04/22/2011
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Asia Society
NEW YORK, April 22, 2010 — Asia Society Executive Vice President Jamie Metzl discusses the controversy surrounding the leaked UN report on Sri Lanka and the possible way forward. (4 min, 44 sec)
03/14/2011
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Asia Society
NEW YORK, March 14, 2011 - Sri Lankan Amb. Palitha T.B. Kohona, Amb. Robert Blake of the US State Dept., and Asia Society's Jamie Metzl assess prospects for reconciliation in postwar Sri Lanka. (1 hr., 47 min.)
Asia Society, Blake, development, Diaspora, GoSL, Kohona, Metzl, post-war, U.S.
03/10/2011
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Asia Society
Over the last week, the United States has raised its voice regarding accountability and reconciliation in post-war Sri Lanka. A US Senate resolution called for the establishment of an independent international accountability mechanism, and Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake told AFP: "If Sri Lanka is not willing to meet international standards regarding these matters ... there will be pressure to appoint some sort of international commission to look into these things."
03/10/2011
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Asia Society
Over the last week, the United States has raised its voice regarding accountability and reconciliation in post-war Sri Lanka. A US Senate resolution called for the establishment of an independent international accountability mechanism, and Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake told AFP: “If Sri Lanka is not willing to meet international standards regarding these matters … there will be pressure to appoint some sort of international commission to look into these things.”
02/07/2011
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Asia Society
Sri Lanka on Feb. 4 celebrated 63 years of independence and “worryingly, in his Independence Day speech, President Rajapaksa did not address the problems of minorities nor political reconciliation with a constitutional settlement. The thrust of his message focused on economic development and the need for ‘discipline’ in society to achieve development,” says Asia Society Associate Fellow Ahilan Kadirgamar.
09/20/2010
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Asia Society
“Over the next week, both President Rajapaksa and Foreign Minister Peiris are likely to speak on post-war Sri Lanka at the U.N. and related forums in New York. Their messages are likely to claim the near completion of resettling the war displaced, economic development as the sole solution for war-affected people and having ‘defeated terrorism.’ Such messages, however, distort the ground realities,” says Asia Society Associate Fellow Ahilan Kadirgamar.
09/07/2010
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Ahilan Kadirgamar, Asia Society
Thousands of Sri Lankans are joining demonstrations against a controversial new amendment to the constitution, which would abolish limits on the number of presidential terms and increase the president's powers. Asia Society Associate Fellow Ahilan Kadirgamar says the terms would allow the president to make direct appointments to bodies responsible for governance such as the judiciary and bureaucracy.