Resolution by the Members of the European Parliament on 18 May 2006 regarding the situation in Sri Lanka.

EU: LTTE not sole representatives of the Tamil people. Calls for immediate stop to LTTE illegal fund raising [May 19, 2006 - 11.35 GMT]

The European Union (EU) yesterday called on the LTTE to allow “political pluralism and alternate democratic voices” as the LTTE did not represent all the Tamil people of Sri Lanka.

It also called on its member states “to do everything in their capacity in order to stop all illegal attempts by the LTTE to uphold a system of forced taxation among
sections of the Tamil community living in the European Union.”

In its resolution on Sri Lanka the EU condemned the LTTE’s unilateral refusal to participate in the second round talks that were scheduled for April this year and urgently called on the LTTE to resume peace negotiations with the government. It severely condemned the renewed campaign of attacks by the LTTE.

The resolution called on the LTTE to be prepared to decommission its weapons and to set the stage for a final political settlement of the conflict.

Members of the EU deplored the gross violations of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) particularly the LTTE sea attack, May 11 on the Sri Lankan naval force, which resulted in casualties and put SLMM monitors in grave danger.

The EU called for an immediate stop to the recruitment of children as soldiers by the LTTE and for the LTTE to release those it holds while making a declaration of principle not to recruit any children in the future. It also urged the government to put into place legal measures to prevent and criminalize the practice. 

The European parliamentarians welcomed the announcement of new members of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission.

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Last Updated Date: May  19, 2006 -11.35 GMT