Observing 10 years since the war in Sri Lanka ended on May 18, 2009, commemorating the lives lost, and expressing support for transitional justice, reconciliation, reconstruction, reparation, and reform in Sri Lanka, which are necessary to ensure a lasting peace and a prosperous future for all Sri Lankans.

acknowledges the 10th anniversary of the end of the war in Sri Lanka and offers its deepest condolences to all those affected by the war in Sri Lanka;

honors the memory of those who died and reaffirms its solidarity with the Sri Lankan people of all communities in their search for reconciliation, reconstruction, reparation, and reform;

commends the Government of Sri Lanka for its commitments made to reconciliation and nonrecurrence of conflict between its diverse ethnic and religious communities through its reaffirmation by cosponsoring UN Human Rights Council Resolution HRC/40/1 in March 2019;

urges the Government of Sri Lanka to follow through on its commitments regarding transitional justice, accountability, and reconciliation without delay and in an integrated manner by creating a time-bound action plan in close consultation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights;

calls on the United States to work with the Government of Sri Lanka to prioritize a process of security sector reform throughout the country;

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

recommends the use of the Magnitsky Act to prevent individuals credibly accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity from entering the United States or holding property in the United States, and the use of the Alien Tort Claims Act to prosecute individuals credibly accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity;

recommends the thorough vetting of individuals and units of the Sri Lankan security forces before engagement with the United States military and encourages the Department of Defense to remain sensitive to the complicated ethnic and religious tensions that continue to exist in postwar Sri Lanka; and

urges the United States to work with the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish a credible and effective mechanism for accountability for the grave crimes committed during the war in Sri Lanka.