Friday, 15 July 2005

His Excellency Kofi Annan

The Secretary General

United Nations Organization

Your Excellency

Subject- Security Council Resolution 1373 - clause 2 (a) and donor funds to Sri Lanka

We wish to bring to your notice an attempt by the Donor co-chairs made up of the U.S.A,

European Union, Japan and Norway. to act in violation of the above Resolution. In a statement

issued by these countries following the meeting in Brussels ..” External Relations Directorate

urge both parties to resume negotiations so that Sri Lanka could benefit from the generosity

of the international community..” ( The Island news paper-Sri Lanka June 3, 2004)

In the statement, 'both parties' referred to the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE and ' the

generosity' referred to the pledge made at the Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka by representatives of 51 countries and 22 international organizations on June 9 and 10 , 2003.

The LTTE has not denounced armed violence and continues to kill political opponents. It is a proscribed organization in a number of donor countries as a terrorist entity. The UNICEF and the AA in their reports highlight the violation of human rights by the LTTE and conscription of child

soldiers etc Making donor funds available to such an organization is a clear violation of the UN resolution 1373 which says that the States should ..” refrain from providing any form of support, active or passive to entities or persons involved in terrorist acts,..”

We request you to take immediate action to bring this attempted violation of the UN Resolution

to their notice of the member countries as any exceptions made to the LTTE will be an act of

rewarding terrorism and armed violence including appeasement of terror.

We appeal to you to take necessary steps to ensure that terms of the Security  Council Resolution

1373 are complied with fully by all member states in respect of Sri Lanka vis-a vis, the LTTE, one of the most violent terrorist organizations in the present era.

Yours sincerely,

Dr D Jayasuriya

President

Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights in Sri Lanka (SPUR)

Reg No. A 003 07777 M

PO Box 4066

Mulgrave    VIC 3170

Australia

cc :

Hon Foreign Minister- Sri Lanka

Hon Foreign Minister- Australia

His Excellency the Ambassador for the USA in Australia

His Excellency the Ambassador for Japan in Australia

His Excellency the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Australia

The Representative of the EU in Australia

The URL of the Media Release is http://www.spur.asn.au/SPUR_20050715_SG_UN.htm