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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12310000" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMJ7e7TUkqtsWCldfnSzhRu9_hdav8fYYgZHSxlJSn8hqLnnIR" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Foreign Office Minister for South Asia Alistair Burt spoke after the transmission of  Channel 4's documentary 'Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, War Crimes  Unpunished'."Once again, Channel 4 has brought to international attention  important and disturbing evidence to support allegations of grave abuses  in Sri Lanka. “Since the end of the conflict, the international  community has called for an independent, credible and thorough  investigation into alleged war crimes on both sides of the conflict.   Channel 4’s documentaries reinforce the need for that investigation.   “I continue to believe that Sri Lanka, in accordance with its  Government’s public statements, can achieve lasting peace and  reconciliation.  But this requires a full and honest acknowledgement of  the past and it requires processes, in which all parties take part, to  ensure justice, reconciliation and political progress.   “That is why the UK will urge the UN Human Rights Council to pass a  resolution next week which calls on Sri Lanka to take these steps and  implement the recommendations of their own Lessons Learnt and  Reconciliation Commission.”FCO</blockquote>

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