1. Sri Lanka To Integrate Into US Regional Military Plans Workers Struggles. Arts Review. history. Science. Polemics. Philosophy. Correspondence News Analysis Asia sri lanka. sri lanka to integrate into US regional military plans http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/jun2002/sri-j11.shtml

Enter email address to receive news about the WSWS Add Remove SEARCH WSWS English German ON THE WSWS Donate to the WSWS Expansion Fund! Editorial Board ... Books Online OTHER LANGUAGES German French Italian Russian ... Indonesian LEAFLETS Download in PDF format HIGHLIGHTS The war against Iraq and America's drive for world domination Oppose US war ... Sri Lanka Sri Lanka to integrate into US regional military plans By Saman Gunadasa 11 June 2002 Use this version to print Send this link by email Email the author The negotiations have been held in secret and no details have been formally released. The US embassy in Sri Lanka only commented after the weekly Sunday Times According to the Sunday Times Even before the agreement has been signed, US warships have begun to dock in Colombo harbour to refuel and to provide shore leave for sailors. The USS Hopper arrived in April, the first American navy vessel to dock in Colombo in eight years. Closed door negotiations According to the Sunday Times , the defence agreement was drawn up this April in Colombo during discussion with a four-man team of US military and legal personnel. Preparations had taken place the previous month during a visit by a high-powered team of US officials, led by Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca and including US Brigadier General Timothy Ghormely, commander of the US Marine Expeditionary Brigade. The group met with Wickremesinghe, Defence Minister Tilak Marapana and army top brass at the Palaly army camp in the war-torn north.

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getStarted(1,20,125); C.B.S.G. Sri Lanka Home CBSG CBSG S.A. India SriLanka ... Tools CBSG Sri Lanka was convened in 1997 by Anslem de Silva, a medical doctor from Perideniya University, whose avocation is herpetology.  The host organisation for CBSG Sri Lanka is ARROS, Amphbian and Reptile Research Organisation of Srilanka, also started by de Silva.  CBSG Sri Lanka has initiated and supports several SIGs or Special Interest Groups on Sri Lankan fishes, invertebrates, etc. Activities CAMP for Sri Lankan Amphibians and Reptiles CBSG, Sri Lanka organised a Conservation Assessment and management Plan Workshop for Amphibians and Reptiles at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka on 26 - 30 November 1998, assisted by CBSG, India.  More than 45 participants from 20 organisations were involved in the workshop.  CBSG, India staff, Sally Walker, Sanjay Molur and B. A. Daniel, served as CAMP Facilitators for the workshop.   Sushil Dutt, author of Amphibians and Reptiles of Sri Lanka, also from India provided technical expertise along with John Wilkinson  from the DAPTF office in UK.   The CAMP was sponsored by the Philadelphia Zoo, the Columbus Zoo, and Zoo Outreach Organisation.  A total of 56 Amphibians and 123 Reptiles were assessed using the IUCN Red List Criteria.  A total of 22 threatened amphibians and a massive 75 threatened reptiles  was the result of the five days hard work.  See the list of Sri Lankan Amphibians and Reptiles and their status on the following pages.  A number of projects are envisioned to follow up the information gleaned from this workshop.  The Report is still pending and anticipated next month.

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10. Sri Lanka Web Links: Library And Links: Jeannette Rankin Library Program: U.S. I Human Rights Policy Web Links and regional Resources Asia. Internet resources whichdescribe the background, history and current events in sri lanka. http://www.usip.org/library/regions/sri_lanka.html

Regional Resources Sri Lanka Web Links Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information generally on conflict in Sri Lanka. For related web links, see Terrorism/Counterterrorism: Web Links U.S. Human Rights Policy: Web Links and Regional Resources: Asia General Resources Government Agencies and International Organizations Maps and Guides ... Selected Documents and Political Resources These links complement the conflict-resolution simulation exercise on Sri Lanka for the state-level high school winners of the Institute's National Peace Essay Contest in June, 2001. General Resources The sites below collect links to other Internet resources which describe the background, history and current events in Sri Lanka. INCORE guides to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity: Sri Lanka International Cultural Center (ICC) LibrarySouth Asia Links: Sri Lanka From Texas Tech University, a selection of mostly annotated links for Sierra Leone to internet search tools (with automatic searches from three search engines) and other useful general resources. Also has general web links for South Asia South Asia Terrorism Portal: Sri Lanka This web site has information on terrorism specific to six countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and an overview of the region as a whole. The Sri Lankan entry contains a current assessment of the situation

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13. LAKBIMA - SRI LANKAN ISSUES Home Page The history, culture, politics and other related issues pertaining to sri lanka and her peoples, with Category regional Asia sri lanka Society and Culture history......The history, culture, politics and other related issues pertaining to sri lankaand her peoples, with special emphasis on the present conflict Presented by http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mahnel/

