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2006/2621(RSP) Resolution on Sri Lanka

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
RoP 144

Events

2006/10/19
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
SP(2006)4772
2006/09/07
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2006/09/07
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
Debate in Parliament
2006/09/07
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 56 votes to 26, with 2 abstentions, a resolution on Sri Lanka.

The resolution was tabled by the EPP-ED, PES, ALDE and Greens/EFA groups.

The resolution recalls that, in the past few months, the situation in Sri Lanka has deteriorated miserably with hundreds of deaths, some 200 000 people displaced from their homes, 500 000 civilians in the Jaffna peninsula deprived of essential food and water supplies, and vital post-tsunami reconstruction work disrupted. The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) has found that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was responsible for the bombing of a civilian transport bus in a land mine attack on 15 June 2006 that killed 64 people and injured more than 80 in Kebetigollewa in northern Sri Lanka and declared the incident to be a gross violation of the Cease Fire Agreement.

The Parliament deplores the resumption of large-scale and widespread violence and stresses that the immediate reintroduction of the nominally extant Cease Fire Agreement is essential for any progress towards a political solution and a lasting peace. The resolution condemns, inter alia, the daily attacks in and around Jaffna, the murder of the 17 Sri Lankans working for the French NGO Action Against Hunger in Muttur, as well as the operation on 14 August 2006 against Mullaitivu which resulted in the deaths of 51 children and young people.

MEPs deplore the breakdown of peace negotiations and stress the long-term need for a wide-ranging human rights agreement between the parties and its facilitation by an effective, independent international monitoring mission, complementing the agreement on the ground, with unhindered access to both Government and LTTE controlled areas.

The Parliament emphasises the need for Government forces engaged in counter-insurgency and domestic security operations to exercise maximum restraint in order to minimise any risk of innocent civilian casualties. It reiterates its condemnation of the appalling abuse of children through the recruitment of child soldiers, which is a war crime, and calls on all rebel groups to stop this practice. Moreover, it condemns the intransigence of the LTTE leadership over the years, which has successively rejected so many possible ways forward, including devolution at the provincial or the regional level, as well as the concept of a federation with devolution at the national level.

The resolution calls on all parties to the conflict to guarantee the security of the SLMM at all times and regrets the LTTE's insistence on the withdrawal of EU nationals from the SLMM. It calls on the Council to provide financial or technical support for any measure that could adjust the SLMM equipment to match the challenges of its task. It calls on the Government and the LTTE to grant unhindered access for humanitarian aid workers, UN organisations and truce monitors to all parts of the country and to ensure their security.

Member States and the international community are called upon to take robust and determined action actively to investigate the agents of the LTTE. According to MEPs, consideration can be given to lifting proscription if there is an effective ceasefire, an end to terrorism and resumption of serious negotiations on a constructive basis.

Moreover, the Parliament 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. It calls on them to come forward with a bold gesture of reconciliation towards the Tamil peoples of Sri Lanka. A major step would be early revision of the Constitution of Sri Lanka to define the state as a secular, democratic republic in which all religions are respected.

Lastly, although the EU has allocated almost EUR 125 million in post-tsunami humanitarian and reconstruction aid for Sri Lanka, the Parliament notes that the enduring political gridlock on the 'Post-Tsunami Operations Management Structure' continues to delay the release of a further EUR 50 million in aid, hindering vital reconstruction work in the north and east of Sri Lanka.

Documents
T6-0356/2006
2006/09/07
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2006/09/05
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B6-0471/2006
2006/09/05
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B6-0492/2006
2006/09/05
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B6-0493/2006
2006/09/05
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B6-0503/2006
2006/09/05
   Joint motion for resolution
Documents
RC-B6-0471/2006

Documents

Activities

Votes

RC B6-0471/2006 - Sri lanka - am. 1 #

2006/09/07 Outcome: +: 55, -: 27
GB PL SK FR IT DE EL IE BE LT CZ HU NL SE PT AT CY ES
Total
15
12
4
9
3
13
2
1
1
1
5
1
2
2
2
3
2
4
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
39

United Kingdom PPE-DE

9

Poland PPE-DE

3

Slovakia PPE-DE

4

France PPE-DE

5

Italy PPE-DE

2

Germany PPE-DE

8

Greece PPE-DE

2

Lithuania PPE-DE

1

Czechia PPE-DE

3

Hungary PPE-DE

1

Austria PPE-DE

For (1)

