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    WorldTamilConference

    London07-11-2012

    ExpressingourappreciationfortheirreportonSriLankabythePanelof

    ExpertsappointedbytheUNSecretaryGeneralandnotinginparticular

    thereportsacknowledgmentofthepersecutionandexterminationof

    theTamilpeopleforpoliticalreasonsonethnicgrounds,

    Expressingourappreciationforthefindingsandrecommendationsof

    thePermanentPeoplesTribunalonSriLankaheldinDublin.

    NotingwithconcernthecontinuingdestructionoftheTamilNationin

    theNorthandEastoftheIslandofSriLanka,despitetheendofwarin

    May2009,andtheneedforanimmediatearresttothepresent

    conditionsofpersecutionoftheTamilpeople

    Remindingtheresponsibilitiesoftheinternationalcommunityunder

    theRomeStatuteoftheInternationalCriminalCourtandunderthe

    doctrineoftheresponsibilitytoprotect(R2P)

    WecalluponthememberstatesoftheUnitedNationstourgentlyset

    upaninternationalindependentinvestigationintothecomplete

    conductoftheSriLankanStateagainsttheTamilNationandspecifically

    callforaninvestigationofWarCrimes,CrimesagainstHumanity,and

    theCrimeofGenocideagainsttheTamilpeople.

    Weurgetheleadersoftheinternationalcommunityandtheglobalcivil

    societyto:1)Takeimmediatestepstoprovideforspaceforfreeflowof

    informationthatwouldbringtolightastothegroundrealitiesprevailing

    intheNorthandEastoftheIslandofSriLanka.2)Tostopdecimationof

    theTamilNationbytheSriLankanState.3)TostopSinhalisationofthe

    TamiltraditionalHomeland.4)TodemilitarizetheTamilPeoples

    Homelandforthepeopletoexercisetheirdemocraticrightsfreefrom

    fearofpersecution.