Rajiva Wijesinha

“ Since the only evidence he produces for genocide is the checks which his sources resent, he must have almost as perverse a sense of his obligation to the truth as those who precipitated the attack on Iraq, which President Obama, who understands where real challenges from terrorism lie, is now trying to recover from. ”

“ Foster claims that ‘relations between the Sri Lankan government and the United Nations are strained on the ground’. That is certainly not the case, but Foster’s sources are obviously doing their best to poison relations. The veteran complains of what he terms ‘foot-dragging when it comes to meeting its humanitarian obligations’ on the part of the Sri Lankan government, and compares that with 'the LTTE shooting at fleeing civilians’ in saying that a democratically elected government should do better. Obviously the man has no sense of proportion whatsoever. ”

“ There is nothing a poor country can do about all this, we can only hope that at least some of the crumbs from the tables of these rich countries and rich men go to the intended beneficiaries – and that the UN, as its name signifies, recognises that it is our UN, not simply another guest at the rich man’s table. ”