• UN’s Ban Ki
Moon urged to appoint International Commission of Inquiry under Article 99.
• 2013 – Year to
empower Women of Tamil Eelam.
• Release Jaffna
University students.
• Calling for
Economic Boycott and Divestment.
• Palestinians
congratulated. Concerns on the plight of Rohinga Muslims of Myanmar.
( December 21,
2012, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam
(TGTE) concluded its fourth Parliamentary sitting in London, endorsing several
action plans.
The sitting
started with an event at the British Parliament, which was attended by several
British and Northern Ireland Members of Parliament.
Several of
TGTE’s Cabinet Members, Senators and Members of Parliament came from around the
world to attend this Fourth Sitting. Others joined through video conferencing
from different countries. Entire proceedings were webcast live.
Some of the
highlights:
• President of
the Global Tamil Forum, Rev. Father Emmanuel, joined as a special guest and his
speech was received with standing ovation.
• The TGTE’s
Senate prepared a report on the roadmap to establish Tamil Eelam, which was
discussed by the Parliament. The report will now be sent to the TGTE Advisory
Committee and outside experts for comments and will be placed again in front of
Parliament for discussion and adoption before the process of implementation
starts to take shape.
Some of the
Action Plans:
1) Calling for a
promulgation of a Freedom Charter for Tamil Eelam incorporating the “Freedom
Demands” of the Tamil-speaking people. (These “Freedom Demands” will be
ascertained through Town Hall meetings, electronic and print media).
2) Calling for
an Economic Boycott and Divestment Campaign.
3) Calling on
the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to appoint an International Commission of
Inquiry, under Article 99 of the UN Charter. According to the recent UN
Internal Review Report on Sri Lanka, this step was recommended by the UN
Secretary General’s own legal team in 2009.
4) Declaring
2013 as the year to Empower Women of Tamil Eelam and to take steps to achieve
specific goals. TGTE considers that this will be a stepping stone to uplift the
Tamil community affected by the war and will give special attention to the
90,000 Tamil war widows.
5) Calling for
assistance to Hero’s families. As a first step, the “Thalir” program was
launched with the aim of providing assistance to 1,000 Hero’s families by the
next National Day of Mourning on May 18, 2013.
6) Condemning
the attack on Jaffna University students and calling for steps to secure the
release of the students who were arrested for peacefully remembering Martyr’s
Day.
Two resolutions
of international significance were passed:
• Congratulating
the People of Palestine for being admitted by the UN as a UN non-member
observer state. “On behalf of People of Tamil Eelam, the Transnational
Government of Tamil Eelam want to salute the People of Palestine for their
determination to be free despite years of untold suffering,” said the
Resolution.
• Condemning the
abuses and attacks on the Rohinga Muslims of Myanmar and expressing solidarity
with the People of Tamil Eelam. “We understand your pain and suffering and
People of Tamil Eelam stand by you, during your difficult time,” said the
Resolution.
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