; Whereas, since January 2020, the practice by the former government of issuing interim relief to families of the disappeared, as recommended by the Office on Missing Persons, was discontinued, putting families of disappeared persons under further financial strain; Whereas the Rajapaksa government has said it will no longer comply with the United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution 30/1, supported by the United States, committing Sri Lanka to truth, justice, and accountability for violations of human rights; Whereas Sri Lankan authorities are failing to effectively investigate and, where there is sufficient evidence, prosecute those suspected of perpetrating enforced disappearances, as recommended by the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances; Whereas Tamil families of the disappeared have demonstrated tremendous courage in conducting continuing protests, lasting over 1,300 days, to demand answers from the Sri Lankan state, despite being met with threats, intimidation, and harassment by state security forces; Whereas the Prevention of Terrorism Act, a law that has been misused to facilitate enforced disappearances, remains in use, despite the former government’s pledges to repeal it; Whereas under the Government of former President Suharto, from 1967 to 1998, countless Indonesians were victims of enforced disappearances conducted by the military, police, intelligence agencies, and other state authorities; Whereas rather than investigate and hold those responsible for enforced disappearances to account, the Indonesian Government has appointed former generals allegedly involved in kidnappings and enforced disappearances to senior posts in the Defense Ministry; Whereas, during Indonesia’s occupation of East Timor from 1975 to 1999, around 18,600 people were forcibly disappeared, as documented by the independent Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) in its 2005 report