The history, culture, politics and other related issues pertaining to Sri Lanka and her peoples, with special emphasis on the present conflict Presented by Neville and Mahes Ladduwahetty THE CULTURAL WEALTH OF SRI LANKA LANGUAGES: Sinhala, Tamil, and English RELIGIONS: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity POPULATION (1981 Census) Total Population14,850,000 Percentage Sinhalese74.0% Percentage Sri Lankan Tamils12.6% Indian Tamils5.6% Others-0.7% Percentage Sri Lankan Tamils in Northern Province-6.5% Percentage Sri Lankan Tamils in Eastern Province2.7% Percentage Sri Lankan Tamils in rest of country-3.4% TOPICS INCLUDE: Background of the Conflict Ideology of the Conflict Nation, State and Self-Determination Minorities and Power Sharing ... Devolution-A Lesson from Canada Autonomy of the Aland Province of Finland NOT a model for Sri Lanka A Non-Territorial Alternative to Regional Development The Need for an Alternative Tamil Grievances - A Fresh Perspective Polarization of the Tamil Community and its Impact on a Political Solution Language Proposals before the Select Committee Democracy and Devolution Sri Lanka - One Country, One Nation

14. USAID: Sri Lanka the United States in sri lankan history and was By helping to resolve sri lanka’sinternal war is making an important contribution to regional stability and http://www.usaid.gov/country/ane/lk/

Skip redundant navigation Home This Is USAID Privacy ... Contact The United States Agency for International Development Sri Lanka >> Regional Overview >> Sri Lanka Overview Development Challenge The USAID Program Other Program Elements Other Donors ... USAID Search: Sri Lanka Previous Years' Activities Last updated: Wednesday, 29-May-2002 18:51:26 EDT THE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE: Key U.S. national interests in Sri Lanka include supporting democratic institutions and processes, including curbing terrorism and finding a peaceful solution to the 18-year war. The new government is one of the friendliest to the United States in Sri Lankan history and was very supportive of the United States in the aftermath of the events of September 11, 2001. By helping to resolve Sri Lanka’s internal war, the United States is making an important contribution to regional stability and the global war on terrorism. In addition, the U.S. national interest is served by further promoting free markets, transparency, rule of law and respect for workers’ rights, in order to integrate fully Sri Lanka into the global economy and provide greater opportunities for U.S. goods, services, and capital. Sri Lanka weathered a year of internal political and economic stress. The fighting intensified in its 18-year war in the north and east, and included an attack on the international airport by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Political instability led to the postponement of its parliament for two months; and two of the most violent parliamentary elections in history occurred over a 14-month period. Exports declined by over 8%; the budget deficit rose to nearly 10% of gross domestic product; exchange reserves dropped from $2.6 billion to $2.1 billion, and gross national product growth plunged from an annual average rate of 5.5% in the 1990’s to minus 0.6%. Adding to the country’s economic woes, as a result of the previous government’s failure to meet budget expenditure terms, the International Monetary Fund postponed further drawdown of its Standby Agreement Facility after Sri Lanka had withdrawn only $131 million of the agreement’s $253 million total.

15. ETHNIC CONFLICT IN SRI LANKA AND REGIONAL SECURITY which gave Tamils a degree of regional autonomy, including had the 'foremost place'in sri lanka, thus almost It is precisely this history that persuaded the http://www.infolanka.com/org/srilanka/issues/kumari.html

ETHNIC CONFLICT IN SRI LANKA AND REGIONAL SECURITY By Kumari Jayawardhana (Date: Oct 1987) Introduction THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ETHNIC CONFLICT: THE PRE-COLONIAL SITUATION THE COLONIAL PERIOD SINHALA BUDDHIST IDENTITY POLITICAL REFORMS ... REFERENCES The violent ethnic conflict that has ravaged Sri Lanka for a decade resulted in an agreement between the governments of Sri Lanka and India - the `Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement - to establish peace and normalcy in Sri Lanka' (signed on 29 July 1987) and the Provincial Councils Act (providing for regional autonomy) passed in parliament in November 1987. What has begun as an essentially domestic problem, arising from a minority ethnic group's attempts to overcome acts of discrimination and oppression, acquired over time a regional and an international dimension; it had ultimately to be resolved by the intervention of a regional power with the support of all the major world powers, but with opposition from both Sinhala and Tamil militants in Sri Lanka. It is perhaps ironic that one of the most unfortunate ethnic wars of recent times should occur in Sri Lanka, an island reputed to have had a peaceful transition from `model colony' to stable Third World state achieving international praise for its excellent quality of life and democratic institutions. These were factors which made Sri Lanka a `country of concentration' for several aid donors, and after 1977, increased private foregin investment. All these expectations were seriously eroded by years of carnage and destruction when the `emerald isle' of tourists literature turned blood red. The civil war not only killed off thousand of innocent people (Sinhala, Tamil, and Muslim) and brutalized civil society, giving rise to a climate of chauvinist hysteria and intolerance, but also left in its wake little alternative except outside intervention.

