http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/02/15/news11.asp

LLRC report contains constructive proposals - Aussie FM

Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said the LLRC report contains
constructive proposals for advancing reconciliation and reconstruction,
including through reducing the presence of Security Forces in the North, care of
internally displaced persons and media freedoms.
“It is now also critical that the Sri Lankan government endorse the LLRC
report’s constructive elements and set clear, firm time frames for their
implementation,” Rudd said among other things.
The Australian government has studied closely Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and
Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Report, and welcomes its recommendations for
addressing the post-conflict situation.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa formed the LLRC in May 2010 to investigate events
during the conflict between February 2002 and May 2009 and to make
recommendations to advance restitution and reconciliation. The LLRC included
representatives of five Sinhalese, two Tamil and one Muslim.
The LLRC report contains 285 principal observations and recommendations
divided into six sections: ceasefire agreement; international humanitarian law
issues; human rights; land issues; restitution and compensation; and
reconciliation.
Australia provides practical support for Sri Lanka’s efforts towards
reconciliation and reconstruction in conflict-affected areas. Since 2009,
Australia has supported the land mines and unexploded ordnance clearance from 74
square kilometres of land and the reconstruction of around 4,600 homes and an
estimated 20 schools in Northern Province.