Othmar KARAS
1
icon: NI NI
5

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

Roger HELMER
1

Poland NI

3

Belgium NI

For (1)

Koenraad DILLEN
1
icon: ALDE ALDE
8

United Kingdom ALDE

For (1)

Fiona HALL

Against (1)

Elizabeth LYNNE
2

Poland ALDE

1

France ALDE

1

Italy ALDE

For (1)

Vittorio PRODI
1

Netherlands ALDE

For (1)

Jules MAATEN
1

Sweden ALDE

1

Cyprus ALDE

Against (1)

Marios MATSAKIS
1
icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM
3

United Kingdom IND/DEM

For (1)

Thomas WISE
1

Poland IND/DEM

For (1)

Witold TOMCZAK
1

Ireland IND/DEM

For (1)

Kathy SINNOTT
1
icon: UEN UEN
1

Poland UEN

For (1)

Marcin LIBICKI
1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
4

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Alyn SMITH
1

France Verts/ALE

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Carl SCHLYTER
1

Spain Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA
1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
7

Germany GUE/NGL

3

Czechia GUE/NGL

2

Netherlands GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Erik MEIJER
1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1
icon: PSE PSE
15

United Kingdom PSE

Against (1)

Robert EVANS
1

Poland PSE

3

France PSE

2

Germany PSE

2

Portugal PSE

Against (1)

Paulo CASACA
2

Austria PSE

Against (2)

Harald ETTL, Karin SCHEELE
2

Spain PSE

3

RC B6-0471/2006 - Sri lanka - am. 5/rév. #

2006/09/07 Outcome: -: 51, +: 28, 0: 4
ES CY PT NL AT SE LT CZ IE BE HU EL DE FR IT SK PL GB
Total
4
2
2
2
3
2
2
5
1
1
1
2
13
9
3
4
12
15
icon: PSE PSE
15

Spain PSE

3

Portugal PSE

2

Austria PSE

2

Lithuania PSE

For (1)

Aloyzas SAKALAS
1

Germany PSE

2

France PSE

2

Poland PSE

2

United Kingdom PSE

For (1)

Robert EVANS
1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
7

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

For (1)

Erik MEIJER
1

Czechia GUE/NGL

2

Germany GUE/NGL

3
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
4

Spain Verts/ALE

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

For (1)

Carl SCHLYTER
1

France Verts/ALE

1

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

For (1)

Alyn SMITH
1
icon: UEN UEN
1

Poland UEN

Against (1)

Marcin LIBICKI
1
icon: ALDE ALDE
8

Cyprus ALDE

For (1)

Marios MATSAKIS
1

Netherlands ALDE

Abstain (1)

Jules MAATEN
1

Sweden ALDE

Abstain (1)

Cecilia MALMSTRÖM
1

France ALDE

Against (1)

Jean Marie BEAUPUY
1

Italy ALDE

Against (1)

Vittorio PRODI
1

Poland ALDE

Against (1)

Bronisław GEREMEK
1

United Kingdom ALDE

For (1)

Elizabeth LYNNE

Against (1)

Fiona HALL
2
icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM
3

Ireland IND/DEM

Against (1)

Kathy SINNOTT
1

Poland IND/DEM

Abstain (1)

Witold TOMCZAK
1

United Kingdom IND/DEM

Against (1)

Thomas WISE
1
icon: NI NI
5

Belgium NI

Against (1)

Koenraad DILLEN
1

Poland NI

Abstain (1)

Bernard WOJCIECHOWSKI
3

United Kingdom NI

Against (1)

Roger HELMER
1
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
40

Austria PPE-DE

Against (1)

Othmar KARAS
1

Lithuania PPE-DE

1

Czechia PPE-DE

3

Hungary PPE-DE

Against (1)

Antonio DE BLASIO
1

Greece PPE-DE

2

Germany PPE-DE

8

France PPE-DE

5

Italy PPE-DE

2

Slovakia PPE-DE

4

Poland PPE-DE

4

United Kingdom PPE-DE

9

RC B6-0471/2006 - Sri lanka - am. 2 #

2006/09/07 Outcome: +: 53, -: 28, 0: 1
GB PL SK FR IT DE EL IE BE CZ HU NL SE LT AT CY PT ES
Total
15
11
4
9
3
13
2
1
1
5
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
4
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
40

