As part of an IDEA-led discussion on the peace process in Sri Lanka, the Honourable Ranil Wickremesinghe, Leader of the Opposition and former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (2001-2004), will address IDEA’s network of reconciliation experts on “Building Consensus for Peace: Lessons From Sri Lanka”.
As Prime Minister, in February 2002 Wickremesinghe signed a Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) formally ending the island's two decade-long ethnic conflict. The Ceasefire Agreement is monitored by the Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM), to be led by newly appointed Swedish Brigadier Ulf Henricsson.
Present at the same session will be:
- Jehan Perera, Executive Director of the Sri Lankan National Peace Council;
- Devanand Ramiah and Dilrukshi Fonseka from the United Nations Development Programme bureau in Sri Lanka.
This debate is part of a meeting of IDEA’s Reconciliation Expert Network (REN), see agenda and list of participants. REN brings together high level practitioners from around the world with specific expertise in conflict management and advises IDEA on its reconciliation activities.
The meeting will be followed on 17 March by a seminar titled “Peace With/Out Justice? Challenges of Democracy Building and Conflict Management”, see agenda. The seminar will bring together experts from a wide range of peace building organizations to look into the current challenges of conflict management, reconciliation and post-conflict democratization. Participants include:
- Jacob Eben, coordinator of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), who will make a presentation on the current political situation in Côte d’Ivoire.
In 2003 IDEA published the Handbook Reconciliation After Violent Conflict. To date, regionalised versions or policy summaries of the Handbook have been published in French, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese and Tamil. For further information on IDEA’s reconciliation programme visit http://www.idea.int/conflict/sr/
Contact: Mark Salter, Senior Programme Officer, Democracy Building and Conflict Management Programme
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