Traduction de «Roupie du Sri Lanka » (Français → Anglais) :

The listing by Sri Lanka of more than 3 000 fishing vessels in the IOTC record of authorised vessels clearly demonstrates that Sri Lanka allows its vessels to fish on high seas in contravention of the rules of the IOTC, since Sri Lanka has not legislation providing for granting of licences for fishing activities on the high seas.

– having regard to its previous resolutions of 18 May 2000 , 14 March 2002 and 20 November 2003 on Sri Lanka, of 13 January 2005 on the tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean, of 18 May 2006 on the situation in Sri Lanka and of 5 February 2009 on Sri Lanka,

5. Welcomes the announcement by Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa of his intention to invite an international independent group of eminent persons as observers of investigations into abductions, disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Sri Lanka; considers the setting-up of an independent, credible and effective commission, in the interim, to be a courageous move that could break the vicious cycle of violence in Sri Lanka; recommends that the Government of Sri Lanka seek the advice of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ...[+++]Louise Arbour in establishing the commission, so as to ensure its independence and effectiveness;

21. Calls on the Government of Sri Lanka, the United National Party and other parties to agree to work in close cooperation to take robust action against terrorism and to address legitimate Tamil grievances, and to come forward with a bold gesture of reconciliation towards the Tamil peoples of Sri Lanka; considers that a major step in creating the right framework for such action would be early revision of the Constitution of Sri Lanka, as one of Asia's longest-standing democracies, to define the state as a secular, democratic republic in which all religions are respected;

C. whereas tensions have been deliberately exacerbated by the attempted assassination of Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, the Sri Lankan Army Commander, on 25 April 2006, the assassinations of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar in August 2005 and Joseph Pararajasingha, MP, in December 2005, and the attack on the Batticaloa district office of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) on 13 January 2006 in a deliberate attempt to undermine the ceasefire agreement,

13. Is worried at the fact that a deal to share international aid has still not been implemented, and believes that aid sent to Sri Lanka by the EU, and other international donors, in response to the tsunami must benefit the victims of that disaster without regard for their ethnic or religious denomination; but is concerned about the distribution and use of tsunami funds, which have not had the expected impact on the everyday lives of the victims or on Sri Lanka's recovery; notes that the political gridlock on the 'Post-Tsunami Operations Management Structure' has already delayed the release of a further EUR 50 million in aid, hinderin ...[+++]g reconstruction work in the North and East of Sri Lanka;