Paris, 06 November, (Asiantribune.com): Photographic depiction of inhuman acts of terrorism committed by the Tamil Tigers has shocked the French public and officials and UNESCO ambassadors who visited the exhibition of photographs titled ‘Sri Lanka: Democracy and Challenges’ opened at the most prestigious Paris venue of Sall du Delegates at UNESCO on November 4.
French military analyst General Allain Lomballe who opened the exhibition said that terrorism is the most serious challenge faced by many countries and even the most powerful nations are faced with difficulties in eradication of this global menace. He said that the democratic world should be united in the fight against terrorism.
Exhibition - Atrocities of LTTE
Large number of senior French officials, military experts and Paris based ambassadors and senior diplomats as well as the French public and Sri Lankan community in Paris visited the exhibition.
Speaking to media the representative of United Sri Lankans in Paris, Ranjan Bandara said that holding such an exhibition at a prestigious venue like UNESCO is a tremendous achievement by the Sri Lanka Embassy and its senior diplomat Minister Counsellor Sugeeswara Senadhira.
"Many UNESCO ambassadors told me that though they had studied the problem of terrorism in Sri Lanka for years, this is the first time they realized the most barbaric and inhuman nature of the LTTE," Bandara said. :They said that it was shocking to see the carnage of violence perpetrated by the LTTE as evident from the photographs".
This is the third phase of the anti terrorist photographic exhibition aimed to display the acts of barbarism committed by LTTE terrorists to the outside world, first of which was held in the United Kingdom last month. It was followed by the exhibition at the Sri Lanka Embassy in the Hague Netherlands on October 27. 
The charge-d affairs at the Sri Lankan Embassy in Paris, Himalee Arunatilake, addressing the gathering said that while fighting the menace of terrorism, the Sri Lanka Government was doing its best to cater to the needs of the Tamil speaking people in the country. She said that the exhibition is an eye-opener to the international community to focus their attention towards the crimes committed by the LTTE terrorists.
The ambassadors and senior diplomats who visited the exhibition were from the members of the European Union, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, Cuba, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Japan, Korea, Iran, Senegal, El Salvador and Chile. Many French officials, UNESCO representatives and French military and police intelligence personnel too visited the exhibition.
This is the first time an exhibition of this nature was held in Europe and the Sri Lanka United Anti-terrorist Organization in Europe (SLUAOE) and the Embassy of Sri Lanka organized the event.
"That the Europe-based Sri Lankan groups have taken the lead to counter the LTTE propaganda is an expression of the confidence reposed in the Sri Lanka Government's campaign against terrorism," SLUAOE representative Anura Madagedara said.
- Asian Tribune -
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SL should do this also in
SL should do this also in washington DC and in Illinois.
Better late than never. Sri
Better late than never. Sri Lanka should have done this many years ago. Remember the saying a picture is worth thousand words.
Now why dont you organizers quickly put up a show in Chennai and Delhi? Instead of wasting millions of rupees on embassies and envoys why not do a thing like this on a regular basis? In India you could begin with Rajiv's and 1500 soldiers deaths.
Sri Lanka: you are always late in taking initiatives!
Be true to thine own conscience!
I fully endorse Arputharaj's
I fully endorse Arputharaj's proposal. The government should immediately act on this but request Delhi to provide adequate protection to the venue of such an exhbition in Chennai keeping in mind the mob attacks on the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission and Sri Lankan film Director Thushara Pieris.
Yes this is the ideal way to
Yes this is the ideal way to undress LTTE.
A long overdue exhibit. This
A long overdue exhibit. This should be a roving exhibit that should be kept moving from capital city to city, and kept continually updated and moving around the world until the LTTE problem is resolved.
A suggestion for this to be done was made several years ago to influential members of the Govt. and the Foreign Ministry, but it has taken this long for anything like it to be implemented. The fact that at long last it is being done is a good sign.
Other suggestions were:
1) Have DVDs of the developmental work and other positive developments in Sri Lanka, currently being undertaken especially in the Eastern Province post-liberation, and have this screened by the Embassies at schools, churches and other venues where the public can view the positive aspects as well. So too with the tourist attractions of the country.
DVDs are cheap to produce and copy.
2) Have people trained and well versed in the the current situation and in the history of Sri Lanka, together with knowledge of world affairs tour the world giving lectures on Sri Lanka. What is needed is only the Airline Ticket....expats can arrange to put them up as well as arrange the venues for the lectures. VERY IMPT. THAT THIS BE NOT ALLOWED TO BE EXPLOITED BY THOSE WHO SIMPLY WANT THE TRIP ABROAD!!
There is so much that has NOT BEEN DONE in any organized way by the successive Sinhala-dominated govts., and the LTTE stepped into the vacuum with its concocted version. Now, all the LTTE's propaganda anti-Sri Lanka work has to be undone, and it is not that easy. Just waiting for the Truth to seep out through the cobwebs of LTTE lies, which the Truth inevitably does, but AFTER so much damage is done, and it is JUST NOT ENOUGH in a world where things move so fast with today's technology.
While we see more vigorous action by the MR Govt., it is still confined to a few folks going around and attempting to educate the decision makers. There is a need to also remember that the PUBLIC needs to be educated as well on the truth, for they are the VOTERS and they are the constituents who influence decision makers in more decisive ways than any foreign govt. officials can accomplish.
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