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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12358736" data-attributes="member: 92282">India statement March 22, 2012 India believes that the primary responsibility  for the promotion and protection of human rights lies with the States.  Consequently resolutions of this nature should fully respect the  sovereign rights of states and contribute to Sri Lanka's own efforts in  this regard.2. India had welcomed the recommendations of Sri  Lanka's LLRC report. We believe that there is indeed a window of  opportunity to forge a consensual way forward towards reconciliation  through a political settlement respecting all the ethnic and religious  groups inhabiting the nation. This is, in effect, what the Sri Lankan  Government had committed to in this Council in 2009. We have noted the  commencement of such a dialogue with several parties, including the  Tamil National Alliance. 3. The LLRC report recognizes that a  political solution is imperative and that the Government of Sri Lanka  should provide the leadership to this political process. It further sets  out several constructive recommendations including those pertaining to  missing persons, detainees, disappearances and abductions, promotion of  trilingual policy, reduction of high security zones, curbing activities  of illegal armed groups, return of private lands and demilitarization  and restoration of civilian administration. This Council has also been  briefed by the Government of Sri Lanka in this session on the series of  steps taken to implement the report and other measures. We welcome these  steps. We are confident that implementation of the report will foster  genuine reconciliation. 4. India has been involved in a  substantial way in the rehabilitation and resettlement efforts, and the  reconstruction process in Northern Sri Lanka. We are happy that our  engagement in Sri Lanka in the areas of housing, de-mining, education,  public health and connectivity have helped restore a degree of normalcy  in the area. 5. In this context, we urge the Sri Lankan  Government to take forward the process of broader dialogue and show  concrete movement towards a meaningful devolution of powers, including  the implementation of the 13th Amendment and beyond. We would also urge  that Sri Lanka takes forward the measures for accountability and to  promote human rights that it has committed to. It is these steps, more  than anything we declare in this Council, which would bring about  genuine reconciliation between all the communities of Sri Lanka,  including the minority Tamil community. 6. While we subscribe to  the broader message of this resolution and the objectives it promotes,  we also underline that any assistance from the Office of the High  Commissioner on Human Rights or visits of UN Special Procedures should  be in consultation with and with the concurrence of the Sri Lankan  Government. These are norms which all of us in the Council subscribe to.  A democratic country like Sri Lanka has to be provided time and space  to achieve the objectives of reconciliation and peace. In this Council  we have the responsibility to ensure that our conclusions do contribute  to this objective rather than hinder it. 7. In conclusion, as a  neighbour with thousands of years of cordial relations with Lanka, with  deep rooted spiritual and cultural ties, we cannot remain untouched by  developments in that country. We have been bound also by a shared quest  for freedom and dignity. We will continue to remain engaged with the  Government of Sri Lanka to take forward the process of reconciliation to  secure for all its citizens a future marked by equality, dignity,  justice and self-respect. New DelhiMarch 22, 2012                                          </blockquote>

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