a corruption free country. Even developed western countries we can see abundant wastage,corruption. Even the most corrupted India has progressed steadily and becoming a global economic giant.

If we wait until our pathway to be cleared by someone for us to proceed ,we will never achieve our targets.Yes corruption and wastage are obviously burning issues in SL, but we should take up those things as challenges and move forward. That's why people with positive attitudes like "SlStock" are important.

Besides corruption,wastage Sri Lanka already showed their class in some fields

Sports like Cricket
Defeating terrorism
Dominating position in Tea,Aperral etc
Good literacy rate
Quality healthcare indices etc

Therefore at least if some of us come up with positive attitudes, we can overcome the challenge and obstacles and move forwards rather than accusing for politicians or other parties.

It's always good to lit at least one candle rather than blaming the darkness

Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:09 pm by Investor99 · Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:09 pm by Investor99

[quote="WildBear"]

Investor99 wrote:

WildBear wrote:

slstock wrote:

Sasanka De Silva wrote:Would this make Foreign investors shying away?

Thanks for the wonderful and progressive ideas. I learned that you are part of Sri Lankan academia. We can really proud of the masterclass of Sri Lankan academics. The whole idea of University is creating new ideas,concepts,products that progress towards National development.You are a classic example. If we have people like you in other fields, We can make SL not only wonder of Asia but Wonder of the World....

I would also like to see SL in this status but I am sorry to say this but in reality I do not agree with your comment. As long as there is corruption and wastage SL will not achieve this, we have a long way to go unless solutions are found to solve these two factors.

But it's always good to do our part in full capacity rather than screaming about external factors, like corruption,wasting etc. We never can achieve a corruption free country. Even developed western countries we can see abundant wastage,corruption. Even the most corrupted India has progressed steadily and becoming a global economic giant.

If we wait until our pathway to be cleared by someone for us to proceed ,we will never achieve our targets.Yes corruption and wastage are obviously burning issues in SL, but we should take up those things as challenges and move forward. That's why people with positive attitudes like "SlStock" are important.

Besides corruption,wastage Sri Lanka already showed their class in some fields

Sports like Cricket
Defeating terrorism
Dominating position in Tea,Aperral etc
Good literacy rate
Quality healthcare indices etc

Therefore at least if some of us come up with positive attitudes, we can overcome the challenge and obstacles and move forwards rather than accusing for politicians or other parties.

It's always good to lit at least one candle rather than blaming the darkness

I agree that we cannot have a corruption free, wastage free SL but see the most recent wastage occurrences the importing of undergrad cement and petrol, cutting down the nations parks for timber, hotel constructions, agricultural purposes or for road construction. In the daily papers I have not seen one day without an article about corruption or wastage. Majority of the corruption happens at the top levels and even if we change our mind set and try to move forward what we can do to change the mindsets of the people of the top basically we cannot do anything.

Yes we have won the war, but winning the war is just a small step, we still we have not solved the root cause of the problem to win the hearts and mind of the Tamil community.

Asia’s best performing stock exchange does not have a backup system; foreign investors are going to shy away from our stock exchange. SL has so many holidays in a year.

A few years ago the Galle face green was upgraded spending a couple of million rupees and there were benches etc setup. I don’t think these benches are still there.

If you take note of the situation and how things are happening SL being another Singapore is just only a dream. But if the whole country could unities along with the political parties and the masses to minimise wastage and corruption then SL can be another Singapore. But it’s going to be hard work.

We need two hands to clap the same way we need to get all parties to get involved to development of our country.

Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:35 pm by mono · Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:35 pm by mono

own wrote:Will be an effect in next week?

The British government has set a deadline for Sri Lanka to show progress in addressing concerns of human rights violations committed during the war. British Foreign Secretary William Hague has told the British Foreign Affairs Committee that Sri Lanka has been told it needs to show progress by the end of this year or Britain will support the international community in revisiting all options available to press the Sri Lankan government to fulfill its obligations.
The Foreign Affairs Committee had criticized the British Foreign office over its failure to press for the setting up of an international war crimes inquiry to investigate allegations of atrocities carried out by both sides in the Sri Lankan civil war. William Hague had late last week handed over a response to the concerns raised by the Committee.
In his response, William Hague had said that the British government shares the view of the Committee that concrete action is necessary to deal with the “serious allegations” of breaches of international humanitarian and human rights law committed by both sides during the military conflict in Sri Lanka. The UN Panel of Experts Report and the Channel 4 documentary underline the imperative need for this, Hague said in his response, a copy of which was made available to the media by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office last week.
William Hague added that the British government believes that the process of reconciliation between Sri Lanka’s communities has a greater chance of success if investigations are Sri Lankan-led rather than externally imposed. The British Foreign Affairs Committee had commended Channel 4 for its documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’, which showed horrific scenes of crimes carried out in 2009 and called on the UK Government to press for the setting up of an international war crimes inquiry to investigate allegations of atrocities carried out by both sides in the Sri Lankan civil war.

: http://www.thesundayleader.lk/?p=47116

So essentially they're going to make a lot of noise come december. Rolling Eyes