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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa shaking hands with United Nations Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs, B. Lynn Pascoe and Neil Buhne, resident coordinator in Sri Lanka2. Wide of meeting between Rajapaksa and UN...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa shaking hands with United Nations Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs, B. Lynn Pascoe and Neil Buhne, resident coordinator in Sri Lanka\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of meeting between Rajapaksa and UN officials \u003cbr/\u003e3. Pascoe and Buhne sitting at table\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close-up of Rajapaksa \u003cbr/\u003e5. Pascoe speaking\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of discussions\u003cbr/\u003e7. UN emblem on glass door \u003cbr/\u003e8. Pascoe meeting Tamil political leaders in UN office \u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide of Pascoe and Tamil leaders sitting down for meeting\u003cbr/\u003e10. Pascoe speaking during meeting with Tamil leaders\u003cbr/\u003e11. Various of meeting\u003cbr/\u003e12. UN Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs, Lynn Pascoe, at news conference\u003cbr/\u003e13. UN officials with media\u003cbr/\u003e14. Cameramen \u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) B. Lynn Pascoe, UN Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs:\u003cbr/\u003e\"First, the United Nations is very concerned about the lack of freedom of movement for the IDPs (internally displaced people), and in particular the closed nature of the camps. People are not free to come and go and they are understandably upset. We picked up great frustration in this point in the camps that we visited yesterday. I was told by many, and quite emphatically, that they just want to go home. We understand there are security concerns to be addressed. At the same time, this kind of a closed regime goes directly against the principles under which we work in assisting IDPs all around the world.\" \u003cbr/\u003e16. Cutaway of photographers \u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (English) B. Lynn Pascoe, UN Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We have encouraged the government to present a clear, well-stated plan and to carry on an open dialogue with the United Nations, donors and NGOs. One of the main complaints I heard from IDPs in the north, is their anxiety at not knowing when they will be able to go home.\" \u003cbr/\u003e18. Cutaway of cameramen \u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) B. Lynn Pascoe, UN Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs:\u003cbr/\u003e\"A military solution does not resolve the underlying political issues that must be managed in order for peace to last. What we are looking for are signs of a serious effort at outreach to the Tamil and other minorities, to address aspirations and grievances of all Sri Lankans. That's the basis of a lasting peace.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of news conference\u003cbr/\u003eSri Lanka's president promised Friday to send nearly 300-thousand Tamil war refugees held in military-run camps back home in four months. \u003cbr/\u003eA United Nations official welcomed the pledge and warned that any delay in resettlement would undermine efforts to reconcile with the country's\u003cbr/\u003eestranged minority.\u003cbr/\u003eUN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe also urged the government to investigate allegations of human rights abuses during\u003cbr/\u003ethe civil war with the Tamil Tiger rebels.\u003cbr/\u003ePresident Mahinda Rajapaksa made the promise at a meeting with Pascoe amid international criticism of the government's treatment of those displaced by the war.\u003cbr/\u003eRajapaksa told Pascoe he expects that new de-mining equipment will allow all the ethnic Tamil civilians in the camps to be resettled by the end of\u003cbr/\u003eJanuary, a statement from the president's office said.\u003cbr/\u003eSri Lanka has said it can't send the displaced people home until their villages are cleared of mines and can't release those in the camps because of\u003cbr/\u003efears some may be rebel fighters.\u003cbr/\u003ePascoe, who visited the camps on Thursday, welcomed Rajapaksa's commitment but said that the UN was concerned about the \"lack of freedom of movement and the closed nature\" of the camps.\u003cbr/\u003e\"People are not free to come and go and they are understandably upset,\" he told a news conference in Colombo, after talks with political leaders. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I was told by many, and quite emphatically, that they just want to go home.\" \u003cbr/\u003eHe said there was a real risk of resentment that would undermine the prospect of future political reconciliation between the government and minority Tamils. \u003cbr/\u003e\"What we are looking for are signs of a serious effort at outreach to the Tamil and other minorities, to address aspirations and grievances of all Sri Lankans,\" Pascoe said. \u003cbr/\u003e\"That's the basis of a lasting peace.\"\u003cbr/\u003ePascoe also asked the government to start an investigation and hold accountable those found guilty of human rights violations during the final phase of the war.\u003cbr/\u003eScores of civilians died in the fighting as the rebels mounted their last stand on a shrinking strip of beach, with both sides accusing each other of\u003cbr/\u003eignoring civilian safety.\u003cbr/\u003eAn opposition ethnic Tamil lawmaker also welcomed the government's decision on resettlement but said it was doubtful that de-mining could be\u003cbr/\u003ecompleted before next month's monsoon rains, which can scatter the weapons.\u003cbr/\u003eMavai Senathiraja, a lawmaker for the Tamil National Alliance party, said the government must move the people away from low-lying, congested camps into better buildings before the rains.\u003cbr/\u003eAbout 280-thousand ethnic Tamil civilians have been detained in the camps since the civil war ended four months ago.\u003cbr/\u003eHuman rights groups say the government is illegally detaining the war refugees. \u003cbr/\u003eAid groups say the camps are overcrowded and prone to disease, and fear monsoon rains will create a public health crisis.\u003cbr/\u003eThe government previously had promised to resettle 80 percent of the camp residents by the end of the year, a feat de-mining experts 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