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Even the worst of criminals have a right to a fair trial before an independent judiciary. A judge in an impeachment proceeding in Sri Lanka does not have that right. Article 107 of the Constitution and the standing orders as they stand now preclude that right.

Minister Champaika Ranawaka's Speech at Climate parliament.

I wish to thank the organizing committee of 'climate parliament'for inviting me as the Chief Guest of the 'Policy for the Renewable Energy Revolution- Parliamentary hearing for legislators from Africa, the Arab Statesand South Asia'.

If today the United Nations announced that it had received unconfirmed reports of 50,000 casualties in a war off limits to journalists - wouldn't the world take notice and try and stop the killings? We now know the UN system had this information in 2009 about Sri Lanka and suppressed it. We know this because of an internal review, commissioned by the UN Secretary General, Ban ki Moon.

Colombo Declaration

We, the religious dignitaries, academics, professionals, scientists, researchers, artistes and civil society leaders, having met in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 19th and 20th of August 2012, wish to emphasize that we can no longer afford to delay measures to combat environmental degradation that triggers climate change and do here by express our firm commitment for the promotion of an economically, socially, culturally and environmentally sustainable future for our present and future generations.

On Wednesday, the United Nations released a landmark report that indicted itself for its failure in protecting thousands of Sri Lankan civilians during the final phase of the Eelam War in 2009.

To Leaders of the UNP and the TNA Ranil Wickramasinghe, MP (Leader of the Opposition),/ R. Sampanthan, MP

As you by now are aware, the "Report of the Secretary-General’s Internal Review Panel on United Nations Action in Sri Lanka" date lined November 2012 and released on 14 November, 2012, now accepts the UN has failed in its duty and responsibility, to provide humanitarian access for the UN staff to the people trapped within the conflict zone in the Vanni, the physical delivery of assistance into the conflict zone, and the freedom of movement for populations to reach assistance, all fundamental to the protection of life.

The notorious, shrewd, infamous, disgraced underworld figure known as "Aluthkade Sara " alias Sarath Nanda Silva has once again befriended with his former pal, Percy Mahendra Rajapaksha.

Mr. Xi Jinping was elected as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party at its 18th National Congress. Here is the greeting massage of Mr. Somawansa Amarasinghe who is the leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.

In May 1993, a UN sponsored election was held in Cambodia to elect a government. The country had faced a civil war after Polpot's catastrophic revolution. At the time, a large part of the country was under the State of Cambodia, of which Hun Sen was the head.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma today expressed concern about the recent move by the Parliament of Sri Lanka to impeach the country's Chief Justice, Dr Shirani Bandaranayake.

David Cameron is being urged by MPs to consider boycotting next year's Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka in protest at its human rights record.

GTF spokesperson Suren Surendiran has commented on UN failure in Sri Lanka. Please go to 6.40 on the timeline. The comments were televised live in India yesterday as part of their News Night Programme anchored by Headlines Today Executive Editor Rahul Shivshankar. Earlier in the hourly news bulletins, Rt. Hon. Joan Ryan also spoke on behalf of GTF.

UNITED NATIONS, November 15 -- The scandal of the UN's amateur blacking-out of portions of its report on its actions and inactions in Sri Lanka in 2009 which pointed the finger at envoy Vijay Nambiar, ex-humanitarian chiefJohn Holmes and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon himselfis worse that Inner City Press reported yesterday.

GENEVA (14 November 2012) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, today expressed serious concerns about reported intimidation and attacks against judges and judicial officers, and warned that they might form part of a pattern of attacks, threats, reprisals and interference in the independence of the justice system in Sri Lanka.