Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th October 2022
Is there an available mechanism to question the transparency and legality in the manner the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) function...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th October 2022
The UNHRC comprises 47 member states. The UNHRC members are elected by the General Assembly for 3 years. The UN General Assembly comprises 193 Member States of which Sri Lanka is one. Sri...
Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions
by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th October 2022
“Israeli campaign in Germany blocks award to Navi Pillay” by Barbara Crossette is of particular interest to Sri Lanka for several reasons. It shows how powerful nations like Israel can exert diplomatic power...
Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Sri Lanka Politics / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st October 2022
It is sad that western diplomats and the UN/UNHRC take pains to insist that the GoSL allow pro-LTTE groups to commemorate LTTE Dead as ‘civilian’ dead’ but totally ignore to even issue a...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Role of Media / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th September 2022
“The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of IRAQ … I mean of the Ukraine ….Iraq too, anyway … (he laughs) …I’am 75 (audience laughs) …”. The...
Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th September 2022
In 2010, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon commissioned 3 members personally selected by him to submit a report on the ‘final months’ of Sri Lanka’s conflict. The Report by the Panel of...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / War on Terror / Separatism / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th September 2022
We are somewhat puzzled. Perhaps the Western diplomats – the UN & UNHRC may care to answer and put our doubts at rest. We are more than a little curious to know why the...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st September 2022
Is it ironic that those who laugh at Sri Lanka’s history, marvel at the history & traditions of our colonizers, going so far as to shed a tear for their dearly departed. While...
Chartering Our Future / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / INGO-NGO issues / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Role of India / Role of Media / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th September 2022
Dravida Nadu was a Christian Missionary movement & Tamil Eelam is possibly too. How India got wrangled to train & arm LTTE in a project initially rooted by the Church is a puzzle...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / War on Terror / Separatism / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th September 2022
While India may have begun the initial training and arming of LTTE towards late 1970s, there is another player that often escapes the radar of accountability. Sri Lanka’s governments have failed to identify the...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th September 2022
Sri Lanka has landed in trouble due to bad advice and silly policy decisions. We already have a Lessons Learned & Reconciliation Commission. We have had 3 successive UNHRC Resolutions. We have faced...
