வெள்ளி, 4 மே, 2012

A few facts for your attention:

Muthuvel Chelliah

Vanakkam! Please spare a moment, and spread the word with your friends and in face book too. A few facts for your attention:

1) A few weeks ago, the US State Dept. issued "Tamil New Year Greetings" for the first time ever.
2) The US sponsored resolution in the UNHRC (UN Human Rights Council) against SL won with overwhelming votes. Even India supported it.
3) The US State Dept, issued a commemorative/condolence statement reminding the world about the Rwanda Genocide.

Can you please help so the US State Dept. can issue a similar statement for the Tamils too. The May 18 is coming soon, and you know what that means!!

So, if you want to do your share as a Tamil, please cut and paste the following text in a word document file, provide your info at bottom and please FAX it to the three numbers at the top (the US State Dept, the White House, etc),. These are the least and very simple things we as Tamils can do for our suffering Tamils there. I am sincerely hoping you will please consider.. PLEASE HURRY! Time is limited and is running out fast!!!.
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Commemoration of 3rd Anniversary of the May 2009 Mass Murders and Human Rights Excesses Committed by Sri Lankan Government

By Fax No:1-202-647-1579 or 1-202-647-2283 with copy to 1-202-456-2461

U.S. Secretary of State Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
Department of State, Washington, DC.

Madam Secretary,

On May 18, 2012 the Tamils of Sri Lanka and of the Diaspora will once again solemnly observe the anniversary of the atrocities perpetrated by the Sri Lankan armed forces directed by the Sri Lankan Government.

While three long years have already elapsed since those unspeakable crimes occurred, no meaningful relief is yet in sight for the remaining Vanni Tamils or their dear departed. More than ever, it is now clear that the Government of Sri Lanka possesses neither the will nor the urgency to undertake an inquiry of the necessary magnitude. It is also clear that in the absence of any willingness on the part of the international community to move forward on this issue, there cannot be any credible investigation to find out the truth or to hold the perpetrators to account. There is no reason to hope that the cause of justice or international peace will be served well under such circumstances.

In view of the likelihood that there never will be another credible attempt to ascertain the number of casualties during the Mullivaikkaal atrocities of May 2009, the Tamils of Diaspora hold the figure of 146,679 people disappearing without a trace in the final eight months of war, as extracted by the Bishop of Mannar Dr. Rayappu Joseph from the official records of the Government and those of the UN, as an agreeable estimate of the number of deaths in Vanni in those days. For the confirmation that this number of casualties occurred due to a war directed against the Tamil Population of Vanni on racial and political grounds, we have referenced the Report of the United Nations Secretary General’s Panel of Experts Para. 251, Page 69. Therefore Tamils of the Diaspora conclude and declare that what occurred during the period leading up to and directly following May18, 2009 is an act of genocide, and a crime against humanity.

Madam, Secretary of State, even in this unenviable situation, the Tamils of Sri Lanka and of the Diaspora sincerely recognize your personal efforts to obtain justice for us and are grateful for that effort culminating in the UNHRC resolution A/HRC/19/L.2. The Tamils of Sri Lanka and of the Diaspora also note with appreciation your recently issued message of solidarity with the Rwandan people on the eve of their 19thanniversary of the Rwandan genocide.

Under these circumstances, Madam Secretary, it is my earnest personal request that you please consider issuing a message to mark the sacrifices of the Tamils in Sri Lanka on May 18, 2009 and expressing your hope, as you have always insisted upon, for a genuine reconciliation through executing the obligations of accountability that such grave crimes entail.

Thanking you sincerely in advance for a positive response, Madam,

I remain with hope,

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