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{{Sri Lankan Tamil history}}
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The '''Thimpu principles''' or '''Thimpu Declaration''' were a set of four demands put forward by the [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] delegation at the first peace talks undertaken with respect to the [[Sri Lankan Civil War|Sri Lankan civil war]]. In July–August 1985 the [[Government of India|Indian government]] organised peace talks in [[Thimphu]], [[Bhutan]] aimed at bringing an end to the [[Sri Lankan Civil War|Sri Lankan civil war]] between [[Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups]] and the government of [[Sri Lanka]]. The declaration made by the Tamil delegation at [[Thimphu]], in response to a government proposal, has come to be known as the Thimpu Declaration or Thimpu principles.<ref name=TD/>

==Introduction==
The [[Politics of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan government]] delegation consisted of [[Hector Wilfred Jayewardene|Hector Jayawardene]] ([[President of Sri Lanka|President]] [[Junius Richard Jayewardene|Junius Jayewardene's]] brother), three [[lawyers]], and an [[attorney at law (Sri Lanka)|attorney]]. The [[Sri Lankan Tamil|Tamil]] delegation consisted of representatives from the [[Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front]] (EPRLF), [[Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students]] (EROS), [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (LTTE), [[People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam]] (PLOTE), [[Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization|Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation]] (TELO) and [[Tamil United Liberation Front]] (TULF).<ref>[http://www.tamilnation.org/conflictresolution/Tamileelam/85thimpu/index.htm Tamil Nation, Thimpu Talks]</ref>

The [[Politics of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan government]] delegation proposed draft legislation for [[devolution]] of power but this was rejected by the [[Sri Lankan Tamil|Tamil]] delegation.<ref name="pact">[http://pact.lk/2008/03/23/8-july-1985/ Peace and Conflict Timeline, 8 July 1985]</ref> On 13 July the [[Sri Lankan Tamil|Tamil]] delegation responded, issuing the Thimpu Declaration with four key demands (the cardinal principles). The four cardinal principles became known as the Thimpu principles.

==Thimpu Declaration==
The declaration stated:<ref name=TD>[http://www.tamilnation.org/conflictresolution/Tamileelam/85thimpu/850713thimpu_declaration.htm Tamil Nation, The Thimpu Talks - The Thimpu Declaration]</ref>
{{quote|It is our considered view that any meaningful solution to the Tamil national question must be based on the following four cardinal principles:
* recognition of the [[Sri Lankan Tamil|Tamils of Ceylon]] as a [[nation]]
* recognition of the existence of an identified [[homeland]] for the [[Sri Lankan Tamil|Tamils of Ceylon]]
* recognition of the right of [[self determination]] of the [[Sri Lankan Tamil|Tamil nation]]
* recognition of the right to [[citizenship]] and the [[fundamental right]]s of all [[Sri Lankan Tamil|Tamils of Ceylon]]

Different countries have fashioned different systems of governments to ensure these principles. We have demanded and struggled for an independent Tamil state as the answer to this problem arising out of the denial of these basic rights of our people. The proposals put forward by the Sri Lankan government delegation as their solution to this problem is totally unacceptable. Therefore we have rejected them as stated by us in our statement of the 12th of July 1985. However, in view of our earnest desire for peace, we are prepared to give consideration to any set of proposals, in keeping with the above mentioned principles, that the Sri Lankan Government may place before us.}}

The [[Politics of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan government]] rejected all but the last principle as they violated [[Sri Lanka]]'s [[sovereignty]].<ref name="pact"/>

The peace talks collapsed on 18 August due to the intransigence of both delegations.<ref>[http://www.tamilnation.org/conflictresolution/Tamileelam/85thimpu/sivanayagam.pdf The Thimpu Talks: 1985 Sinhala-Tamil Conflict and the Indian Factor (via Tamil Nation)]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Sri Lankan civil war]]
*[[Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1985 documents]]
[[Category:1985 in Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan Tamil politics]]
[[Category:India–Sri Lanka relations]]
[[Category:Indian Peace Keeping Force]]
[[Category:Foreign intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War]]

Thimpu principles - Revision history

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