United Kingdom PPE-DE

9

Poland PPE-DE

4

Slovakia PPE-DE

4

France PPE-DE

5

Italy PPE-DE

2

Germany PPE-DE

8

Greece PPE-DE

2

Czechia PPE-DE

3

Hungary PPE-DE

1

Lithuania PPE-DE

1

Austria PPE-DE

For (1)

Othmar KARAS
1
icon: ALDE ALDE
8

United Kingdom ALDE

For (1)

Fiona HALL

Against (1)

Elizabeth LYNNE
2

Poland ALDE

1

France ALDE

1

Italy ALDE

For (1)

Vittorio PRODI
1

Netherlands ALDE

For (1)

Jules MAATEN
1

Sweden ALDE

1

Cyprus ALDE

Abstain (1)

Marios MATSAKIS
1
icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM
3

United Kingdom IND/DEM

For (1)

Thomas WISE
1

Poland IND/DEM

For (1)

Witold TOMCZAK
1

Ireland IND/DEM

For (1)

Kathy SINNOTT
1
icon: NI NI
3

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

Roger HELMER
1

Poland NI

1

Belgium NI

For (1)

Koenraad DILLEN
1
icon: UEN UEN
1

Poland UEN

For (1)

Marcin LIBICKI
1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
4

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Alyn SMITH
1

France Verts/ALE

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Carl SCHLYTER
1

Spain Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA
1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
7

Germany GUE/NGL

3

Czechia GUE/NGL

2

Netherlands GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Erik MEIJER
1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1
icon: PSE PSE
16

United Kingdom PSE

Against (1)

Robert EVANS
1

Poland PSE

3

France PSE

2

Germany PSE

2

Lithuania PSE

Against (1)

Aloyzas SAKALAS
1

Austria PSE

Against (2)

Harald ETTL, Karin SCHEELE
2

Portugal PSE

2

Spain PSE

3

RC B6-0471/2006 - Sri lanka - am. 4 #

2006/09/07 Outcome: -: 48, +: 33, 0: 3
ES CY PT NL AT LT SE DE CZ IE BE HU PL EL FR IT SK GB
Total
4
2
2
2
3
2
2
13
5
1
1
1
13
2
9
3
4
15
icon: PSE PSE
16

Spain PSE

3

Portugal PSE

2

Austria PSE

2

Lithuania PSE

For (1)

Aloyzas SAKALAS
1

Germany PSE

2

Poland PSE

3

France PSE

2

United Kingdom PSE

For (1)

Robert EVANS
1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
7

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

For (1)

Erik MEIJER
1

Germany GUE/NGL

3

Czechia GUE/NGL

2
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
4

Spain Verts/ALE

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

For (1)

Carl SCHLYTER
1

France Verts/ALE

1

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

For (1)

Alyn SMITH
1
icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM
3

Ireland IND/DEM

Against (1)

Kathy SINNOTT
1

Poland IND/DEM

For (1)

Witold TOMCZAK
1

United Kingdom IND/DEM

Against (1)

Thomas WISE
1
icon: UEN UEN
1

Poland UEN

Against (1)

Marcin LIBICKI
1
icon: ALDE ALDE
8

Cyprus ALDE

For (1)

Marios MATSAKIS
1

Netherlands ALDE

Abstain (1)

Jules MAATEN
1

Sweden ALDE

Against (1)

Cecilia MALMSTRÖM
1

Poland ALDE

Against (1)

Bronisław GEREMEK
1

France ALDE

Against (1)

Jean Marie BEAUPUY
1

Italy ALDE

Against (1)

Vittorio PRODI
1

United Kingdom ALDE

For (1)

Elizabeth LYNNE

Abstain (1)

Fiona HALL
2
icon: NI NI
5

Belgium NI

Against (1)

Koenraad DILLEN
1

Poland NI

Against (1)

Ryszard CZARNECKI

Abstain (1)

Bernard WOJCIECHOWSKI
3

United Kingdom NI

Against (1)

Roger HELMER
1
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
40

Austria PPE-DE

Against (1)

Othmar KARAS
1

Lithuania PPE-DE

1

Germany PPE-DE

For (1)

Rainer WIELAND
8

Czechia PPE-DE

3

Hungary PPE-DE

Against (1)

Antonio DE BLASIO
1

Poland PPE-DE

4

Greece PPE-DE

2

France PPE-DE

5

Italy PPE-DE

2

Slovakia PPE-DE

4

United Kingdom PPE-DE

For (1)

