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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

UNITED STATES SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS,

Washington, DC, December 7, 2009.

DEAR COLLEAGUES: The administration is currently evaluating

U.S. policy toward Sri Lanka in the wake of the military defeat of

the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), one of the world’s

deadliest terrorist groups.

It has been six months since the end of the war, and the Sri

Lankan Government is dealing with a humanitarian crisis in the

North where hundreds of thousands are still displaced and homes

and infrastructure are destroyed. The Government faces many

challenges in transitioning to peace, and the international commu-

nity can help.

Sri Lanka is an important partner and friend to the United

States, so we asked two of our Senate Foreign Relations Committee

(SFRC) staff members, Fatema Z. Sumar and Nilmini Gunaratne

Rubin, to evaluate U.S. policy towards Sri Lanka. Ms. Sumar and

Ms. Rubin traveled to Sri Lanka with the extensive support of the

American Embassy in Colombo and the Sri Lankan Embassy in

Washington, DC, to conduct a week-long fact finding mission No-

vember 2–7, 2009, to see firsthand how the country was

transitioning after the war. They met dozens of government offi-

cials, opposition party leaders, non-governmental organizations,

journalists, international donors, foreign diplomats, academics, civil

society leaders, business people, internally displaced persons

(IDPs), and Sri Lankan citizens in a variety of settings. In addition

to Colombo, they traveled throughout the country, including vis-

iting the IDP camps in the North, viewing demining activities in

the Northwest, seeing areas rebuilt after the December 2004 tsu-

nami and fighting in the East, and meeting local government offi-

cials in the South.

Their report provides significant insight and a number of impor-

tant recommendations to advance U.S. policy in Sri Lanka. We

hope it will help stimulate debate on the nature of the U.S.-Sri

Lanka relationship and American interests in South Asia.

Sincerely,

JOHN F. KERRY,

Chairman.

RICHARD G. LUGAR

Ranking Member.

SRI LANKA: RECHARTING U.S. STRATEGY AFTER THE WAR (format .pdf)

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