Expressing support for internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation within Sri Lanka that are necessary to ensure a lasting peace.

calls on the Government of Sri Lanka to build on its establishment of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and that Commission’s constructive recommendations on issues of paramount importance to Sri Lanka in a credible, transparent, and expeditious manner;

recognizes that the LLRC report did not adequately address issues of accountability for both the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), for credible allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity;

calls for the establishment of a credible, international, independent accountability mechanism to look into allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other human rights violations committed by all sides during and after the war in Sri Lanka, and to make recommendations regarding accountability;

encourages the Government of Sri Lanka to allow for greater media freedoms and ensure the protection of journalists;

urges the Government of Sri Lanka to allow humanitarian organizations and international human rights groups greater access to the war-affected, including rehabilitated ex-LTTE cadres, and those detained;

acknowledges the end of the war and calls on the Government of Sri Lanka to prioritize a process of demilitarization throughout the country; and

acknowledges the importance for parties to reach a political settlement on the meaningful decentralization of power and power-sharing.