John BOWIS
9

RC B6-0471/2006 - Sri lanka - am. 3 #

2006/09/07 Outcome: +: 50, -: 29, 0: 4
GB SK DE FR EL IE PL BE CZ IT HU AT LT NL CY ES SE PT
Total
15
4
13
8
2
1
13
1
5
3
1
3
2
2
2
4
2
2
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
40

United Kingdom PPE-DE

9

Slovakia PPE-DE

4

Germany PPE-DE

8

France PPE-DE

5

Greece PPE-DE

2

Poland PPE-DE

4

Czechia PPE-DE

3

Italy PPE-DE

2

Hungary PPE-DE

1

Austria PPE-DE

For (1)

Othmar KARAS
1

Lithuania PPE-DE

1
icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM
3

United Kingdom IND/DEM

For (1)

Thomas WISE
1

Ireland IND/DEM

For (1)

Kathy SINNOTT
1

Poland IND/DEM

For (1)

Witold TOMCZAK
1
icon: NI NI
5

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

Roger HELMER
1

Poland NI

3

Belgium NI

For (1)

Koenraad DILLEN
1
icon: UEN UEN
1

Poland UEN

For (1)

Marcin LIBICKI
1
icon: ALDE ALDE
8

United Kingdom ALDE

2

France ALDE

Against (1)

Jean Marie BEAUPUY
1

Poland ALDE

Against (1)

Bronisław GEREMEK
1

Italy ALDE

Against (1)

Vittorio PRODI
1

Netherlands ALDE

Abstain (1)

Jules MAATEN
1

Cyprus ALDE

Abstain (1)

Marios MATSAKIS
1

Sweden ALDE

Against (1)

Cecilia MALMSTRÖM
1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
4

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Alyn SMITH
1

France Verts/ALE

1

Spain Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA
1

Sweden Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Carl SCHLYTER
1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
7

Germany GUE/NGL

3

Czechia GUE/NGL

2

Netherlands GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Erik MEIJER
1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1
icon: PSE PSE
15

United Kingdom PSE

For (1)

Robert EVANS
1

Germany PSE

2

France PSE

Against (1)

Brigitte DOUAY
1

Poland PSE

3

Austria PSE

For (1)

Harald ETTL

Against (1)

Karin SCHEELE
2

Lithuania PSE

Against (1)

Aloyzas SAKALAS
1

Spain PSE

3

Portugal PSE

2

RC B6-0471/2006 - Sri lanka - résolution #

2006/09/07 Outcome: +: 56, -: 26, 0: 2
GB PL DE SK FR IT EL IE BE CZ HU NL SE CY LT AT PT ES
Total
15
13
13
4
9
3
2
1
1
5
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
4
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
40

United Kingdom PPE-DE

9

Poland PPE-DE

4

Germany PPE-DE

8

Slovakia PPE-DE

4

France PPE-DE

5

Italy PPE-DE

2

Greece PPE-DE

2

Czechia PPE-DE

3

Hungary PPE-DE

1

Lithuania PPE-DE

1

Austria PPE-DE

For (1)

Othmar KARAS
1
icon: ALDE ALDE
8

United Kingdom ALDE

For (1)

Fiona HALL

Against (1)

Elizabeth LYNNE
2

Poland ALDE

1

France ALDE

1

Italy ALDE

For (1)

Vittorio PRODI
1

Netherlands ALDE

For (1)

Jules MAATEN
1

Sweden ALDE

1

Cyprus ALDE

For (1)

Marios MATSAKIS
1
icon: NI NI
5

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

Roger HELMER
1

Poland NI

3

Belgium NI

For (1)

Koenraad DILLEN
1
icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM
3

United Kingdom IND/DEM

For (1)

Thomas WISE
1

Poland IND/DEM

For (1)

Witold TOMCZAK
1

Ireland IND/DEM

For (1)

Kathy SINNOTT
1
icon: UEN UEN
1

Poland UEN

For (1)

Marcin LIBICKI
1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
4

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Alyn SMITH
1

France Verts/ALE

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Carl SCHLYTER
1

Spain Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA
1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
7

Germany GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Tobias PFLÜGER
3

Czechia GUE/NGL

2

Netherlands GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Erik MEIJER
1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1
icon: PSE PSE
16

