police officers and OICs of police stations in regions like Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Trincomalee, Baticaloa, Ampara and Kalmunai were also summoned and together with the participation of the Elections Commissioner, awareness programmes conducted. In the meanwhile, heads of public institutions were summoned and inquiries made of their activities, where violations of election laws by such institutions came to be reported, their heads were summoned and to prevent misuse of public property and stop the use of public officers for political party activities, various steps were taken. It has to be mentioned that all these steps taken came in for praise by the Elections Commissioner and election observer institutions. The demise of Ms Thusitha Samarasekara, Director - Monitoring and Review of this Commission in a car accident on the day following the elections to the Uva Provincial Council, while returning to Colombo from Badulla after engaging in observation duties of the elections, and the performance of a praise worthy service was an immensely sad incident that warrants mention. Geneva Resolution Next year in March Sri Lanka will have to face the situation in respect of the above resolution, in Geneva. The Commission is of the view that there are many responsibilities cast on the government in respect of this matter. The implementation of the recommendations made in the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, widening and strengthening of the activities of the Commission appointed to look into disappeared persons, a reconsideration and an assessment to be done in respect of lands in the North used for security purposes, a post inquiry to be done in respect of those resettled, reconsideration of the implementation of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, steps to be taken to strengthen civil administration in the North, are things the Commission is of the view that could be done and ought to be done. It is the observation of the Commission that the year 2014 was also a year which led to political divisions and political reforms. 60