Why is UN reluctant to intervene to stop killings of the innocent in Sri Lanka as it has done elsewhere?

Question

More than 65,000 people have been killed and it is continuing while the world is just watching. Norway's attempts at mediating will not succeed unless the UN adds it weight. The Buddhist clergy is a disgrace. Buddhism is supposed to preach and practise pacimism and love for all living things and amongst people. It objections for a peaceful settlement is most disappointing.

Answer 1

Sila ur comments show ur ignorance of the history of the srilankan conflict

There are 2 types of Tamils in srilanka

1 The srilankan Tamils who were natives to this land

2 then there is the indian tamils from South india who were brought as tea planters/laborers by the British

so to bunch all Tamils into one, as u did shows how ignorant u are about this issue,

the indian tamils are not fighting for a seperate country.

its the Native tamils(also known as the "Eelam Tamils") who are fighting for a separate state,

Now let me give u some facts about history

tamils belong to the Dravidian people. The dravidians have been living in south as its native people. whereas the Sinhalese(who came to srilanka only in the 6th century bc) were of aryan people. they were NOT the original inhibitants of India or south asia. They came from the central asian region and moved into india at around 1800 bc . and then to srilankan in the 6th century bc. Tamils have been living here for millenia.

the very fact that there have been many archaeological findings(especially of burial urns) that have corroborated the fact that tamils lived here LONG before the Sinhalese came to this island. so by any means this island rightfully belongs to the thamils.

This island always had at least 2 kingdoms. many times more than 2. It was NEVER a single country till the british colonised it and merged the two administrative sections for efficencies sake!!

when the british left the srilankan tamils, who fought for independence from british agreed that the country should be unified into a single country. cos they believed that tamils and sinhalese could live together. they were so wrong.

the sinhalese resented the fact that the tamils were Very higly educated, and were overwhelmingly prominent in business as well( it was a sri lankan tamil who was teaching english as a private tutor to the mother of the english queen!!)

when the british left, the sinhalese brought laws that said "sinhala would be the only national language"!! this country is a "sinhala buddhist" country. and tamil has no place in this

All the tamils, who worked so hard for independence from the british were devastated, by this cowardly backstabbing by the very people they had helped!.

overnight, tamils became second class citizens in their own land!. tamils who did not know sinhalese were kicked from their jobs.

Huge anti tamil pogroms and riots broke out all over the country.thousands of Tamils lost their lives, their livelihoods, and their belongings. they houses and businesses were burnt and they were butchered on sight!

they protested peacefully, and the protesters were set upon by bloodthirsty sinhalese mobs and many lost their lives there.

the riots happened again and again in 1956, 1958, 1968, 1971, 1977, 1983 and 1987

more than 75% of tamils have becomes refugees because of this. tens of thousands of tamils have lost their lives to these riots, to carpet bombing of villages and temples by the srilankan airforce, to kidnapping, to torture and to assassinations

the tamils had the best library in all of south asia.Housing all their rarest of books and literature(tamil is one of the 8 classical languages in the world and has an unbroken literary tradition going back at least 2500 years). this library, the symbol of tamil pride and history was burnt to the grownd

tamil students (even though tamils were only 20% in the new state) made up to around 70% of the engineering and medical students in the srilankan universities. the srilankan government brought a new law that said "tamils have to get FAR higher scores to get into the universities than the sinhalese students , for the exact same exam!!!)

this blatant act, on top of countless other actions by the government finally forced Tamil youth to ask for their rightful land. this has led to the civil war that continues to this day

and most of the western nations simply dont care about this(even though, the UN, Amnesty international, Human rights watch and many other non-governmental organizations around the world) had condemned the srilankan government for their human rights abuses.

but this had fallen on deaf ears as the average sinhalese is not literate enough to see through the "religio-ethnic" propaganda spewn from the mouth of the buddhist monks.

some links on this issue

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Eelam

anti tamil pogroms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_July

state terrorism in srilanka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_terrorism_in_Sri_Lanka

17 international aid workers killed b the srilankan military. The UN demanded an inquiry but the inquirey was hushed up
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4778595.stm

just one example out thousands-the fate of a tamil family in the hands of the srilankan army..be forwarned. :(((((
http://www.tamilnation.org/indictment/continuingwar/060608vankalai.htm



PS: To Falestina

Can u provide evidence to prove what i said above is wrong?
ill be very willing to take back my comments if u were to provide proof.

I provided evidence to support my statements, what did u provide?

and not to mention the fact that u are certainly biased on this issue from ur comments on other similar previous questions on this issue.

can u disprove ANYTHING of what i said?
why are u making blanket statements?

either provide facts or stop whining, this is a place where u are supposed support ur statements. grow up

Answer 2

Remember how good a job UN peacekeeper did in Bosnia? They were absolutely terrible. They didn't protect anybody and really only made things worse. Since that disaster the UN has stayed away from Civil wars like the ones going on in Sri Lanka & Darfur.

Answer 3

Because it is a dispute over land rights. I really don't agree with the Tamils. Basically, the island is Sinhalese majority and the Tamils are not Natives or a historic minority in the same sense that Kosovan Muslims, Jews and the Roma are in Europe.

They were not brought over against their will. They were not legally recognized landed immigrants. They were guest workers and indentured labourers. They were asked to leave. They refused and then seized Sinhalese land. Then they started a rebellious separatist movement.

Answer 4

large piece Dinith & its an honor to have Sir Don playing in Ceylon and contained in the Sub Continent. i'm no longer reliable at stats & historic previous yet I heard about how lengthy Sri Lanka performed, before getting their try status. That in the back of time table status also helped SL in attaining early success. Its so marvelous to ascertain that the grounds were finished to observe the large batsman. meaning cricket has been getting its due love from our human beings, suitable from the starting up & rationalization why we are so fanatic about it. also agree that bowlers who were given him out, no count number number on what type of wickets or in exhibition suits, that they had lots to boast about that to their grand babies. It easily is a grand success on their aspects. do not understand even if to get into, what could were, had Sir Don performed contained in the Sub Cont commonly yet besides the undeniable fact that a lot he performed, it became certainly an honor. an particularly reliable activity, for letting us understand this piece of historic previous, thanks..

Answer 5

The UN is now nothing more than a figure head. It is more of a concept and idea rather than an entity that actually does anything at all.

Answer 6

The UN is reluctant to step in anywhere..........they are a worthless waste of money. They had 17 resolutions against Iraq and never did a thing about it.

Answer 7

where do you mean by elsewhere? the UN does its best to avoid doing anything it rarely gets involved anywhere it just spends its time passing resolutions against countrys and if a country it passes a resolution against dares ignore that resolution then they have to face another resolution against them.

Answer 8

The poster above me sounds like a LTTE supporter or a terrorist. Better ignore what he says.