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By Neville Ladduwahetty From 2012, Reconciliation and Accountability have been the twin pillars of the series of Resolutions that emerged from the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Perhaps, the thinking of those who developed the formula of linking Reconciliation with Accountability was guided by the notion that an effective accountability process that holds some members of the security forces and the associated leaders accountable and punished would somehow ease the humiliation of defeat, and make the painful processes of healing and eventual reconciliation more tolerable. In general, this ...

Member of Company of Master Mariners of Sri Lanka This article is dedicated to Captain P A Virasinghe, who passed away recently. He was the first Sri Lankan to command the Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSC) ships. Appointed the Master on Lanka Kanthi in 1972, he was instrumental in getting the things right and raising the bar for future deck officers and marine engineers. The CSC, established about five decades ago, was thriving with a healthy bottom line; it continued to serve Sri Lanka with our own managers and seafarers to run our ships. Although SL was self-sufficient in rice before the ad...