03/15/2011
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Economic prosperity and development not enough for peace and healing in Sri Lanka, US says (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
03/14/2011
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U.S. State Department
Remarks
Robert O. Blake, Jr.
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
Asia Society Event
New York, NY
March 14, 2011
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."
12/09/2010
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Wall Street Journal
Wherever human rights are massively abused today, China is the main protector of the abusing government. In Sudan, China shielded the Bashir government in the U.N. as Sudanese troops and allied militias used Chinese arms to commit genocide in Darfur. Brutal regimes in Burma and North Korea similarly could not survive without strong Chinese support, protection and weapons. China has blocked efforts to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons and to pressure Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka to adhere to international human rights norms.
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.