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It is your leadership that was instrumental in creating an International Commission of Inquiry on Libya at the UN Human Rights Council. We urge you to take the same position by supporting a Commission of Inquiry on Sri Lanka at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council session in March 2012
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Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhalese: ශ්රී ලංකා, Tamil: இலங்கை; known as Ceylon before 1972) is a majority Buddhist island nation in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres (18½ mi) off the southern coast of India. It is often popularly referred to as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It is home to more... Full Article At Wikipedia.org
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