16. Social Issues - Sri Lanka Explorer and Reconciliation by Karunyan Arulananthan; A history of Tamil Report on sri lanka Feb 1996 by AI; Report on Ethnic Conflict and regional Security by Kumari http://www.infolanka.com/org/srilanka/issues.html

Social Issues Discussion Groups InfoLanka Forum Sri Lanka Newsgroup Tamil Newsgroup Various Articles Assessment 2001 by SATP The Vanishing Young and the Silent Agony of Sunset Shore (Paduvankarai) by UTHR(Jaffna) - Sep 2001 by UTHR(Jaffna) - July 2001 Annual Report - 2002 by Reporters Without Borders by UTHR(Jaffna) - July 2000 Chronology of the Tamil conflict by BBC How ethnic tensions grew by BBC Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 Human Rights Watch World Report 2000 THE URGENCY OF A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT by UTHR(Jaffna) - July 1998 Countdown in the Vanni - Looking Beyond the Tigers by UTHR(Jaffna) - May 1998 The Vanni: Behind the war of words by UTHR(Jaffna) - Nov 1997 Fifteen Years of Separatist Terrorism in Sri Lanka by ACSLU - Jan 1997 Sri Lanka - Human Rights Practices for 1997 by US Dept. of State Tigers - Sharpened Claws by Tim Mcgirk (TIME Magazine) Feb 1998 ICRC operations in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka: Peace and Reconciliation by Karunyan Arulananthan A History of Tamil Militant Movement by Narayan Swamy Story of Velupillai Pirabhakaran by M.R. Narayan Swamy

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18. SASNET: Archeology, Uppsala environment, climate change, vegetation history and land Plains – the water shedarea of sri lanka. PhD research will include regional stratigraphic studies http://www.sasnet.lu.se/arkeoupp.html

SWEDISH SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK African and Comparative Archaeology; Department for Archaeology and Ancient History, at Uppsala University: Address: S:t Eriks Torg 5 , SE-753 10 Uppsala Fax: Web page: http://www.arkeologi.uu.se/afr/ Contact person: Professor Paul Sinclair , phone +46 (0)18 471 20 95 Research project in Sri Lanka The unit for African and Comparative Archaeology at the Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient History has co-operated for the last 10 years with the Post-Graduate Institute of Archaeological Research (PGIAR), at the University of Kelaniya The Archaeology of Southern Sri Lanka HRAC project Human Responses and Contributions to Environmental Change 1994-1997 ). The Dept. for Quaternary Geology at Stockholm University is also involved in the project. Web page on the project: http://www.arkeologi.uu.se/afr/projects/SriLanka/slcooperation.htm The PGIAR team for the Archaeology of Southern Region Project consists of the following seven Sri Lankan researchers: T.R. Premathilake

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The Archaeology of Southern Sri Lanka Introduction Cooperation Participants Dissertation proposals ... Afrikansk och jämförande arkeologi The Archaeology of Southern Sri Lanka Research Themes In line with the development from the Human Responses Programme the proposed research in Sri Lanka will focus on the examination of following broad themes: Theme 1. Paleo environment and climate change Methodology Methods include field work with corings and studies of recent vegetation,pollen and siliceous microfossils (phytoliths, diatoms), stable isotopes and mineral magnetics Participants: T.R. Premathilake, Swedish counterparts and supervisors U. Miller and J. Risberg Theme 2. Settlement systems and environmental change Population growth and its impact on environment will be investigated through increase in number and changing location of settlement. Methods include testing, examination, and utilization of GIS (Geographical Information Systems) for the study of settlement patterns especially those related to urbanization and state formation in the southern region. The GIS will be used for incorporating all known archaeological site data, especially from the prehistoric and proto-historic period to the 13th century. This is being compiled from existing data bases such as that maintained by the state Archaeological Department and the comprehensive map of "Ancient cities and settlements" prepared by the PGIAR for the National Atlas and updated in 1994. It will also be used for certain areas such as the Sigiriya.

20. The History Of The Media Dynasties In Sri Lanka ! The PA regime made history by appointing a military officer as the government censorlast year. Tamil regional corespondents in sri lanka are far http://www.tamilcanadian.com/eelam/conference/taraki.html

M edia bias and censorship in conflict reporting in Sri Lanka [Taraki(Mr. Dharmaretnam Sivaram), Writer-Journalist, Colombo, Sri Lanka] The bases for repressing the media and restricting the freedom of expression in Sri Lankan are ensconced in the country's constitution itself. The Public Security Ordinance and the Sixth Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution have proved to be very effective instruments for throttling the independent media in the island. Needless to say the same constitutional instruments have been liberally applied and extensively abused to oppress the Tamil population in the northern and eastern parts of the island and also to trample on the rights of Sinhala civilians during the leftist insurrections in 1971 and 1988. Let me first set out briefly the effects of these two constitutional tools. 1. The sixth amendment to Sri Lanka's constitution inserted as Article 157A hangs like the sword of Damocles over Tamil journalists. The threat of civic disability, the forfeiture of property etc., for 16 years since the introduction of sixth amendment in 1983 has created a generation of Tamil journalists for who, over the years, have taken it for granted that the freedom of expression is a concept that does not apply to them. The owners of mainstream Tamil media have contributed in no small measure to this state of affairs. 2. The Public Security Ordinance (PSO) operates in numerous ways to strangle the free press and suppress the freedom of expression. One of the better known facts about Sri Lanka is that it has been ruled under Emergency for a cumulative total of over 20 years since it gained independence from the British.

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