Recognizing the hundreds of thousands of lives lost during Sri Lanka’s almost 30-year armed conflict, which ended 15 years ago on May 18, 2009, and ensuring nonrecurrence of past violence, including the Tamil Genocide, by supporting the right to self-determination of Eelam Tamil people and their call for an independence referendum for a lasting peaceful resolution.
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Latest Action · May 15, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
This House resolution acknowledges the approximately 300,000 deaths from Sri Lanka's 26-year civil conflict that ended in May 2009 and calls for international action to prevent future violence. The resolution supports the right of Eelam Tamil people to determine their own political future, specifically through an independence referendum, and recognizes what it characterizes as genocide against the Tamil population. It urges the United States to strengthen diplomatic engagement with Tamil groups and work with the international community to advocate for Tamil self-determination as a permanent political solution. The resolution cites concerns that 15 years after the war's end, the Tamil homeland remains militarized, accountability for human rights violations has been insufficient, and the root causes of the conflict remain unresolved. No direct funding or implementation timeline is specified, as this is a symbolic resolution expressing congressional support rather than establishing binding policy or appropriations.
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