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Assist SL to set up domestic mechanisms-US resolution

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Eleven US Senators on Thursday tabled a resolution urging the ‘US and the international community to assist Sri Lanka in establishing domestic mechanisms to deal with any grievances arising from actions committed by both sides during and after the civil war in Sri Lanka.’

The resolution urged the US Government and the international community to assist the Sri Lankan Government to set up such domestic mechanisms with due regard to its sovereignty, stability, and security.

It has also urged the US President to develop a comprehensive and well balanced policy towards Sri Lanka that reflects United States interests, including respect for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, as well as economic and security interests.

The resolution urges the Sri Lankan Government to improve religious and media freedoms and to bring to justice those responsible for attacks on journalists and newspaper offices as well as places of worship, regardless of religion.

The eleven Co-Senate sponsors are: James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma);John Cornyn (R-Texas);Orrin Hatch (R-Utah);Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming); Senator Roy Blunt (R-Missouri); Senator John Manchin (D-West Virginia); Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama); Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas)Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho); Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming)

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