SRI LANKA (No. 2)

That this House notes with grave concern the deepening crisis in Sri Lanka, in which more than 2,000 lives have been lost since January alone; laments the dearth of coverage in the Western media of the crisis and thus the failure of the media to tell the world what is happening in Sri Lanka; further notes the extensive and appropriate coverage of the conflict in Gaza in which estimates suggest 1,300 lives were lost; highlights the meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group in London on Wednesday 4 March; and calls on the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group to suspend Sri Lanka from the Commonwealth until a ceasefire has been established and its government grants a UN monitoring mission unfettered access to the country, allows international aid agencies access to the Vanni region and resumes peace negotiations.