56. Unfortunately, the succession of Sinhala-majority Governments had not given adequate attention to promoting and protecting the rights of the Tamil people. A systematic and insidious pattern of discrimination and communal unrest had developed early on in that forced marriage, with protest that was at first peaceful, and then, when demands were not met, open hostilities. As hostilities had increased, so had large-scale violations of the rights of Tamil people, thousands of whom had been arrested and detained. According to the Sinhala-dominated Government, the Tamils had then become a "subversive" element, which in turn had resulted in an increasingly militant position on E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.l0 page 11 the part of the Tamil population. For the past eight years, there had been an almost continuous state of civil war between the Sinhala-dominated Government and the Tamil population and its militant factious. 57. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights held that all persons, including members of minority groups, had the right to the full realization of their human rights and to an international order in which their rights might be realized. For the past 40 years in Sri Lanka, the Sinhala-controlled Government had been unwilling and unable to promote the human rights of the Tamil population, which had accordingly lost all confidence in its willingness or ability to do so. 58. Were people in that situation required to settle for less than their full rights? Could the international community impose on a people a forced unity they no longer desired and in which they could clearly demonstrate that they had been abused? 59. If the human rights of the Tamil people and others in a similar situation were to be realized, the international community must invoke the principles of determination for minorities subsumed into larger States and whose rights were persistently neglected. That eminently just solution was not without some 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the human rights of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka and the lack of attention and protection from the Sinhala-majority Governments. It highlights the historical pattern of discrimination, communal unrest, and violence, as well as the international community's responsibility to intervene. The text emphasizes the need for the international community to recognize the rights of minorities and provide a just solution. Given the focus on human rights, politics, and international relations, it is likely that the text falls under a category related to human rights or international affairs.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights