Sri Lankan Crisis Must Not Be Ignored
James Traub, Centre for the Responsibility to Protect | April 24, 2009
Despite UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaking of the "tens of thousands" of lives at risk in Sri Lanka, the "international community has barely stirred". ++ The situation in Sri Lanka is complicated, morally and legally, where both parties are acting in ways that endanger innocent civilians. ++ The US has engaged in quiet behind the scenes diplomacy, but the time for that has passed. ++ "The UN Security Council must take up the issue" and fulfill the "responsibility to protect" pledge of the 2005 UN World Summit.
