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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12303344" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRgOHwfQFp0t0pDptF8Fo5S_hzv69h-8o2EFOMfFwRSZazq8AbYkg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Pressure is mounting on Sri Lanka to deliver on its  promises to the Tamils of the northern province. In a detailed statement  calling the government's bluff, the Tamil National Alliance, an  umbrella organisation of political parties representing Tamils of the  province, urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to “act now.”‘Broken  Promises,' the 14-page booklet traces the historical struggles that the  Tamils undertook and describes their current plight. The TNA said: “Sri  Lanka's failure to make good on its own assurances requires that the  Council act now. The principle of complementarity in international law  requires that where a State is unwilling or unable to institute credible  measures to advance justice in keeping with its commitments,  international mechanisms must be activated,” it said.The  TNA warned that the failure of the Council to act would embolden  governments, “which in fact demonstrates no commitment to change, to  escape their obligations by merely making empty promises of reform. This  will entrench a dangerous and harmful precedent of Council-sanctioned  impunity.”The TNA criticised the Sri Lankan stand at  the UNHRC and said nothing would be achieved by giving the government  more time. The claim — that, if provided time and space, it will evolve  home-grown processes that will address the need for a political solution  — must be evaluated against the chronic unwillingness of the government  to honour its own commitments to the people of Sri Lanka and the  international community, the TNA said. “Some of these commitments have  been repeated for many years, with no progress made on the ground,” the  statement, signed by TNA leader R. Sampanthan said.The Hindu</blockquote>

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