Sri Lanka Reconciliation Commission report presented to the parliament

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The report of Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) has been presented to the parliament today, local media reports said.

The Leader of the House, Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva has reportedly presented the report to the House a short while ago.

Economic Development Minister of Basil Rajapaksa earlier said the 400-page final report of the LLRC would be tabled in parliament in its entirety and not just the observations made by the Commission.

The eight-member Commission, appointed by the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to probe the three-decade long armed conflict with the Tamil Tiger terrorists, handed over its final report to the President on November 20th.

The President has said that the government will take actions without shielding anyone if the LLRC found any human rights violations during the war that ended in May 2009.

The United States recently said that it has high expectations for the LLRC report and noted that the report will be of 'highest quality'.

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