Sri Lanka, March 28 -- The international community, through its peculiar insistence on harping on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka has done the exact opposite of promoting national reconciliation.

While wars, atrocities and human rights violations in many guises continue in the rest of the world where the perpetrators are often powerful nations, millions of dollars have been raised the world over for lobbying and justifying the UN Resolution on Sri Lanka.

Now, the UNHRC is seeking $ 2.8 million to set up an office to put together information about the so-called war crimes committed here. All this is money that could have benefited the Tamil people in Sri Lanka towards re-shaping their lives.

For the country to move ahead, there is a nee...