Revisiting Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka through Media and Literature

The President of Sri Lanka, Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, set a defiant note on Sept. 24,
2014 in his address to the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Not only did he pooh-pooh the notion of a troubled nation-state that he was
presiding over, he also categorically said that ‗external intervention‘ in the name of
human rights was simply unacceptable.
―Human rights are used as a tool to implement motivated agendas with no
understanding or appreciation of the complexity of issues in the countries
concerned. Human rights should be recognised by all as a moral and ethical
concept rather than as a political tool. External intervention without adequate
consideration of the structures in a society and cultural traditions of the countries
where such intervention takes place, inevitably results in destabilisation, which is
very much in evidence today, in most parts of the world, the President told the
world body.