“This resolution provides an overview of the evidence demonstrating successive Sri Lankan governments’ genocide against Tamils, and respectfully requests the ongoing United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) to investigate the claim of genocide and recommend appropriate investigations and prosecutions by the International Criminal Court,” it says.

The resolution proposed by council member of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) K Sivajilingam and tabled by Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran was passed at the 24th session of the maiden council in the north, with absolute majority with only a couple of members voting against it.

The full resolution is as follows :

(Source : jdslanka.org)