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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during his visit to the refugee camp known as Manik Farm, on the outskirts of the northern Sri Lankan town of Vavuniya May 23, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Louis Charbonneau WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Sri Lanka Friday to ensure a new panel investigating possible rights abuses be given powers to probe any allegations of war crimes during its long civil conflict. World Clinton said the United States firmly backed Sri Lanka's move to set up the new committee, but that it was crucial that the panel have both the money and the mandate to dig deep into the history of the government's almost three decade-long war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). "We expect that it will be given a broad enough mandate with the resources necessary to be able to follow the trail of any evidence that is presented," Clinton said following a meeting with Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris. Civil rights groups have said the Sri Lankan government should be investigated for potential war crimes at the end of the war a year ago against separatist Tamil guerrillas. Colombo has denied the allegations and rejected charges that tens of thousands of civilians died. Sri Lanka has a long history of inquiries into rights abuses that have largely failed to hold anyone accountable, and analysts say the new committee appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa does not have the statutory powers of a commission of inquiry and is acting only as an advisory body. Clinton said the United States -- which has cited both the government and guerrillas for alleged abuses against civilians in the conflict -- believed the committee should probe and publicize serious allegations of rights violations. "I think that this commission holds promise and we hope and expect that it will fulfill that promise," Clinton said. Sri Lanka is under heavy Western pressure over its human rights record, pressure the government blames on members of the Tamil diaspora who have settled in European countries or the United States and are angry the LTTE were beaten. Peiris said the commission had been given adequate finances to begin its work and repeated that it was too early for the United Nations to set up its own panel as U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has vowed to do. "If we feel there is a need for support, then we will certainly be happy engage in a dialogue with the United Nations," Peiris said. "But we think that at the start, the (Sri Lankan) commission must be given every encouragement to set about its work and there must be a presumption that it is going to succeed," he said. The State Department announced this week that it had canceled a travel warning for the Indian Ocean island state. (reporting by Andrew Quinn) World Comments See All Comments (5) | Post Comment May 28, 2010 1:27pm EDT On one side removing the travel embargo to a nation that has openly abused its people and press, and on the other side playing ‘pressing on rights panel’. I really believe Hillary’s office deserves more respect than what she gives it! You want your people to travel to a country that openly abuses human rights????????????? fun_avatar Report As Abusive May 28, 2010 1:39pm EDT Sri Lanka is taking Hillary for a Ride. Thambi Report As Abusive May 28, 2010 1:41pm EDT Since 1991, the Sri Lankan government has formed nine ad hoc commissions of inquiry to investigate enforced disappearances and a number of other human rights-related inquiries. These commissions of inquiry have lacked credibility and have delayed criminal investigations. Anybody who watched the SL President’s interview on Al Jazeera, could see the cavalier attitude about humane issues by the President and his intention to continue with the authoritarian, dynastic rule. He has quickly become one of the worst human abusers in the history of mankind, leaving Al-Bashir and Slobodan behind. Thanks to UN’s Ban and China (and the Secretary??) RussellB Report As Abusive May 28, 2010 2:53pm EDT i do agree with anyone who is argueing about war crime what has happened in that country but no one is speaking of the war crime done by US or uk in iraq or in afganistan.i wonder who will take the initiative of investigating those. so therefore we all have to mind our own businesses and leave those countries to sort out their issues respectfully. andyexpress Report As Abusive May 28, 2010 3:10pm EDT US must do its utmost to immediately convene under the auspices of the UN, to provide Justice to the long victimized, tormented and voiceless Tamils in Sri Lanka. By punishing perpetrators of these heinous crimes can only serve some deserving justice to those victims of those war crimes and state terrorism against them by his government and armed forces. The truth and Justice only would lead to identifying the culprits who have done nothing but permanently damaged the relations between the ethnicities in order to hold onto power. A true reconciliation would only arrive at this outcome which would lead to a lasting solution to the victimized Tamil population, based on equality, freedom and right to self – determination. Sri Lankan foreign minister who is in public relation tour must know by now when minority Tamil citizens of the country not protected by their government and continue to suffer under worst enforced atrocities, under constant authoritarian rule, lawlessness, and under constant oppression then U.N must step in as it has the obligation to protect these people by invoking the R2P (Responsibility to Protect the Global Citizens, this is a Canadian doctrine adopted by UN in 2005) U.N adopted Humanitarian Intervention to save these global citizens (in this case Tamils) who are facing extermination by their governments. Even after the War ended a year ago, still enforced abductions, disappearances, and random killing against Tamils are widely taking place in north and east and other parts of Sri Lanka. Then only, the real reconciliation can take place between the communities in Sri Lanka which can lead to the meaningful dialogue the find a long lasting solution to the Tamils’ legitimate grievances of past 62 years based on equality and freedom with dignity and right to self – determination for Tamils. JasonEs Report As Abusive See All Comments (5) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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