United Kingdom PSE

Against (1)

Robert EVANS
1

Poland PSE

3

Germany PSE

2

France PSE

2

Lithuania PSE

Against (1)

Aloyzas SAKALAS
1

Austria PSE

Against (2)

Harald ETTL, Karin SCHEELE
2

Portugal PSE

2

Spain PSE

3

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  • date: 2006-09-07T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=12566&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20060907&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2006-356 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T6-0356/2006 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
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    • date: 2006-09-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2006-471&language=EN title: B6-0471/2006 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
    • date: 2006-09-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2006-492&language=EN title: B6-0492/2006 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
    • date: 2006-09-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2006-493&language=EN title: B6-0493/2006 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
    • date: 2006-09-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2006-503&language=EN title: B6-0503/2006 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
    • date: 2006-09-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=P6-RC-2006-471&language=EN title: RC-B6-0471/2006 type: Joint motion for resolution
    • date: 2006-10-19T00:00:00 docs: url: /oeil/spdoc.do?i=12566&j=0&l=en title: SP(2006)4772 type: Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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    • date: 2006-09-07T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=12566&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
    • date: 2006-09-07T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20060907&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
    • date: 2006-09-07T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2006-356 title: T6-0356/2006 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 56 votes to 26, with 2 abstentions, a resolution on Sri Lanka. The resolution was tabled by the EPP-ED, PES, ALDE and Greens/EFA groups. The resolution recalls that, in the past few months, the situation in Sri Lanka has deteriorated miserably with hundreds of deaths, some 200 000 people displaced from their homes, 500 000 civilians in the Jaffna peninsula deprived of essential food and water supplies, and vital post-tsunami reconstruction work disrupted. The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) has found that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was responsible for the bombing of a civilian transport bus in a land mine attack on 15 June 2006 that killed 64 people and injured more than 80 in Kebetigollewa in northern Sri Lanka and declared the incident to be a gross violation of the Cease Fire Agreement. The Parliament deplores the resumption of large-scale and widespread violence and stresses that the immediate reintroduction of the nominally extant Cease Fire Agreement is essential for any progress towards a political solution and a lasting peace. The resolution condemns, inter alia, the daily attacks in and around Jaffna, the murder of the 17 Sri Lankans working for the French NGO Action Against Hunger in Muttur, as well as the operation on 14 August 2006 against Mullaitivu which resulted in the deaths of 51 children and young people. MEPs deplore the breakdown of peace negotiations and stress the long-term need for a wide-ranging human rights agreement between the parties and its facilitation by an effective, independent international monitoring mission, complementing the agreement on the ground, with unhindered access to both Government and LTTE controlled areas. The Parliament emphasises the need for Government forces engaged in counter-insurgency and domestic security operations to exercise maximum restraint in order to minimise any risk of innocent civilian casualties. It reiterates its condemnation of the appalling abuse of children through the recruitment of child soldiers, which is a war crime, and calls on all rebel groups to stop this practice. Moreover, it condemns the intransigence of the LTTE leadership over the years, which has successively rejected so many possible ways forward, including devolution at the provincial or the regional level, as well as the concept of a federation with devolution at the national level. The resolution calls on all parties to the conflict to guarantee the security of the SLMM at all times and regrets the LTTE's insistence on the withdrawal of EU nationals from the SLMM. It calls on the Council to provide financial or technical support for any measure that could adjust the SLMM equipment to match the challenges of its task. It calls on the Government and the LTTE to grant unhindered access for humanitarian aid workers, UN organisations and truce monitors to all parts of the country and to ensure their security. Member States and the international community are called upon to take robust and determined action actively to investigate the agents of the LTTE. According to MEPs, consideration can be given to lifting proscription if there is an effective ceasefire, an end to terrorism and resumption of serious negotiations on a constructive basis. Moreover, the Parliament 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. It calls on them to come forward with a bold gesture of reconciliation towards the Tamil peoples of Sri Lanka. A major step would be early revision of the Constitution of Sri Lanka to define the state as a secular, democratic republic in which all religions are respected. Lastly, although the EU has allocated almost EUR 125 million in post-tsunami humanitarian and reconstruction aid for Sri Lanka, the Parliament notes that the enduring political gridlock on the 'Post-Tsunami Operations Management Structure' continues to delay the release of a further EUR 50 million in aid, hindering vital reconstruction work in the north and east of Sri Lanka.
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